Senior Technical Accountant
Senior Technical Accountant
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Job Description
Organisation: Leicestershire County Council
Work Location: County Hall Glenfield LE3 8RA
Worker Category: Hybrid Worker
Salary: 47694 to 52155 per annum (prorata for parttime)
Working Hours:37 hours per week
Contract Type: Permanent
Closing Date: 26th May 2025
Interview Date(s): TBC
About the Role
Leicestershire County Council is one of the best performing councils in the country. Weve achieved several decades of high performances with our success recognised by national Government industry awards and our residents.
We are recruiting a qualified CCAB Accountant to manage the completion of the County Councils statutory financial statements. The post will also manage the fixed asset register and provide technical accounting and taxation advice to the Council. It will involve working closely with strategic finance professionals and the external auditor and will maximise the benefit of the Oracle Fusion system and the associated reporting tools.
About You
The key responsibilities of the post are:
- To manage the production and publication of the Councils financial statements including being the main point of contact with external auditors.
- To manage the Councils fixed asset register and year end accounting entries maintain effective relationships with the Councils professional Valuers ensuring timely completion of asset valuations.
- To ensure the financial integrity of the general ledger through regular and effective reconciliations implementing and reviewing internal controls and maintaining the chart of accounts.
- To coordinate the completion of corporate statutory external financial returns and to keep up to date with relevant financial and legislative developments ensuring compliance across different functions of the authority.
- To develop the finance function through technical financial training advice and support.
- To understand and keep up to date with changes to the way the Council operates providing appropriate financial advice including partnerships and projects.
- To manage and develop staff reporting to post holder
You must also have an understanding of and commitment toequality diversity and inclusion.
In addition we also expect you to shareour commitment to our valuesand will ask you to evidence when you have demonstrated them as part of the selection process.
Reasonable adjustments will be considered for applicants with a disability.
Interested in Flexible Working
We are keen to support employees to balance their working life with other commitments. Therefore wherever possible we will consider working arrangements that suit an individuals personal circumstances whilst still meeting the needs of the Council. If you would like to discuss the possible flexible working options that might be applicable to this role please contact the person named below. This may include requests for termtime working parttime hours compressed hours flexible start and finish times home/remote working etc.
Every role within the Council has a defined working style which determines where they can work. The worker category applicable to this post is detailed in the above advert. You can find out more about our worker categories in the Our Working Stylespage on our career site.
For more information or an informal discussionplease contact:
Jason Firth Corporate and Technical Finance Manager
Telephone:
Email:
How to Apply
Leicestershire County Council is an inclusive organisation which is on a journey to embed and celebrate equality diversity and inclusion at every level. We warmly welcome and encourage applications from people of all backgrounds as having a diverse workforce with different perspectives and ideas is fundamental to our values and enriches the services we offer our communities. We particularly welcome applicants from Ethnically Diverse and LGBTQ communities and people with disabilities to create a balanced workforce and one that reflects the communities we serve. Applicants with a disability who meet the criteria listed in the About You section above will be offered an interview under the Disability Confident Employer Scheme.
To apply for this job please click on the apply button. You will need to upload a supporting statement as part of your application which explains how you meet the criteria listed in the About You section above. For more information see the How to Applysection on our career site.
We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications for the role. Therefore if you are interested please submit your application as early as possible.
If you have any technical issues when trying to apply for this post or you want to request an application pack in an alternative format please contact our Employee Service Centre by telephoning0(select option 2) or raising a ticket via our online portal: applying for this post you agree to ourTerms and Conditions.
Required Experience:
Senior IC
Employment Type
Full-Time
