F&C 509 Accountant

Hours: 35 hours per week

Working Pattern Monday - Thursday 8.45am - 4.45pm and Friday 8.45am - 4.15pm

Salary - £39,235.35- £49,400.04 per year

Vacancy - Permanent

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South Lanarkshire Council are looking for 2 accountants. These posts are based in the Strategy Team, one covering Housing & Technical Resources and the Housing Revenue Account and one covering Social Work Resources. You will be responsible to the Finance Adviser for the effective delivery of the finance provision in accordance with the Council’s statutory responsibilities, policies and procedures.

You will be required to contribute towards providing quality advice and support to Council departments to allow them to delivery services to the communities of South Lanarkshire.

You will be involved in forecasting, setting budgets for the coming year and monitoring the performance against these budgets. Assistance in year end accounts preparation will also be a key role. Other elements of the job include preparation of financial returns, preparation of committee reports and general financial stewardship of the Councils financial resource.

The Individual

The successful candidate should have experience within a financial environment, (ideally public sector) and evidence technical job knowledge and expertise and be able to demonstrate knowledge of the finance function within a specialist area and cross working within an organisation.

You should be able to demonstrate compliance with professional codes of practice.

As part of the role, you will be required to challenge, support, and improve existing business practices, reporting on their effectiveness, reliability, and/or value for money to provide assurance to management and stakeholders. You should be able to highlight risks and make recommendations for management.

Involvement in project management with associated governance responsibilities with the ability to prepare and scrutinise financial reports, budgets, accounts, and performance indicators.

You must have a Professional Accountancy qualification and membership of appropriate professional body and/or demonstrate extensive experience in a financial management role

When completing the application process please ensure that you cover the following areas:

• Please provide details of any experience you have working in a busy financial management environment
• Please provide details of your experience working with others and how that experience would make you a suitable candidate for this role?
• Please provide details of a time when you have used your initiative and implemented improvements to the financial management of an organisation
• Please provide details of your experiences of where, at work, you have encountered change, and how you responded to this

Please Apply online - All correspondence will be via your email address.

Legislative Information

This post is excepted in terms of the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 2003.

Preferred candidates will be required to undertake a standard disclosure check, prior to a formal offer of employment being made.

Please refer to http://www.disclosurescotland.co.uk for further information about the disclosure process and best practice.

Foreign Police Check

Candidates should be able to detail any gaps in employment and provide a foreign police check where applicable for any periods living or working abroad.

Equal Opportunities and Armed Forces Community Covenant

South Lanarkshire Council is an Equal Opportunities employer and encourages applications from all members of the community. As a user of the disability confident scheme, we guarantee to interview all disabled applicants who meet the minimum competency/behaviour requirements for the position.

South Lanarkshire Council is committed to providing support to members of the armed forces, veterans and their families which is set out in the Armed Forces Community Covenant. Veterans are guaranteed an interview who meet the minimum requirements for the position.

As an employee of South Lanarkshire Council you would also receive a wide range of benefits including:

• Enrolment in award winning local government pension scheme
• Up to 33 days annual leave
• Public holiday entitlement (up to 10 days)
• Occupational sick pay
• Family friendly policies - flexible working and leave, maternity/paternity leave, enhanced leave.
• Employee Discounts – including discounts at the cinema.
• Range of benefits to support you (Cycle to Work Scheme, Physiotherapy, Employee Assistance Program which offers practical and emotional support)