Senior Finance 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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Senior Finance Officer

I am working with a Public Sector Organisation based in Enfield who are looking for a Senior Finance Officer for 3 months Initially.

The role is full time, to start ASAP and paying £250.96 Umbrella per day. The role is in scope of IR35.

Job Purpose

To support the Finance Manager Company Accounts in providing a high quality and comprehensive accountancy service to Enfield Council's companies.

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.

Skills and Experience

AAT qualified/part qualified CCAB accountant
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

Thank you

Yanis Patel (Eden Brown Synergy)

Eden Brown Synergy is an equal opportunities employer.