Financial Accountant

Birmingham Temporary £500 - £600 per day View Job Description
Financial Accountant specialising in Capital and Close Down to join their team on a temporary basis of 6-9 months.
  • 6 - 9 month maternity leave
  • Exciting organisation influencing the local community

About Our Client

My client is a government funded organisation based in central Birmingham

Job Description

  • Preparing statutory financial statements for the organisation and all its subsidiaries
  • Coordinating capital funding allocation across the capital programme and providing strategic advice where necessary
  • Managing the fixed asset register and supporting improvement to systems and processes
  • Implementing accounting standards in accordance to Local Authority Code of Practice
  • Developing systems and processing following the implementation of IFRS16 Lease Accounting and acting as the technical lead for IFRS16 Lease Accounting
  • Acting as key point of contact for external auditors for fixed assets (PPE) and capital grants
  • Completing capital funding posting and reconciliations between capital funding summary and deferred capital grants monthly

The Successful Applicant

  • Qualified accountant
  • Self-motivated with the ability to work on own initiative and as part of a busy team, with experience of delivering to strict deadlines
  • Experience of month end processes and routines
  • Good communication and inter-personal skills, comfortable with liaising with other teams and external parties
  • High attention to detail and the ability to produce work to an excellent presentational standard
  • Able to demonstrate practical capital accounting experience
  • Experience of working on audits or previous experience within public practice
  • Desire and ability to learn and develop new skills and be able to embrace change with a 'can do' attitude

What's on Offer

6 - 9 month role

£500 - £600 a day umbrella

Contact
Jane Bagni
Quote job ref
JN-012025-6644354
Phone number
+44 121 634 6931

Job summary

Job function
Accounting
Subsector
Financial Accountant
Sector
Public Sector
Location
Birmingham
Contract type
Temporary
Consultant name
Jane Bagni
Consultant phone
+44 121 634 6931
Job reference
JN-012025-6644354