Interim Closedown Accountant

Job Opportunity! – Interim Year End Closedown Accountant – North West England

A local authority client of mine in the North West of England are currently on the lookout for an Interim Year End Accountant to join their team on an interim basis.

Contract Duration: 6 Months (Likely to extend).

Rate: DOE.

Hybrid: Weekly/fortnightly office presence is required. For candidates situated far away, if they can demonstrate extensive closedown experience for a Unitary/County Council then remote working could be considered.

Start Date: Mid to late March.

• Lead and support on a range of year end closedown activities for the councils 25/26 accounts.
• This could involve debtor, creditor and lease notes, PFI/PPP notes and some I&E notes. Work will include bringing these notes together across multiple systems.
• This will be a purely hands on technical accounting role with no management of staff responsibilities but you will need to engage with the wider team.
• Develop process notes as part of producing the working papers, identify improvements that can be made.
• Manage the external audit process.
• Not essential but collection fund experience would be advantageous.
• Must be a fully qualified accountant.
• Must have led or supported on closedown for a Unitary or County Council before. City Council experience could also be considered.
• Must have experience of improving systems and processes in relation to year end.
• Must have experience managing external audit processes.

The client will be reviewing CVs early next week therefore if you match the above criteria and are interested then please don't hesitate to reach out and send your CV to daniel. or call me on .