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Corporate Accountant - Finance ICT Revenues & Benefits Division

Posted By: Triumph Consultants
Address:
- 49 Queen Victoria Street
- London
- EC4N 4SA
Contact:
Date Posted: 24th Dec 2008
Salary: £27.41 ph Umbrella/Ltd Co (est/tbc and monthly paid) or £22.47 ph PAYE (weekly paid, plus paid hols)
Location: Borehamwood (WD6)
Reference Code: Hertsmere 262457
Views Since Posting: 47
Full Description:

TCL/LJ 262457: Our client seeks a Corporate Accountant for an assignment within its Finance ICT Revenues & Benefits division.

We are acting for a Hertfordshire based local authority

The post will be located in Borehamwood, WD6 and will be for 36 hpw, Mon-Fri, normal business hours.

This is anticipated to be, initially at least, a 3 to 4 month assignment.

Please note that under a special arrangement we have with a leading umbrella company, temps who elect to get paid under this route will receive, in addition to a higher hourly rate of pay, the following benefits which are not available under PAYE:

• tax benefits and allowances e.g. lunch and commuting costs
• free health cover
• free life cover
• free critical illness cover
• £20 in high street spending vouchers

Essence of role:

Our client requires a corporate accountant to work 3 days a week within its engineering services department and two days a week in central finance.

Within engineering services, the individual will be responsible for overseeing the finance function and producing accurate trading accounts. The role will also include the review of the existing finance system, procedures and practices and the individual will be required to make recommendations for improvements, which will include the implementation of a cost accounting system to ensure engineers time is allocated correctly.

Within the corporate finance team, the individual will be required to work along side other members of staff on tasks including budgeting, the finance strategy, report writing, as well as leading on a project plan to implement system/procedure improvements in response to changes to the Council Use of Resources judgment under the new Comprehensive Area Assessment.

Candidate requirements (*indicates must be CLEARLY EVIDENT FROM YOUR CV, not just your covering letter, to avoid auto-rejection by client) include:

*You must be a qualified accountant (ACA, ACCA, CIPFA) with an extensive corporate finance background within a local authority.

*You must possess good excel and report writing skills, as well as the ability to communicate well with staff of all levels.

NB Preference will be given to candidates who have practical experience of Use of Resources and cost accounting.

Next Steps:

If you would like to be considered for the position please apply via this website, quoting the vacancy reference number.

Please do not apply for this position unless you meet the candidate requirements noted above.

We can only consider employing you through a limited company structure if adequate insurance arrangements are in place and if we can be satisfied that you are not in breach of managed service company legislation and regulations. Our standard settlement terms with contractors are monthly.

Whilst all CVs received will be examined in detail it is, we regret, no longer possible for us to reply automatically to all applicants, simply because of the volumes of vacancies and candidates now involved.

Please do not telephone us for progress reports on your application, but do feel free to email us in this respect. All emails will be replied to.

Triumph Consultants Limited: Please note that whilst this site is and will remain, one of our primary advertising outlets, we also advertise a selection of higher paid vacancies on our own website, where you can subscribe to an RSS feed, delivering details straight to your web browser.