Role: Assistant Accountant REF 368516
Contract Length: Until January 2026
Location: Hybrid/Kidlington
IR35: Inside
Pay Rate to Intermediary: £26.50 per hour
Spinwell is recruiting for an Assistant Accountant for an excellent opportunity within the public sector.
RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE ASSISTANT ACCOUNTANT
Support the force in delivering strategic priorities by ensuring accurate financial management of force budgets, working with key stakeholder within the force, to ensure financial reporting and forecasting.
SKILLS/EXPERIENCE OF THE ASSISTANT ACCOUNTANT
- Fully AAT Qualified. Attained or willing to work towards achieving.
- Proven practical and technical post qualification experience in a finance environment.
- High level of computer literacy; especially, MS office applications, Excel and databases.
- Proven ability to produce and accurately manipulate, interpret and analyse highly complex financial data to produce insightful information to assist decision making and performance management across the force.
- Proven ability as a good communicator who can clearly deliver financial information (verbal and written).
- Proven ability to work as a team member and independently
- Part-qualified in a professional accountancy qualification (ACCA, CIMA, CIPFA) having achieved passes/exemptions in at least 2/3 of the exam papers.
- Ability to draft final financial reports and deliver reports to the appropriate audiences.
- Enhanced knowledge of all areas of the organisation and how interdependencies can influence financial decisions or advice.
- Ability to lead on and represent the finance department in complex initiatives or annual processes such as the Annual Planning Process (APP) bids, the force productivity savings plan
If you are an Assistant Accountant, apply now or send your CV to Spinwell!
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