Job Details
Hull city council are looking for an senior finance officer to be Responsible for the compilation, maintenance and accounting of the Council’s Councils’ Capital Programme including short and medium term forecasting, budgeting and monthly reporting. Responsible for capital accounting, management of service area capital programme update reports and submission of statutory returns.
- Responsible for the Council’s Treasury Management function in line with statute, accounting standards and specifically the Prudential Code. Responsible for the accounting and administration of the treasury function in respect of working capital management, dealing in money markets and other financial instruments. Prepare, maintain and manage daily, weekly and monthly liquidity for the authority. Ensure liquid position complies with minimum requirements at all times. Monitor and maintain treasury investment and borrowing contracts. Monitor and manage the list of daily limits and exposures split by company and industry sector. Ensure accurate monthly interest payments and receipts are monitored, accounted for and received. Review client and broker balance confirmations for audit purposes.
- Responsible for the delivering capital budget monitoring information to Service Heads, and the compilation of corporate monitoring thereby meeting the needs of the Corporate Management Team and Elected Members.
- Responsible for producing the annual revenue budget and Council Tax pamphlet allowing for the setting of the Council’s Council Tax rates as required by statute and ensuring consistency with the Council’s accounts. This includes financial planning, scenario analysis and financial modelling which is required to produce the Council’s Medium Term Financial Plan.
- Supports the Accountancy and Control Manager with compilation and production of the Annual Statement of Accounts, including completion of financial control reconciliations, information gathering, data analysis, financial reporting, an understanding of the latest International Financial Reporting Standards and overall ledger integrity.
- Responsible for Council Tax and Business Rate accounting including liaising with the Revenues and Benefits team and ultimately calculating and submitting the NDR 3 estimates to Central Government.
- Actively responsible for the implementation of new accounting standards into the Council’s Statement of Accounts process including risk assessing new system and data gathering requirements. Responsible for producing and maintaining the Statement of Accounts project plan, putting emphasis on new requirements and identifying areas where efficiencies can be made through system developments and by removing non value added tasks.
- Responsible for keeping up to date with changes to tax laws and regulations which specifically impact the Council’s ability to operate efficiently when being exposed to tax related risks. Responsible for managing the Council’s partial-exemption VAT position against the Local Authority partial-exemption threshold.
payrate: £25.97 umbrella
- hybrid role
