Principal Accountant

A fantastic opportunity has arisen for a Principal Accountant to join a local authority on a contract basis.

**About the role**:
You will be responsible for advising and influencing clients (or service accounting groups) to ensure informed financial decisions and sound financial arrangements with a high direct impact on financial management and service delivery. Including settingbudgets and managing overall accounting arrangements, providing guidance as the key representative for the service area or activity.

**Duties include**:

- Provides authoritative accurate and reliable financial information to clients for the large complex service area managed. Including ad hoc reports and regular budget monitoring reports (usually monthly) to monitor spending and identify over and under spends.Communicates complex technical/specialist information effectively to ensure clients understand the practical implications within the wider organisational context of their service area.
- Contributes to financial planning looking at the annual budget cycle within a longer term strategy. Identifies structural or other problems with budgets and advises clients on strategies to organise financial resources differently, including issuing virementsfor the reallocation of financial resources in order to help clients to resolve complex financial issues to meet their broad service requirements.
- Implements existing and new financial management and accounting arrangements relating to the service area or activity managed, including those which arise from national legislation. Makes changes to accounting arrangements, procedures processes used bystaff and clients to improve and update business methods accordingly and ensure compliance with Financial Regulations. Including interpreting and analysing new legislation to alter/create policies and guidance to ensure compliance.

To be considered for this role you will be Chartered Institute of Public Finance and Accountancy (CIPFA) qualified or equivalent post-graduate accountancy qualification or experience which demonstrates that advanced level of applied and theoretical knowledgein accounting.

How to Apply

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