Senior Accountant – Capital and Treasury

Senior Accountant – Capital and Treasury

We’re looking for an experienced and highly motivated finance professional to join our Central Finance team with a focused responsibility for Capital and Treasury Accounting. This is a pivotal role where your work will support long-term strategic investments, high-value financial planning, and impactful service delivery. Your main duties will include: - Overall monitoring of the capital programme in conjunction with service accountants and reporting to senior management and members; monitoring of compliance with the Council’s governance arrangements for capital and external funding matters - Providing technical advice on capital and treasury matters to service accountants and senior management across all service areas - Management of the Treasury function including monitoring of cash flows, borrowing decisions, and investing surplus funds in accordance with the Treasury Strategy - Production of statutory documents including Capital Strategy, Annual Treasury - Management Policy, Annual Investment Strategy, Minimum Revenue Policy and submission of statutory returns - To lead on all financial accounting aspects for Capital, Treasury and Leasing transactions The ideal candidate will have following skills and experience: - Qualified accountant (e.g. CIPFA, ACCA, ACA or equivalent) - Proven ability to develop and maintain trusted working relationships across departments - Solid understanding of Local Government - Capital and Treasury Accounting regulations (desirable) - Ability to work to challenging deadlines while maintaining accuracy - Commitment to professional and ethical financial standards - Proactive, resourceful, and strategically minded approach This role will be for 12 months initially working 3 days in the office and 2 days from home. Please apply today for immediate consideration