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Financial Accountant - 6 months contract

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Radiant Systems is looking to hire Financial Accountants for Department of Cultural, Media and Sports.

Work location: Inner London

Daily Pay rate:  £

No. of Resources needed: 10

Mandatory: Should have valid BPSS (DS) - Baseline Personnel Security Standard (with a Disclosure Scotland)/SC

Job Description:

Key tasks and deliverables:

The individuals will be members of the DCMS Clear Line of Sight team and assist in the preparation of the Core Departments accounts and the DCMS Group consolidated accounts incorporating 40+ Arms Length Bodies (ALBs).

Work will include:

  • Supporting/training the ALBs in completing the data collection pack (the means by which all data required is collected) checking and quality assuring the ALBs data collection packs, to ensure that it si complete, data presented aligns with their own accounts, suitable adjustmets have been made to align with DCMS accounting policies and that all validations have been passed Assistance with counter party eliminations including liasion with ALBs to resolve any mismatches Preparing journals Assistance with compilation of various disclosures.
  • Review, sense checking and proof reading of final accounts Background The Clear Line of Sight Project, also known as the Alignment Project, aims to simplify the way government public expenditure information is presented and published.
  • The project better aligns the measures of government spending used for various purposes, including those used, and voted upon, by Parliament - in particular the departmental Budgets set by Government, the Estimates approved by Parliament, and the Accounts audited by the National Audit Office. These roles are in the central team that leads in the production of the consolidated accounts of the DCMS Group and more importantly supports the realisation of the full benefits of alignment across the DCMS group.

    • Desirable:

    External audit background

    Detailed knowledge of the Financial Reporting Manual (FReM)

    Experience of producing Central Government resource accounts

    Knowledge and experience of government budgeting and estimates

    Experience in preparing consolidated accounts

    Excellent management skills

    Experience of engaging with Senior Management

    High level exposure and use of complex accounting systems

    Familiarity with complex accounting systems

    Sound project management skills

    Previous expert' user experience of a financial information system

    Knowledge of Managing Public Money.

    BPSS (interims will predominantly work at TCR) CTC - Counter Terrorism Check clearance would be helpful)

    Kindly note: Radiant is acting as employment agency with respect to this role.

    Start date
    Immediate
    Duration
    6 months
    From
    Radiant Info
    Published at
    10.04.2014
    Project ID:
    693140
    Contract type
    Freelance
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