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Job Opportunity – Interim Local Authority Accountant – Yorkshire
Job Role: Interim Accountant
Contract Duration: 6 Months +
Rate: DOE
IR35: Inside IR35.
Hybrid: Minimum X1 day in office per week.
Days: full time, X5 days per week.
Earliest Start Date: ASAP
Main duties:
- Lead balance sheet control, ensuring reconciliations are accurate, complete, and audit-ready
- Deliver technical accounting compliance in line with CIPFA, supporting high-quality financial statements
- Manage reserves balances and funding sources, ensuring clear tracking, reporting, and alignment with financial planning
- Manage organisational cashflow, banking, and investments to ensure strong liquidity and treasury compliance
- Prepare clear, insightful treasury reporting to support senior leaders and committees
- Own VAT returns, government submissions, and regulatory reporting, ensuring accuracy and timeliness
- Oversee income recognition and grant accounting, maintaining robust financial control and transparency
- Line manage and support an Accounts Assistant, ensuring high performance, development, and effective delivery of financial processes
- Administer finance systems (Xero), strengthen processes, and drive continuous improvement across financial controls
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- It is preferred that candidates are CCAB qualified or equivalent.
- Will have experience of doing government returns and VAT returns.
- Will have experience/knowledge of treasury/investments.
- Will have experience putting a cashflow together.
- Specific local authority experience doing the above tasks is very much desirable.
- It is by no means essential but would be beneficial if candidates have experience using Oracle.
The client will be reviewing CVs next week therefore if you match the above criteria and are interested then please don't hesitate to reach out and send your CV to daniel.worthington@g2recruitment.com or call me on 0115 666 6399.
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