Grade                     SH7

We are looking for a highly motivated individual to provide comprehensive professional accountancy and general financial advisory services at the highest standards across the Council.

You will be required to act as a financial lead with managing agents and all major development capital projects and be involved in the preparation, monitoring and reporting on commercial property budgets. You will also ensure that that VAT and other taxes are correctly accounted for. The role with report to the Chief Accountant and have no line management responsibilities.

The successful candidate will ideally be a CCAB Qualified Accountant with excellent spreadsheet skills and proven extensive experience in a finance role, preferably as an Accountant, within a Local Authority or similar organisation delivering finance services.

A generous benefits package includes; a minimum of 25 days’ annual leave, Local Government Pension Scheme; free parking

For an informal discussion, please contact Adrian Flynn, Chief Accountant on 01276 707181.

Closing date: 4^th August 2021    

Interview Date: To Be Advised

Surrey Heath Borough Council is committed to equality of opportunity in employment and service delivery and welcomes applications from all sectors of the community.

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Equal Opportunities

Surrey Heath Borough Council – Working for Equality. We welcome applications from all sections of the community.

How to apply

Please apply online via the link provided.

Surrey Heath Borough Council is committed to equality of opportunity in employment and service delivery and welcomes applications from all sectors of the community. If you are unable to apply online for reasons of disability, please call 01276 707396 to discuss any reasonable adjustments that may be made to accommodate your individual requirements.

Please note:

All successful applicants will be subject to pre-employment checks in line with BPSS guidelines, which includes standard identification, referencing and unspent conviction checks. Surrey Heath Borough Council undertakes not to discriminate unfairly against any subject of a disclosure on the basis of conviction or other information revealed.

For the best chance of successful application, please read the Job Description and Personal Specification fully before applying for this vacancy as it contains information you will need to refer to when applying. We do not accept CV’s submitted without a fully completed application form. To reduce the risk of bias in its recruitment activities, the council is operating an anonymous shortlisting process, which hides personal information that can identify individuals until their application has been considered for shortlisting. If you choose to submit your CV with your application form we request that you remove all your personal details before uploading your CV. This will ensure that Managers cannot see your personal details when completing their shortlist.  If you have not heard from the council within 4 weeks of the closing date you should assume that your application has been unsuccessful. All unsuccessful applications will be removed and confidentially disposed of 6 months after the closing date.

If you have any further enquiries please email recruitment@surreyheath.gov.uk or telephone 01276 707396.

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