Assistant Accountant
Cwmbran
Temporary
Monday- Friday (37 hours)
£16.94 per hour
ST7560
Our client is looking for an Assistant Accountant to join them.
Job purpose:
To support the Senior Accountants and wider department in the provision of financial stewardship and business management support to efficiently and effectively deliver the OPCC’s priorities.
Job duties:
To provide resilience across the other Assistant Accountants’ portfolios, and work with the other Assistant Accountants to ensure that the priorities and demands of the team are timely and accurately delivered.
To deliver portfolio input into periodic medium term financial planning, and the maintenance of the budgetary control system.
Assist the Senior Accountants in the provision of financial support and guidance to Workstreams and Departments, and deliver periodic financial performance to facilitate tactical and strategic direction.
To assist with the delivery of training and familiarisation throughout the Force that promotes good financial management practices.
To assist with the delivery of training and familiarisation throughout the Force that promotes good financial management practices.
To assist in the production of the statutory financial statements in line with the CIPFA Code of Practice on Local Authority Accounting and International Financial Reporting Standards
To assist in the delivery of the annual budget setting process to ensure the annual budget is set in a timely and accurate manner.
To produce Statement of Accounts for bodies closely related to the OPCC in accordance with the Charity Accounts Statement of Recommended Practice.
To liaise with internal and external auditors to ensure systems and process changes are audit compliant and new recommendations are implemented within the appropriate timescales.