Interim Chief Accountant - local authority

Interim Chief Accountant / Corporate Finance Manager - West-Midlands based local authority Circa £650 inside IR35 Initial 6 month interim contract Hybrid working

The first couple of weeks will need to be on site in the west midlands probably for at least 4 days each week – so that they can understand what is going and to meet all the relevant people After that it will be 2 or 3 days – depending on business needs, they may need to attend meetings throughout the County – and must be prepared to accommodate this

Essential Requirements; Must be a fully qualified accountant and be basically, a hands-on technical accountant that will also have all the responsibility for all corporate finance items Must be able to produce statement of accounts and be hands on - no managing people who do it Must have sufficient and recent experience in District and Borough Councils This is not a ‘just manage’ – it’s very many hands on role Including responsibility for and possibly doing:- Production of the statement of accounts External Audit VAT CIS returns Fixed Asset Register Accounts Payable Treasury Management and Banking Cash Flow Delta returns WGA