Interim Principal Accountant (Revenues)

Job Opportunity – Interim Principal Accountant (Revenues) - London

A local authority client of mine in London are currently on the lookout for an Interim Principal Accountant (Revenues) to join their team on an initial 6 month contract.

Job Role: Interim Principal Accountant (Revenues)

Contract Duration: 6 Months (likely to go on for 12 months+)

Rate: DOE

IR35: Inside IR35.

Hybrid: 1 day in office per week (around peak year end April-May, will be 2 days in office per week).

Days: 5 days per week.

Earliest Start Date: ASAP

Main duties:

* The council split their Corporate Finance team down the middle, one side does capital and the other side is revenue. This position is for revenue.

* Assisting the Chief Accountant and Deputy Chief Accountant with the production of the statement of accounts/getting through audit.

* Complete statutory and non-government returns such as the NNDR1-3, CTR1, Revenue Outturn Returns and Whole Government Accounts.

* Revenue grants accounting and reserves.

* Collection Funds & VAT

* Audit liaison – working though audit queries, reviewing what needs to be done, amending the statement of accounts and feeding back to auditors.

Candidate Requirements:

* Must have specific local authority experience doing the above.

* Must have specific revenue accounting experience feeding into the statement of accounts.

* Must have experience liaising with auditors and dealing with audit queries.

* Do not necessarily need to be fully qualified.

The client will be interviewing candidates across Thursday 13th/Friday 14th therefore if you match the above criteria and are interested then please don't hesitate to reach out and send your CV or call me on (phone number removed)
Only candidates based in UK and eligible to work in UK are allowed