Service Accountant

Service Accountant needed in North London Paying £27.60 per hr Ref 012655

Full time time on a temporary basis

Role Purpose: Build and maintain successful working relationships with Service Managers to support strategic and operational decision-making. Provide financial advice, support, and challenge to ensure effective service delivery.

Key Responsibilities:

• Act as a ‘critical friend’ to Service Managers, offering support, advice, and challenge.

• Manage and train the service finance team to promote a customer service culture.

• Produce financial advice for senior management and budget managers.

• Coordinate revenue and capital budget preparation and monitoring.

• Conduct in-depth budget reviews for complex, high-risk, or volatile budgets.

• Ensure timely and accurate monthly capital and revenue monitoring reports.

• Prepare and present budget monitoring reports to management teams.

• Provide financial training to service and budget managers.

• Complete financial and statistical returns for central Government and other bodies.

• Plan and coordinate the closedown of accounts and provide information for the Statement of Accounts.

• Advise on financial implications of new legislation, accounting practices, and policy changes.

• Ensure compliance with accounting best practices and regulations.

• Participate in improvement projects as part of the transformation agenda.

• Take responsibility for continuous professional development and update financial skills and knowledge.

• Conduct performance appraisals of senior finance officers.

If you are interested in the role, please email your CV to  quoting the reference number.

Essential Employment is acting as an Employment Business in relation to this vacancy. Essential Employment is an Equal Opportunities Employer.

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