Job Description

About Us:

Providing professional financial accounting and reporting services that maximise benefit to our local communities.

Kensington and Chelsea is a small London borough with big ambitions. As we continue on our journey to become the best Council for our residents, the Financial Management Division plays a crucial role in enabling the Council to deliver on its goals whilst also ensuring that public funds are used efficiently and effectively.

The Role:

The Principal Financial Accountant role is part of the Financial Reporting and Controls Team that produces the Council\xe2\x80\x99s statement of accounts. This temporary role will support the team in closing the accounts with a focus on balance sheet management. Technical proficiency is crucial as you will prepare the balance sheet and a number of notes in the accounts relating to other areas of accounting. You will ensure good quality working papers are available for external audit and respond to audit queries.

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About You:

You are a CCAB qualified accountant with considerable experience in closing accounts in a local authority setting. You possess the technical expertise to evaluate accounting treatment, especially with regards to the balance sheet, and understand the recent developments that affect local government accounting. You will have excellent spoken and written communication skills and the ability to establish strong and effective working relationships with colleagues at Kensington and Chelsea and external contacts.

Please apply online explaining how you meet the requirements set out in the person specification and job description.

We reserve the right to extend or close this vacancy early without warning subject to the volume of suitable applicants.

Application process

Please do not upload any documents, including CVs/Covering Letters or supporting statements, as these documents will not be reviewed and could result in your application not being shortlisted.

You should describe how you meet the person specification requirements for the position you are applying for in Section G of the application form.

Additional information

We are committed to promoting equality and respecting diversity and welcome applications from all sections of the community.

We are a Disability Confident Employer \xe2\x80\x93 committed to ensuring that our recruitment and selection process is inclusive and accessible.

We engage our staff with a variety of learning types including face-to-face and virtual learning because we want to ensure our staff understand our values and behaviours, grow their skills and develop their careers.

This post is covered by the Fluency Duty, as outlined in the Code of Practice on the English language requirements for public sector workers.

We do not accept speculative CVs from any source.

Please note, we will primarily contact candidates by e-mail throughout the recruitment process, please monitor your email junk / spam folder as our system generated emails may be allocated to these folders by your email settings.

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