Senior Accountant About the Role: An exciting and challenging opportunity has been created to join the Finance Service at Wirral Council. We are looking for a Senior Accountant to join and support the Treasury Management & VAT team.
As a key member of the Accountancy team, your primary purpose will be to support the Senior Finance Business Partner to effectively manage the cashflow of the Council. You will play a key role in ensuring the Council's investment and debt portfolios are maintained in adherence to the risk minimising parameters within the Council's Treasury Management Strategy.
Working with the Senior Finance Business Partner, you will also help to ensure that the Council complies with all necessary VAT accounting and reporting requirements.
About the Candidate: You will be an enthusiastic, motivated, and committed individual, who is able to demonstrate a working knowledge of this area, whilst also possessing excellent communication skills.
This is a challenging position and will require strong financial analysis skills and input into reporting for various stakeholders. Candidates will preferably have experience in a local government finance environment.
Interviews to be held on Thursday 16th January 2025. If you wish to discuss this role or require further information, please contact Gary Mitchell at garymitchell@wirral.gov.uk.
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We have a range of staff benefits including staff discounts, an excellent pension scheme which includes a generous employer contribution rate, immediate life cover and ill-health protection. We have a strong flexible working approach, hybrid working, family-friendly employment initiatives and an annual leave package starting with 28 days leave plus public holidays.
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Please note that in accordance with the Council's policy, employees who are in a formal redeployment situation will be considered in the first instance for all vacancies.
It is Council policy not to re-appoint any employee who has left under the terms of the Council's Early Voluntary Retirement (EVR) scheme or who has left with a voluntary severance (VS) package, unless in exceptional circumstances.
Applications will be accepted until midnight on the closing date.
We reserve the right to close this vacancy earlier than the specified date should we receive sufficient applications.
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