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).