Financial Accountant

3 days ago

Nationwide, United Kingdom Hays Business Support Full time
I am looking to recruit a Financial Accountant to work for the Department for Business and Trade (DBT). Based in the Financial Accounting, Reporting and Control Team (FARCT) you will work on the production of DBT's financial accounts, the relationship with the (NAO), HMRC and provide advice on compliance with HM Treasury and Cabinet Office controls.
The role is for 3 months initially and offers remote working. Candidates must be SC cleared.
The successful candidate will report to Financial Accountant and you will be responsible for sharing your financial accounting expertise with stakeholders across the department and contributing to the assessment of business cases and investment decisions, to ensure both financial accounting and budgeting implications are clearly understood.
As a Financial Accountant, you will be responsible for:
Supporting and quality assuring financial and non-financial information submissions, collected through the commissioning process at interim and year-end.
Contribute to the group consolidation, production of key statutory financial reports (including Whole of Government Accounts - WGA) and notes to the accounts.
Collaborating and working with the wider finance community, and over 19 external partner organisations to mitigate accounting risks so that the Departmental Accounts are free of material errors.
Building relationships and working closely with the audit (NAO, GIAA) team, managing the audit timetable, provision of audit evidence and sample requests to ensure successful laying of the accounts.
Managing the Client Liaison Schedule and overall accounts production timetable in line with group and parliamentary timescales.
Providing accounting advice under International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) and Government Financial Reporting Manual (FReM) guidance to a variety of partners around the Department.
Supporting the Senior Financial Accountant as an advisor for accounting matters (e.g., GL discrepancies) and making sure that all known accounting issues are dealt with in a timely and planned manner.
Preparing accounts and financial statements for DBT minor bodies.
Driving improvements to the accounts production process to ensure the Department's accounts achieve best practice in complying with all current accounting and legal reporting obligations.
Managing DBT's process for forecasting cash inflows & outflows and working with UK SBS in managing DBT's bank accounts reporting daily and monthly on Oscar - HM Treasury system.
Work closely with our shared services (i.e., UK SBS) on the day-to-day management of the Departments cash & banking.
To be successful in this role, you will need:
Fully qualified accountant (ACCA, ICAEW, ICAS, ACA, CIPFA or CIMA).
Experience of producing financial statements in a complex organisation, within or outside of government, and making technical accounting judgements.
Experience of Group Accounts consolidation.
Experience of using different Group Accounts preparation and consolidation systems e.g., Oracle Financials, EPM, CDM or similar systems.
Experience of external audit cycles in Central Government / public sector set of accounts or private sector organisation.
Excellent Excel and presentational skills.
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