Financial Accountant

Overview

Manage finance team, oversee accounting, controls, reporting, and audits for a public sector org.

Key Responsibilities

• accounts payable
• cash forecasting
• oracle cloud
• vat returns
• annual accounts
• quarterly disclosures

Tasks

- Manage the Accounts Payable & Receivable functions (including debt management), ensuring payments to suppliers and the invoicing service to customers are completed whilst ensuring the appropriate controls and reconciliations are in place. - Complete monthly account checks and balance sheet reconciliations to provide accurate and timely advice as well as reporting the financial reviews to the branch head. - Manage the Financial Accounting team, ensuring that objectives are set, tasks are prioritised and capabilities within the team continue to be developed. Contribute to the annual branch business plan. - Manage the work for VAT returns, fixed asset register, bank reconciliations, cash forecasting and drawdowns, ensuring all tasks are completed in a timely manner and that internal processes are fit for purpose. - Prepare the Annual Accounts in line with the Government Financial Reporting Manual (FReM) and relevant Internal Financial Reporting Standards (IFRSs) and ensure that they are signed off by the Accounting Officer with subsequent unqualified audit opinion. Ensure that all disclosures are updated and produced in line with existing, updated and new standards. - Work with the Head of Finance & Procurement to develop and implement robust internal controls in line with the Scottish Public Finance Manual to deliver appropriate elements of the organisation’s scheme of delegation relating to use of finance systems, Oracle Cloud and procurement cards. - Work closely with the Finance Manager to review internal controls, systems and processes across both teams as well as capacity and capability of the finance function in the organisation. - Liaise with Audit Scotland to manage the completion of internal and external audits, and the subsequent implementation of any recommendations. - Manage the work for charging for official controls in meat establishments and export hubs.Ensure the implementation of the Scottish charging model including the production, negotiation and publication of the annual charge rates whilst working with the branch head to review on an ongoing basis and that remains fit for purpose. - Oversee the production and publication of the quarterly disclosures under the Public Services Reform Act (PSRA) including the report for electronic procurement cards (ePC) Expenditure (over £500).

Requirements

• communication
• leadership
• qualified accountant
• ccab
• organisational
• planning

What You Bring

- Strong written and verbal communication skills including the ability to write concise papers which inform and influence senior management decision making and present to stakeholders. - Proven leadership skills – ability to lead a team and empower, value, develop and motivate people. - Qualified accountant from a member of CCAB and with relevant practical experience for the role. - Strong organisational and planning skills with the ability to prioritise your own workload and competing demands.

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Benefits

Venesky-Brown’s client, a public sector organisation in Aberdeen, is currently looking to recruit a Financial Accountant for an initial 6 - 12 month contract with potential to extend on a rate of £25.22/hour PAYE – working 35 hours per week. This role will be hybrid working.

About Venesky Brown

-Grew from a single office to nationwide coverage via hubs in Edinburgh, Milton Keynes & Birmingham. -Delivers bespoke recruitment for major public-private projects—from energy and rail to higher education and digital transformation. -Team expertise spans Construction, Engineering, IT & Digital, Professional Services and Public Sector frameworks. -Staff volunteered with Cross Tay Link Road project to aid school grounds restoration.

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