Senior Accountancy Officer

About the Role

We the Corporate Finance Team are looking to permanently recruit into a Senior Accountancy Officer post.

This post will be based in the Capital Team to provide accountancy support to Project Officers within the Finance & Resources and Neighbourhoods service areas and to other members of the team.

Candidate qualities required will include:

• ability to manage own workload.
• ability to contribute to a team working environment
• ability to analyse and evaluate data
• high level of computer literacy
• ability to work accurately to deadlines
• ability to react quickly and decisively to changing work priorities
• ability to adapt to future developments

The post is suitable for a candidate who is a Part Qualified Accountant CCAB (preferably CIPFA); or AAT qualified (or equivalent or with suitable qualifying experience).

Candidates are expected to have experience of:

• working accurately with procedures and deadlines in a financial environment and providing advice on those procedures
• preparing budgets and final accounts within a framework of recognised accounting standards
• providing budgetary control and unit cost information
• providing financial information and advice to budget holders / non finance managers
• audited grant claim procedures
• Local Government finance

If you would like to talk to a member of the team about the role or have an informal discussion, please contact jack.higginson@liverpool.gov.uk.

How to Apply and Additional Information

For details on how to apply for this vacancy with Liverpool City Council please click above.

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If you have ambition for yourself and this city, thrive on challenges and getting results, share our values and strive to make others feel valued, then we want to hear from you.

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Liverpool City Council is committed to having a workforce that is representative of the communities we serve. We are an Equal Opportunities Employer and believe that the decision to appoint should be based upon whether an individual’s skills, experience, qualifications, and abilities make them the most suitable candidate for the role.

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Expected salary: £28672 – 32910 per year GBP

Job date: Wed, 14 Sep 2022 06:33:59 GMT