Interim Senior Financial Accountant

Your new company

Hays Senior Finance is delighted to be working exclusively with a well-established public sector organisation to recruit an experienced Interim Financial Accountant. This is an excellent opportunity for a technically strong accountant to take ownership of a key year-end assignment, with the added flexibility of remote working.

Your new role

You will play a key role in managing the preparation and delivery of the organisation's year-end statutory annual accounts, taking responsibility for the underlying working files and ensuring all reporting is accurate, robust and delivered within the required timescales.Key responsibilities will include:

• Managing the preparation and delivery of the year-end statutory annual accounts
• Preparing and reviewing the underlying year-end working papers and supporting schedules
• Ensuring compliance with IFRS and the Financial Reporting Manual (FReM)
• Ensuring adherence to HM Treasury Consolidated Budgeting Guidance and Scottish Public Finance Manual (SPFM) requirements
• Supporting the wider year-end close and ensuring financial information is accurate and appropriately documented
• Working closely with internal finance colleagues and key stakeholders throughout the accounts process
• Supporting the external audit process and responding to queries and requests for supporting information
• Ensuring financial reporting follows current best practice and relevant public sector accounting requirements

What you'll need to succeed

You will be an experienced accountant with a strong background in financial accounting, year-end and statutory reporting. Ideally, you will have:

• Significant hands-on experience preparing year-end and statutory accounts
• Strong technical accounting knowledge, including IFRS
• Previous exposure to FReM and public sector accounting
• Knowledge of HM Treasury Consolidated Budgeting Guidance and/or SPFM requirements
• Strong experience preparing audit working papers and supporting external audit
• The ability to work independently and take ownership of a year-end reporting process
• Excellent attention to detail and the ability to deliver to tight deadlines

Previous experience within a Scottish public sector or similarly regulated environment would be particularly advantageous.

What you'll get in return

You will receive a competitive daily rate of 325-375 per day, depending on experience, alongside the flexibility to work remotely.This is an excellent interim opportunity for someone with strong technical accounting experience who enjoys taking ownership of year-end and wants to work on a focused statutory reporting assignment.What you need to do now. If you're interested in this role, please apply with an up-to-date CV or contact Russell Wanczycki at Hays Senior Finance for a confidential discussion.

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