Interim Principal Accountant (Revenues)

Job Opportunity – Interim Principal Accountant (Revenues) - London A local authority client of mine in London are currently on the lookout for an Interim Principal Accountant (Revenues) to join their team on an initial 6 month contract. Job Role: Interim Principal Accountant (Revenues) Contract Duration: 6 Months (likely to go on for 12 months+) Rate: DOE IR35: Inside IR35. Hybrid: 1 day in office per week (around peak year end April-May, will be 2 days in office per week). Days: 5 days per week. Earliest Start Date: ASAP Main duties: * The council split their Corporate Finance team down the middle, one side does capital and the other side is revenue. This position is for revenue. * Assisting the Chief Accountant and Deputy Chief Accountant with the production of the statement of accounts/getting through audit. * Complete statutory and non-government returns such as the NNDR1-3, CTR1, Revenue Outturn Returns and Whole Government Accounts. * Revenue grants accounting and reserves. * Collection Funds & VAT * Audit liaison – working though audit queries, reviewing what needs to be done, amending the statement of accounts and feeding back to auditors. Candidate Requirements: * Must have specific local authority experience doing the above. * Must have specific revenue accounting experience feeding into the statement of accounts. * Must have experience liaising with auditors and dealing with audit queries. * Do not necessarily need to be fully qualified. The client will be interviewing candidates across Thursday 13th/Friday 14th therefore if you match the above criteria and are interested then please don't hesitate to reach out and send your CV or call me on (phone number removed)