Accountant - West Yorkshire Combined Authority

West Yorkshire Combined Authority
37 hours a week
1
Based In Leeds City Centre
Permanent
Grade K SP1-4 - £35,344 - £40,924 per annum (2020 pay award pending)

Kirklees Council are advertising this role on behalf of West Yorkshire Combined Authority.

West Yorkshire Combined Authority is seeking to appoint a permanent Accountant to join the Finance Team based at its Leeds city centre office. Though currently remote / home working arrangements are in operation.

Reporting to either the Management Accountant / Financial Accountant the post holder will proactively participate and lead on key financial accounting work, including the production of statutory annual accounts, reconciliations, external returns and claims, production of the annual revenue and capital budgets, and associated in year monitoring, forecasting & reporting and provide professional financial advice and guidance to officers on a range of financial matters.

The successful candidate must have a strong understanding and demonstrable experience of financial controls and procedures, ideally within a Local Authority environment and have a practical knowledge of financial reporting standards and CIPFA/IFRS Code.

You must be a member of a CCAB / CIMA qualified body and with experience in a similar role.

If you think this sounds like you, please apply on the website below, or for an informal chat please ring Jon Sheard, Head of Finance on 0113 348 1629 or email at jonathan.sheard@westyorks-ca.gov.uk.

For more information about the work of West Yorkshire Combined Authority please visit www.westyorks-ca.gov.uk

West Yorkshire Combined Authority’s aim is to attract people from diverse backgrounds building an inclusive culture, we welcome applications from everyone regardless of age, race, gender, religion or beliefs, disability, gender identity or sexual orientation. In return we can offer a flexible and encouraging environment that will allow you to achieve your best work/life balance and career goals; with a range of benefits including a local government career average pension scheme and a fully funded travel MCard (zone 1-5). We are committed to enabling working parents to progress their careers and will consider requests for flexible working patterns and job share arrangements.

Please note: Whilst it is our policy to recruit at Scale Point 1 for all appointments, each role has career salary progression, with incremental increases applicable in most cases on an annual basis.

To submit your application form online please visit http://www.westyorks-ca.gov.uk/jobs/ by 23:55 on 17th August 2020.

Given the high volumes of applications we receive we are unable to respond to all applicants, therefore if you have not heard from us within 4 weeks of the closing date please assume that on this occasion you have not been successful.

Candidate information will be retained by West Yorkshire Combined Authority for 6 months unless you make a request for this to be deleted.

17 August 2020, 11:55 PM

This vacancy is closed to applications.