Senior Corporate Accountant

Ready to step into a senior finance role where your expertise truly matters?

Join Staffordshire County Council—an organisation known for strong financial management, smart planning, and consistent delivery and help steer us through today’s economic challenges.

We’re looking for a high‑calibre finance professional to play a key role in maintaining and enhancing our financial reporting. Working closely with the Corporate Finance Manager and senior leaders, you’ll help shape strategy, drive performance, and ensure our reporting is accurate, timely and of the highest standard.

Based in Stafford with flexible hybrid working, this is a role that offers both impact and balance.

In this role, you’ll take ownership and influence where it counts:

• Lead on statutory financial reporting, including delivery of the Statement of Accounts
• Interpret and apply accounting standards across the organisation
• Manage audit relationships, ensuring smooth, well‑evidenced processes
• Oversee the capital programme and fixed asset register in line with CIPFA guidance
• Strengthen financial systems, controls and reporting processes
• Lead and develop the Capital team

You’ll be part of a respected, forward‑thinking finance function that values expertise, collaboration and continuous improvement.

We’re looking for someone who brings both technical excellence and leadership:

• CCAB qualified with public sector experience.
• Strong knowledge of local government finance and statutory reporting
• Deep understanding ofaccounting standards and how to apply them
• Confident interpreting and applying legislation and codes of practice
• Proven ability to lead, influence and deliver under pressure

If you’re ready to take the next step in your finance career and make a real impact in a high‑performing local authority, apply now and be part of something that matters.

For an informal chat about the role, please contact William Wilkes, Corporate Finance Manager, on 01785 278157 or William.wilkes@staffordshire.gov.uk

Our selection process will be held w/c 15 June and will include an interview and a task to test some of the skills needed for the role.

Our Recruitment Process: We anonymise applications during shortlisting to ensure only relevant information is considered. Please complete your application fully, especially the supporting statement, to highlight what you’ll bring to the role.

Previous applicants need not re-apply.

We are no ordinary county council:

Our Values:

The core of who we are as an organisation. Just like we all have personal values that shape our thoughts and behaviour, organisational values drive how we think and act collectively.

Our values were created and shaped by colleague feedback and national best practice and they sit at the heart of People Strategy:

We have a real sense of community spirit that brings our people together. This feeling of belonging means we are all connected to what we do and take pride in the difference we make every day for Staffordshire people. We are ambitious and our sights are set firmly on a better future.

We look forward and race ahead - that goes for your career too.

Our benefits:

We recognise that it is our employees that are central to everything we do. We aim to create a supportive working environment where employees can achieve their full potential and achieve a healthy work-life balance.

In addition to your salary, as a member of staff, you will have access to Our rewards and benefits - Careers at Staffordshire

Our recruitment process:

As an Authority we are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people/vulnerable adults and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.

Staffordshire County Council is an equal opportunities organisation and Disability Confident employer. We encourage applications from all background and communities

As part of our commitment as a Disability Confident employer, a Gold Award Armed Forces employer and our commitment to supporting care leavers - we offer a guaranteed interview as long as your application meets the minimum criteria for the post.