Senior Accountant - Treasury
Local Authority, Cambridgeshire
Hybrid/Flexible Working
Salary to £47.5k per annum

Macildowie are working with a local authority in Cambridgeshire to recruit a Senior Accountant. The post can sit in either Corporate Finance (accounts, statutory returns, balance sheet and ledger) or Financial Management (budgets, forecasting and service support) but will take a leading role in managing the treasury function for the authority. You’ll be a detail-focused accountant with leadership potential, confident dealing with senior managers and colleagues.

Key responsibilities

• Cashflow and treasury management
• Maintain and reconcile balance sheet and general ledger accounts
• Support service areas with financial analysis, reports, revenue projections and budgets
• Provide timely, accurate financial advice to both finance and non-finance colleagues
• Contribute data to the Medium Term Financial Plan and assess value for money
• Complete government and national returns, and develop clear audit trails and documentation for internal control
• Manage competing deadlines, flag potential overspends early, and contribute to corporate efficiency work

About you

• Qualified AAT, or part-qualified CCAB, with evidence of CPD
• Treasury experience in a large, complex organisation
• Strong financial analysis skills using large and complex datasets, and advanced Excel
• Experience of budget preparation and monitoring, government returns, and delivering under pressure
• Some experience of acting in a supervisory role
• Excellent written and verbal communication, able to present complex information clearly to financial and non-financial colleagues
• Local government experience is desirable but not essential
• Desirable: knowledge of VAT in local government, project management techniques, and experience of change within an organisation

Working pattern: The client would ideally like 1–2 days a week in the office, but will consider less for the right person.