Local Government Jobs

Ealing Council is a highly ambitious and progressive local authority. It was named the UK’s “Best Achieving Council” at the Municipal Journal’s 2009 national awards and its finance department won the Best Finance Team of the Year at the Accountancy Age Awards in November 2009 (the second time in four years the Council has won this award). We are firmly established as an exceptionally high performing borough and we have ambitions to get even better. Finance is at the heart of our achievement, and the following outstanding opportunity has arisen in our finance team.

This is an important position in the Corporate Finance & Audit Directorate. Reporting to the Finance Manager, Control you will be responsible for:

• Assisting in the preparation, production and publication of the Council’s final accounts;
• Monitoring the closing reconciliations of the deployed finance groups;
• The overall management and control of the accounting requirements for capital expenditure;
• Management and maintenance of the Council’s fixed assets register;
• Line management of the Senior Capital Accountant

You will be a CCAB qualified accountant, ideally with local government or wider public sector experience and a financial accounting background. However, candidates from outside the public sector will be considered, provided they can demonstrate an understanding of accounting principles and current legislation as it affects local government revenue and capital finance. Excellent systems skills (particularly excel) will be essential, as will a high level of interpersonal skill – the successful candidate will need to be bright, confident, and self-motivated.

Closing Date: Friday 26th March 2010.