Senior Finance Officer - London, United Kingdom - Triumph Consultants Ltd

Triumph Consultants Ltd
Triumph Consultants Ltd
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London, United Kingdom

3 weeks ago

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Interim Senior Finance Officer

Reference no:
Enfield RQ846406

Pay rate £198.62 per day PAYE

This opening assignment is for 2-3 months The role will be primarily responsible for working with Finance colleagues and Senior Managers across the Council on financial management and accounting but more specifically supporting services in the Resources and Chief Executive departments and also Community Safety Key responsibilities:

  • Responsible for leading on specific tasks including the production of annual accounts to trial balance, provision of excellent supporting evidence for audit and liaison with auditors to ensure completion of timely, unqualified statutory accounts, VAT returns, bank reconciliation, ledger control, cash flow control, budget monitoring, financial planning and the provision of financial activity support to the companies.
  • Proactively develop commercial awareness, skills, understanding and abilities in delivering finance services to the companies.
  • Take ownership of specific finance processes to ensure all officers are appropriately trained and able to carry out these processes in a consistent and efficient manner.
  • Proactively coach and develop and quality assure the work of others on how best to deliver the service, standards and performance indicators, driving a step change in team productivity.
  • Deal professionally and effectively with all contacts from a wide range of people, including senior managers where appropriate, using tact and discretion, assessing needs and redirecting enquiries, where appropriate.
  • Deal with escalations from company staff and Directors and officers from across the Council to ensure any issues are resolved and requests are completed in a timely manner and guide the resolution of issues being undertaken by Finance Officers.
  • Continuously develop and maintain up to date technical knowledge to ensure core IT requirements are met and opportunities to increase automation within the function are identified.
  • Organise and prioritise own workload as appropriate, keeping Finance Managers aware of demands which may impact on targets/deadlines and service standards.
  • Inform opportunities to eliminate waste, stop nonvalue adding activities and maximise the potential of simplified and shared ways of working and automation.
  • Support implementation of ICT/automation to deliver efficiencies

"Role Requirements" - to give yourself the maximum chance of success please try and ensure your CV addresses the following essential criteria:

  • AAT qualified/part qualified CCAB accountant
  • Excellent knowledge and experience of company accounting
  • Knowledge of financial reporting and business planning in a company setting
  • Excellent experience and understanding of company accounting, in particular production of accounts to trial balance, provision of excellent supporting evidence for audit and liaison with auditors to ensure completion of timely, unqualified statutory accounts
  • Experience in the provision of information for Board reports, including ratio analysis, cash flow analysis, budget monitoring and outturn reports
  • Experience of leading change/efficiency initiatives
  • Excellent communication skills and experience including working with senior stakeholders
  • Excellent IT/Technical skills, knowledge
  • Proactive development of skills and knowledge
  • Excellent organisational skills, with experience in keeping timely, complete and accurate records and prioritising of a heavy and diverse workload

by quoting the job reference and job title exactly. SEE DETAILS AT THE BOTTOM OF THIS AD.

To help speed up the process of uploading your CV to the client we would suggest that you send us your CV in Word format (or equivalent) if possible, rather than as a PDF

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If you are successful in securing this role, please note that for the entire duration of this contract, regardless of extension you will be working this role at the PAYE rate that has been advertised. For absolute clarity, we only work on a PAYE basis, rather than entertaining umbrella pay terms, we do not offer Ltd/umbrella or outside IR35 rates. If you wish to understand PAYE vs Umbrella more, please let us know and we can send you some additional information for clarity.

Other "Essential Requirements" - Please check to ensure that your CV addresses the following items:


  • Our clients are generally seeking applicants who are reasonably local, so on that basis we would ideally like you to supply us with your address (or at least your post code) and a telephone number so that we can reach you during working hours.
  • Your recent UK working experience going back at least 5 years, or full employment history if you have been working for fewer years than this.
  • Your availability to work either immediately, or at short notice.
  • Please refer to the Role Requirements section above your CV must address the requirements listed.
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