Accountant

I am looking to hire an Accountant for one of my public sector client.

Please see the below job specification:

ESSENTIAL EXPERIENCE:

Prepare, examine, and analyse accounting records, financial statements, and other financial reports to assess accuracy, completeness, and conformance to reporting and procedural standards; Summarise current financial status by collecting information, preparing balance sheet, and other reports; Analyse business operations, trends, costs, revenues, financial commitments, and obligations, to project future revenues and expenses or to provide advice; Develop, maintain, and analyse budgets, preparing reports that compare budgeted costs to actual costs.

Provide skill
Day to day financial support to the Business Team
Management of the Directorate budgets
Financial support and advice to the Head of Project Delivery and the other Heads of Business within the Directorate

SCOPE OF THE ROLE;
Drafting accurate budgets
Providing advice and guidance on finance related queries to a number of stakeholders
To prepare accurate and timely Month end and Year end submissions for Corporate Finance
To prepare journals and accruals as appropriate and to support internal budget holders in preparing and managing their budgets by producing timely, relevant and accurate information and by carrying out investigations
To ensure that finance records for which the post holder is responsible are maintained in accordance with APHA finance procedures.
Provide support where required to Project Managers so they can accurately report on Budget variances and forecasts