With a strong commitment to making improvements and efficiencies without making cuts to services, our forward looking and ambitious council is recruiting a Principal Accountant, who can embrace the use of new financial systems and digital technology to ensure the demands of our customers are met both now and in the future.,

To support quarterly monitoring of capital budgets, reporting to members with any additions and changes.
Supporting Service Managers, Senior Leadership and Members with financial advice on all capital projects, expenditure and income including grants, CIL and Section 106 contributions.
Provide assurance of past and future capital accounting including reviewing and developing our fixed asset accounts, assets under construction and year-end adjustments including depreciation, revaluation reserve movements, decrement losses and capital financing from multiple sources.
Supporting the capital financing reporting for the authority including completing statutory returns.
To provide regular updates to key stakeholders including senior leadership, members and the public through the production of papers and other relevant documents.
The completion of the year-end statement of accounts including all capital adjustments and production of final notes to the accounts.
Lead on external audit for all capital transactions.
Management of the asset valuation contract.
Experience of capital accounting within local government including management of local government asset register.

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