My Local Authority client is currently looking for an experienced Technical Accountant to join their team based in Birkenhead on an initial 3 month contract.

Pay Rate: £54 ph (inside IR35)

Hybrid: WFH/Birkenhead office

36 hrs a week

Skills/Experience Required:

• A recognised professional accountancy qualification/part qualification (eg CIPFA, ACA, ACCA, CIMA) or equivalent.
• The Technical Accountant will provide accurate statutory reporting, financial management information, monitoring of key financial assets and statutory returns.
• This will require accurate and timely reporting of information, data interpretation and analytical review to finance and non-finance Officers and Members.
• The timely delivery to a high standard of specific statutory information for the annual statement of accounts, information and submission of data for key regulatory returns, information to external auditors, responding to external audit requests. Meeting statutory deadlines for the external auditor and government body requirements.

• To undertake analytical reviews, challenge and interpret information to ensure decisions are taken with full knowledge of the resource implications and the information is complete, evidence based and accurate. 

Keywords: CIPFA, ACA, ACCA, CIMA, Accountant, Capital, budgets, financial, technical, data