Contract to start ASAP until 02-08-26 with a possible extension.

Job Purpose

Meet with Capital Accountants and valuers to discuss valuation of Non-Current Assets

Monitor Corporate budgets (e.g. finance and investment income and expenditure) and the teams budget

Prepare collated Council-wide forecast and outturn reports for Cabinet

Revise/Review assurance packs produced by departments to support the year-end close down

Maintain a record of the Councils property leases

Maintain a record of the charitable funds and bequests for which the Council is trustee

Contribute to the Council's annual budget setting, financial planning and Council Tax calculation processes

Calculate the financial impact of proposed and actual Pay Awards. Produce forecasts and scenarios of future Pay Awards.

Input the adjustments to set the Council approved budget into SAP

Update the Budget Monitoring Policy and prepare report for Audit Committee

Review the Council's reserves position and prepare report for Cabinet

Closure of the accounts tasks and preparation of the Statement of Accounts by the prescribed deadlines

Prepare the year-end closure timetable

Complete statutory returns: RA and RO/RS Forms

Liaise with other Finance teams to ensure financial data is correctly reflected in the Council's financial accounts.

Liaise with the external auditors.

Prepare external audit 'prepared by client' requirements

Co-ordinating external audit responses, information upload and management to Huddle file sharing site

Prepare for and implement the changes required by new accounting standards.

Provide cover for the Treasury Management function.

Contribute to the Treasury/Capital Strategy Cabinet reports

Support the VAT function with some ad-hoc queries.

Approve journals.

Authorise access to SAP roles

Manage the transfer, to Foundation Derbyshire, of funds and bequests for which the Council is trustee.

Treasury Management System testing and teething issues

Management/VAT accounting for Football Foundation grant projects at Glossop and Sleetmoor

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