Technical Accounting Manager

Job title:Technical Accounting Manager

Rate of pay: Day rate open to negotiation

Hours: 37 hours per week

Location: Hybrid working

Start date: ASAP

Contract type: Temporary (Agency) 12 weeks with a view to extend

Job Description:

We are looking for a qualified or qualified by experience accountant ideally with good knowledge of IFRS and/or the regulatory reporting environment within which SMBC operates.

Public sector technical knowledge on various areas such as collection fund, capital accounting and PFI projects would be useful.

The purpose of the role is to provide support in technical accounting issues to the Corporate Finance Manager in order to support the delivery of a consistent response to all complex accounting judgements and ensure timely and accurate submission of statutory submissions and assist with closedown tasks as well as working with external and internal audit.

The individual will be in charge of:

• oAccurate and timely preparation of substantial and complex deliverables (i.e. accounting judgements or calculations) (e.g. Lease accounting, business case evaluation (financial review))
• oSupporting stakeholders in an advisory capacity leveraging complex technical expertise or experience as required
• oInfluencing and managing relationships with stakeholders (teams, functional, external) to enable the successful delivery of activities and projects.
• oProactively maintaining role as subject matter expert within areas of responsibility, including keeping up to date with internal and external development in relevant business/regulatory areas (e.g. CIPFA code changes affecting specific areas - example would be discussions on infrastructure assets)
• oDeveloping a significant working knowledge of relevant finance and business relevant end to end processes (e.g. collection fund accounting process mapping, end to end communication from business areas to central finance function - Revs and Bens / systems accountant/ chief accountant)
• oIdentifying and driving connections between the finance function and other areas of the organisation by working in consistent ways and creating a collaborative culture with an aligned purpose and outcomes Delivering Change & Continuous Improvement (most important in conjunction with the above)

Qualifications/Skills/Experience :

• oCCAB qualification - CIPFA preferable but any other is acceptable (QBE acceptable)
• oDemonstrates CPD in technical projects delivered
• oDetailed working knowledge and experience of working in a public sector finance team would be useful but not essential. (Interaction with the wider business (non silo approach to work))
• oExternal Financial Reporting (ideally closure of accounts or significant closure support)
• oExperience of ERP or similar financials software (e.g. Oracle R12/ Fusion/ Unit4 Agresso)
• oSubstantial experience of principals, standard and policies which apply to the area (e.g. understandin...

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