Senior Accountant

Senior Accountant | Burnley | Part-Qualified or QBE | £38,400 DOE | 33 days holiday | Flexible working

Your new company
A well-established public sector organisation based in Burnley, are seeking a Part-Qualified Senior Accountant to join their team on a permanent and full time basis. They are a values led company who provide outstanding services for their customers, with a vision to help the community build a better future.

Your new role
As a Senior Accountant within the Finance Team, you will provide an efficient and effective finance services for both internal and external customers of the Group. Your role will involve managing a small and busy team of 3 whilst overseeing the cashbook, treasury management, credit control, credit and debit card and petty cash systems.
You will produce the quarterly financial returns, whilst conducting reports for Group regarding treasury performance, ensuring that the requirements of the policy and strategy are met and reported as required. Your role will also involve conducting all control account reconciliations, ensuring all discrepancies are investigated and resolved and that financial controls are in place whilst monitoring and updating Open Accounts system.
As a member of the Corporate team, you will attend regular meetings with the wider business, preparing and writing reports. Whilst conducting your role, you will be expected to demonstrate high levels of motivation and employee engagement, supporting your team in their development.
This is a full time role, with flexible working hours Monday to Friday.

What you'll need to succeed
To be successful for this position, you will have worked in a similar role previously with substantial accountancy management experience, ideally within a public sector organisation. You should possess knowledge of cash management, credit control and VAT alongside excellent IT skills, preferably with experience of Open Accounts. As a manager, you should be able to deliver high levels of staff engagement and motivation and possess an understand of business planning.

What you'll get in return
In return for this, you will be offered a competitive salary up to a maximum of £38,487. Alongside your salary, you will be offered a range of excellent benefits inclusive of 25 days holiday (plus bank holidays and 3 extra days for Christmas closure), generous occupational pay and pension scheme, well being programme & quality learning and development opportunities. They have a fantastic reputation locally and nationally as an employer of choice, making them a highly desirable organisation to join.

What you need to do now
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