Accountant Coordinator
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full-time
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Location Type: Hybrid
Location: Ipswich • United Kingdom
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Salary
💰 £40,777 per year
About the role
- Overseeing the financial helpdesk to ensure all areas of the council are supported, re-directing resources where required.
- Reviewing all financial management process across the teams to identify opportunities for process improvements.
- Co-ordinating training and knowledge sharing across financial management teams and preparing guidance for budget managers in services.
- Working with other teams across Finance and Corporate Services to ensure we make best use of the tools available to aid financial management across the organisation.
- Development of the PBCS/EPM processes and reports for budget setting and monitoring, making the most of technologies to improved efficiencies
- Providing financial management support to directorates.
Requirements
- AAT qualified or working towards CCAB (e.g CIPFA, CIMA, ACCA) or evidence of equivalent knowledge and skills.
- Brings creativity into their work through innovation and actively embraces change.
- Proactively identify and solve problems with limited management guidance.
- Proven experience of remaining calm under pressure
- Actively build and maintain a network of contacts in key positions.
- Good understanding of local government operations and accounting practice and the need to be politically aware in a local government environment.
- Evidence of very good verbal and written communication skills.
- Proven ability to plan and prioritise work to achieve deadlines.
- Proven experience in leading others in objectively reviewing working practices and procedures in order to make improvements and efficiencies.
- Advanced excel skills and the ability to extract information from multiple data sets
Benefits
- up to 29 days annual leave entitlement (pro rata), plus UK bank holidays and two paid volunteering days
- membership of a competitive Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS)
- travel, lifestyle, health and wellbeing benefits
- performance-related annual pay progression, in addition to an annual cost-of-living pay increase
- training and encouragement to expand your knowledge
- a variety of career development opportunities across our organisation
- diverse and active staff networks
- flexible working options, with the right to request flexible working from your first day
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
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Hard Skills & Tools
financial managementprocess improvementbudget settingreportingdata extractionadvanced Excel
Soft Skills
creativityproblem-solvingcalm under pressurenetworkingcommunicationplanningprioritizationleadership
Certifications
AATCCABCIPFACIMAACCA