Accountancy Officer - London, United Kingdom - Eden Brown Synergy

Eden Brown Synergy

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London, United Kingdom

2 weeks ago

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Tom O´Connor

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Accountancy Officer

I am working with a Public Sector Organisation based in Barnet who are looking for an Accountancy Officer for 3 Months Initially.

The role is full time, to start ASAP and paying £19.04 Umbrella per hour. The role is in scope of IR35.

Job Purpose

As an accountancy officer you will be responsible for the administration of financial processes and support systems maintaining accounting and other records and ultimately, ensuring that the service runs smoothly.
In support of finance managers, this role is integral to enabling transparency and efficiency in all transactions.
Through the pursuit of some of your duties you may be required to deal directly with our residents and businesses, rendering you an ambassador not only for the service, but for the Council as a whole.

Accountabilities

Contribute towards the development and implementation of the Council's financial strategy
Work closely with all stakeholders to ensure best use of limited financial resources, providing support where needed
Identify financial risks and opportunities as and when they arise, inform finance managers and collectively consider options to mitigate risks or exploit opportunities.
Produce reports from Integra and other peripheral systems to support inyear monitoring, yearend and statutory reporting
Undertake general finance and administration tasks including maintaining shared folders, intranet pages, filing bank statements, raising PO and manual payments
Support head of finance officers in collating information in response to FOI, Public Inspection and ad hoc queries.
Assist in the preparation of research and reports, under the supervision of a finance manager or assistant finance manager
Indirect responsibility for managing the Council's gross expenditure of approximately £982m shared with all members of the service

Knowledge, Skills and Experience

Knowledge of the major issues facing local government, understanding of the national policy context, requirements and future direction for relevant service areas
Reasonable interpersonal and communication and presentation skills, with proven ability to communicate effectively to a wide range of audiences both horizontally and vertically, financial and nonfinancial
Committed to corporate and collegiate working across the service
Welldeveloped IT skills (MS Office suite, financial systems, data visualisation tools
Resilience, not easily deterred in the face of challenges
Demonstrate the ability to communicate, both written and oral, financial issues to both financial and nonfinancial managers, senior officers and external organisations

Thank you

Yanis Patel (Eden Brown Synergy)

Eden Brown Synergy is an equal opportunities employer.