Capital Accountant

2 days ago


Kingston upon Thames, United Kingdom Royal Borough of Kingston Full time

**Salary**: £50,700 - £59,262 (£61,455 unconsolidated maximum)
**Contract**: Permanent
**Hours**: Full time, 36 hours
**Annual Leave**: 31 days
**Location**: Hybrid working - with the expectation to go in to the office between 1-3 times a week dependent on service needs

**About the Role**
The Shared Finance Service ambition is to add value, inspire success and this role is part of the Shared Finance Service (SFS) collectively responsible for delivering SFS activities to realise this ambition. The role provides direct support to the Head of Commercial, Finance & Investment and may be required to deputise as required.

The post holder is required to support the Head of Commercial Finance & Investment to provide expert advice and guidance regarding the Councils' Capital Programme and Commercial programmes. The post holder will take responsibility for leading and managing the development of the Councils' Capital investment programmes. The postholder will provide commercial finance support to a number of Council programmes and will be recognised as an expert in commercial finance models. The post holder will work as part of the Senior Leadership Team of the service to provide inspirational leadership and drive cultural change to ensure the service reflects the INSPIRE values and achieves excellent outcomes.

Accountabilities in this role include:

- Provide day to day management and professional supervision to staff to ensure operational plans and activities are delivered effectively.
- Provide assurance that the Council's operations are being conducted within defined regulatory, statutory and professional standards.
- Lead small projects and implement changes and improvements within agreed cost, time and quality standards.
- Where relevant manage service level budgets and resources in order to support the delivery of intended outcomes and demonstrate value for money.

**About Us**
This is a really exciting opportunity to join the Kingston and Sutton shared finance service in a role that is pivotal to the delivery of major projects in both the London Borough of Sutton and the Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames.

The Royal Borough of Kingston and the London Borough of Sutton employ nearly 500 staff across its shared services in HR, Finance, Customer Service, Neighbourhoods, Environment and ICT. This is a highly rewarding way of working that will help you develop new skills as you manage relationships and provide a consistent service across multiple partners.

The Shared Finance Service provides a wide range of financial services to the London Borough of Sutton and the Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames and was shortlisted for a 2020 Public Finance Award for Alternative Service Delivery Model of the Year. This was in recognition of our success since our launch in 2017, and our ambitious plans for the future.

**About You**
To be successful in this role, you will have:

- CCAB (or equivalent) qualified
- Detailed knowledge & experience of Capital Programme development
- Detailed understanding of Local Authority Capital Accounting and associated guidance
- Experience of providing commercially focussed finance support to large programmes and projects
- Experience of developing or interpreting complex financial models
- Experience and knowledge of business case development and financial viability assessments
- Knowledge and understanding of alternative delivery models for Local Authority services
- Experience of working collaboratively with senior non-finance officers and elected officials to deliver excellent outcomes

**Our Offer To You**
As an organisation that values and nurtures talent, we're committed to helping you fulfil your potential and will offer you a supportive, friendly and collaborative environment to grow and develop your career and skills. We're constantly striving to improve our ways of working so putting your ideas across - however big or small - will be fully encouraged and supported by your colleagues and our dynamic and experienced management team.

In addition, we offer a modern and flexible working environment for our staff, supported by our IT infrastructure, including Google Chromebooks and Google Apps.

Employees have access to a wide range of benefits, some of which include:

- Generous annual leave entitlement plus bank holidays (pro-rata if part-time working hours apply)
- Flexi-time (Please note, this applies to roles at grades 1-9 only)
- Comprehensive learning and development programme
- Local and national discounts for shopping, eating out and leisure activities
- Interest free season ticket loans
- Local Government Pension Scheme
- Car parking scheme
- Bicycle loan facilities and cycle to work scheme
- Zip car scheme
- Free eye tests and contribution towards glasses
- Confidential wellbeing and counselling support
- Subsidised gym membership



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