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02 Jun 2024
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£34,834 - £38,223 per annum
Contract Type
Permanent
Full time

About The Role

We have an exciting opportunity for a management accountant to join our finance team.

Reporting to a senior accountant the successful candidate will be required to support the delivery of comprehensive accountancy and financial services to the Council. This includes the provision of advice and support to services, and technical areas including VAT and capital as required.
 
They will offer proactive financial advice and support to the Council service areas by working closely with budget holders to set and monitor budgets. They will provide financial oversight and advise on business cases for the services they assist looking at costings for efficiencies within service provision and practices or indeed, opportunities for new, or improved income generation plans. They will also support the annual production of the statement of accounts for the Council as well as responding to audit queries.
 
Beyond this it requires someone dedicated to the continuous improvement in the functionality of the financial service and the monitoring and reporting it provides to the Council and its services. The role requires the candidate to produce timely and quality data analysis to support the Council in its decision making and monitoring, including supporting services with business cases and completion of grant claims.
 
This role provides an opportunity to provide a service to assist in supporting the Council in making a difference in the community it serves by improving financial information and reporting to better support financial decisions made on projects based on business cases and when setting and monitoring budgets.
 
Closing date for applications: midnight on Sunday 02 June 2024
 
Interviews will be held on: Wednesday 19 & Thursday 20 June 2024
 
If you would like to have an informal discussion about the role, please contact Lorna Snow, Finance Manager on 01493 846214.

About You

Our new management accountant will have the drive to work autonomously with excellent communication and engagement skills, and be able to explain financial information to non-finance colleagues. A desire to ensure accuracy and integrity of data, with the ability to collate and present data for reports and analysis for others. They will need to have an accountancy qualification, such as AAT, excellent excel skills and experience of working within a financial environment. Whilst working in the public sector environment would be desirable it is not essential.

About Us

Great Yarmouth Borough Council has the goal to achieve excellence for the Borough. We don’t just say we are ambitious; we mean it. We are always looking at the way in which we can improve and be the best that we can, providing the best for the people who live, work, visit and operate businesses in the Borough.

We have big plans for the future and massive opportunities ahead. We are one of the most successful enterprise zones in the country, Great Yarmouth is England’s offshore energy hub and Norfolk’s biggest seaside resort at the edge of the Broads National Park. The challenges we face in the borough are wide, but our commitment to achieving more has never been more focused.

We know that our team members are our most valuable asset, working hard to achieve our short and long term goals. If you are as ambitious as we are, apply now and be part of our team.

We offer a range of exciting benefits as an employer and are committed to a policy of equal opportunity in employment and the services we provide.

Your application form provides an overview of your education, work experience, knowledge and skills. You are required to provide a detailed explanation about how your skills, experience and qualifications meet the requirements of the job role, and how your behaviours and values align with ours.

As part of our recruitment process, all applicants will be required to evidence that Right to Work in the UK.

We welcome applications from all candidates with evidence of their Right to Work in the UK.

Please note that the Council is not a licensed sponsor.

To undertake Right to Work checks, you will be required to share your details with our third party provider, Credence.

Some roles require a Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check, where this is required, it will be clearly stated in the advert, along with the Job Description and Person Specification. Please note, where a job advert indicates that a DBS check will be undertaken, you will be required to share your details with our third party provider, Credence.

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