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Senior Accountant

Job Description

Service Care Solutions are looking for a Senior Accountant to work within the Gwent Police on a 2-month initial contract with extension potential.

Location: Cwmbran

Job role/responsibilities:
To support the Head of Finance and wider department in the provision of financial stewardship and business management support to efficiently and effectively deliver the OPCC's priorities.

  • Delivering robust business planning and business change initiatives. This will include the use of decision-making models to inform the business decision process.
  • To work with the other Senior Accountants to ensure that the priorities and demands of the Project/Assistant/Support Accountants, Cashier, Payments Team Leader, and Payments Assistants are managed effectively to ensure timely and accurate delivery of workload.
  • To motivate and develop staff, ensuring that objectives are clear and that individuals have the skills and competencies required to deliver the required levels of performance.
  • To deliver detailed requirements arising from the annual budget setting plan to ensure the annual budget is set in a timely and accurate manner and deliver portfolio input into periodic medium term financial planning, the delivery of financial strategy and the maintenance of the budgetary control system.
  • Work with and provide qualitative information to Workstream Leads and Department Heads and external stakeholders to develop formalised, structured engagement, which supports operational, tactical, and strategic decision making.
  • To produce, quality assure, develop, and refine the statutory financial statements in line with the CIPFA Code of Practice on Local Authority Accounting and International Financial Reporting Standards.
  • To liaise with internal and external auditors to ensure systems and process changes are audit compliant and new recommendations are implemented within the appropriate timescales.
  • To maintain the OPCC's Financial Procedures Manual to ensure robust corporate governance and financial stewardship.
  • To attend Corporate Meetings and Boards to provide key financial information and support the decision-making process.
  • To develop and maintain the OPCC's fixed asset register through the maintenance of statutory accounting records and capital returns.

Knowledge/Experience:

  • Must have knowledge and experience of the financial flows relating to public bodies.
  • Must have a practical understanding of strategic financial planning and appreciation of risk management.
  • Must have a practical knowledge of International Financial Reporting Standards and Financial Reporting Standards.
  • Must have a practical knowledge of corporate and financial governance, including Financial Regulations and Manual of Governance
  • Must have knowledge of Treasury Management techniques and controls.
  • Must be able to evidence Continual Professional Development.
  • Must have a practical knowledge of computer applications (such as Microsoft Office and data extraction tools) to compile data and produce management information.
  • Must have previous managerial and supervisory experience.

Qualifications:

  • Must be a qualified CCAB accountant.
  • Must have 2 years post qualification experience of working within multi-disciplined financial arena.

If you are interested in this role or want further discussion, please contact Lewis O'Donnell either via email: lewis.odonnell@servicecare.org.uk or tel: 01772208962. Alternatively, if you have any friend or colleagues that might be interested, please feel free to refer them as we a have a referral scheme in place of up to £250.