Job Details
Gwent police are looking for a Senior Accountant 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.
- To deputise for the Head of Finance in times of absence/ unavailability and provide resilience across the other Accountants’ portfolios and support the Head of Finance where appropriate in 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 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. This engagement will include the provision of sound financial/business advice and guidance, in respect of internal financial regulations, financial conditions of service, value for money exercises, funding options and the interpretation of statute/White Papers/regulations
- 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 attend Corporate Meetings and Boards to provide key financial information and support the decision making process
- To undertake the production of both statutory and non-statutory returns for external regulatory bodies to ensure accurate and timely sharing of organisational data and performance.
- Must be a qualified CCAB accountant.
- Must have 2 years post qualification experience of working within multi-disciplined financial arena.
- Must have previous managerial and supervisory experience.
- Must have previous experience of using computerised financial management information systems.
- Must have previous experience in implementing Financial Management strategies, plans and policies.
- Must have previous experience of providing financial management support to stakeholders.
- Must have previous experience of analysing data using a variety of applications/methods including option appraisal techniques to provide management information.
- Must have experience of producing Statutory Financial Statements and associated year end procedures.
- Must have experience of delivering and decision making in relation to a treasury management function including the analysis and scheduling of investment opportunities in accordance with the PCC treasury management strategy.
Payrate: £24.00 negiocatable
