Accountant required to join our Public Sector client to support them for at least 6 months through the year end and audit processes.

Location: Leicester

Pay Rate: £21.89ph - £23.58ph

Hybrid working, with every Wednesday in the office as a minimum, with extra days possible to suit business needs. There is the option to go temp-to-perm in this role.

Main Responsibilities:

* Provide financial and other information/advice to agreed timescales.

* Complete and submit statistical information, specialist support and returns as appropriate.

* Prepare the statutory accounts and lead the year end planning process including delivering of training on yearend processes

* Be a key contact for the external auditors and ensure that audit responses are accurate and completed within agreed timescales.

* Support the process to review balance sheet reconciliations

Essential:

* Hands on experience of preparing statutory year end accounts for a minimum of 3 years

* Experience of planning and leading a year end closedown through to audit conclusion

* Experience of resolving audit queries

* Experience of maintain a changes log, with journal entries, and preparing a final set of accounts

* Advanced excel skills

* Ability to own the numbers and drive progress

* Ability to achieve high level of accuracy and be numerate

* Experience of working in a large complex public sector organisation (ideally local government but we be struggling so any large public sector organisation)

* CCAB qualified (QBE considered for exceptional candidate)

Desirable:

* Local government experience

* CIPFA qualified

* Experience of staff management

* Experience of completing local government statistical returns