View Vacancy -- Principal Accountant

The Service

Haringey is a place of great opportunity with enormous potential for growth. The Finance Directorate supports the Council's vision through the provision of a professional and high-quality financial service enabling the Council to use its resources in a sustainable way to prioritise the needs of the most vulnerable. We are an ambitious and dynamic team committed to making Haringey a better place to live and work in.

About the role

The Principal Accountant role is an exciting opportunity to play a key part in supporting the whole council with budget monitoring and corporate reporting. The role is designed to:

• Undertake complex and technical accounting tasks and ensure that there is an effective framework for financial reporting, forecasting, control and management within the Council for both revenue and capital budgets.
• Delivery reports at a board and cabinet level on agreed objectives and outputs, preparing savings target updates and expenditure and funding reporting for all areas.
• Support senior stakeholders across the organisation collate data and provide commentary in a comprehensive way.
• Support other areas such as calculating corporate over heads, have input to the housing benefit claim system and other ad hoc projects. 

About You

We are looking to recruit a highly motivated, dynamic, and engaging individual. You are likely to be a fully qualified accountant (CCAB or CIMA) or be at the final stage of your qualification. You will also need to possess:

• a good understanding of delivering value-for-money services within a local authority setting, or, have a keen interest in getting this experience - candidates with no local government experience will be able to demonstrate an understanding of the range of services provided by a local authority and the challenges faced.
• Strong IT skills including using excel (including, pivot tables and vlookups) and will be able to evidence having the ability to produce reports of a high quality. You will also be able to plan your workload and to meet deadlines.
• Excellent communications and presentation skills. This post will also involve close interaction with a range of internal stakeholders, including elected members, and you will be responsible for consolidating financial and written data and compiling corporate budget reports.

If you feel the above suits your experience and skillset, then we would like to hear from you.

Benefits:

• Flexible working hours, 30 days + bank holidays, Excellent pension scheme, plus training opportunities.

Closing Date: Wednesday 23rd September 2020