3 government jobs found in Ashford

Contract type: Fixed-term 18 months Hours: 37.5 Salary: circa £72k depending on experience Location: Canary Wharf WFH policy: Employees are required to attend the office 2 days/week Flexible working: Variety of flexible work patterns subject to line manager discretion e.g. Compressed 9-day fortnight. Reports to: Lead Finance Manager Deadline Note: We reserve the right to close the advert before the advertised deadline if there are a high volume of applications. Role Summary: Lead technical accounting for new schemes and changes to existing schemes. Work closely with the Finance Settlements Manager, Finance Schemes & Reporting Partner, Financial Advisors and Audit, Risk and Assurance Committee (ARAC). Key Responsibilities The role's key responsibilities, covering both LCCC and ESC, are outlined below. This overview is not exhaustive. As schemes grow, responsibilities may change. LCCC reserves the right to assign other duties commensurate with the role as required. *...

A qualified and experienced local government finance professional is required by my London client for a period of circa 6 months. Working as part of the technical accounting team, your role will be focussed on Close Down reporting as well as supporting with the budget strategy and MTFS reporting. Day to day you will report into the Chief Accountant and the main focus of the role will be to provide support for the closure of accounts and notes to the accounts. You will also be responsible for technical updates and audit preparation, including working with external auditors and responding to their queries. The role involves a lot of analysis and solving queries, particularly related to divestments and the correct accounting treatment. To be considered for the role you will need to be a fully qualified CCAB accountant with previous Local Government and closedown experience. The requirement is circa 1 day a week in the London office and the rate is £550 to £650 a day inside IR35

Key responsibilities * Deliver allocated elements of the year-end closedown timetable. * Prepare accounting entries, reconciliations and supporting working papers. * Produce or review relevant notes and disclosures for the Statement of Accounts. * Complete control-account and balance-sheet reconciliations. * Investigate and resolve historic balances, miscoding and unreconciled items. * Review accruals, provisions, reserves and other year-end adjustments. * Support capital, grant, Collection Fund, pensions or group-accounting workstreams where relevant. * Ensure working papers provide a clear audit trail and meet external-audit requirements. * Liaise with service accountants and budget holders to obtain outstanding information. * Respond to external-audit queries and provide supporting evidence. * Track outstanding actions, risks and dependencies against the closedown timetable. * Apply the CIPFA Code and relevant local-authority accounting...