Job type
TemporaryLocation
Remote (2 days a month in office)Working Pattern
Full-timeSpecialism
Financial Services OperationsIndustry
Government & Public ServicesPay
£550-650 day rate
Financial Planning and Reporting Lead - Contract until May. Apply now!
Your new company
This organisation is an independent arm’s length body of a government department. As a non-departmental public body, we support UK businesses against unfair trading practices. The finance team sits at the heart of this organisation, ensuring that good financial management and reporting drive robust and transparent decision-making.
This role is to provide critical support to the Financial Reporting Lead and ensure that the organisation's financial accounts are produced in accordance with the Financial Reporting Manual (FReM) in a timely and accurate manner.
Your new role
- Proactively support G7 Financial Reporting Lead in producing our 24/25 annual reports and accounts (financial year ending March 2025)
- Support Dec (P9) interim accounts production and y/end preparations
- Following up on/carrying out period and year-end activities
- Prepare standard reports, dashboards, depreciation forecasts
- Liaising with our external stakeholders
- Provide ad hoc support to management accounts
What you'll need to succeed
- Highly organised with an ability to plan ahead
- Strong technical accounting skills, interpersonal communication and stakeholder management; able to successfully foster and manage interrelationships organisations
- The ability to maintain a pace and plan deliverables through efficient tracking of action points.
- Risk mindset such as flagging risks in a timely manner and maintaining clear lines of communication between stakeholders
- CIPFA, CIMA, ACCA or equivalent
- Experience of having planned and helped deliver year-end statutory accounts in the public sector
- Minimum 3 years’ experience working in a financial accounting discipline in the public sector
- Knowledge of consolidated budgeting guidance (CBG), Managing Public Money (MPM) and the Financial Reporting Manual (FReM)
- Advanced Excel skills
- Experience of having prepared accounts for an arm’s length body would be useful for consolidation into departmental accounts.
What you'll get in return
You will be working for a high-profile team within a large government organisation. You will be expected in office only 2 times a month, with this role being mostly remote. The day rate for this role is between £550- 650 based on experience.
What you need to do now
If you're interested in this role, click 'apply now' to forward an up-to-date copy of your CV, or call us now.
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