Financial Accounting Manager
Posted 1 week ago by Michael Page
£475 Per day
Outside
Onsite
Birmingham
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- Outside of IR35
- Hybrid role - one day a week in the office
About Our Client
My client is a interesting PS organisation
Job Description
- The post holder will lead on the planning for delivery of the ARA
- Ensuring this is delivered in a methodically planned basis, and fully compliant with the requirements for 23/24 . This includes supporting the Financial Controller in preparing final accounts at 9 and 12 months for the external audit and helping the external auditors with their requests and queries throughout the external audit process.
- Detailed methodical planning and project management skills are key to this role. The Annual Report is written by several senior stakeholders with different styles of writing. High levels of stakeholder engagement and management will be required to ensure timely delivery of individual sections of the report and consistency
- The post holder will be responsible for reviewing and drafting accounting papers to satisfy the audit requirements, and therefore there is a need for the postholder to have a good understanding of the content and context of the requirements, government accounting and auditing practices, to ensure these are written effectively, supported by finance colleagues as needed
- Manage the deliverables of the audit plan and ensure the auditors are asking for and receiving samples back from the organisation to plan and on a timely basis from both finance colleagues and other internal stakeholders such as Legal, IT, People Services and Governance.