Job title: Treasury & Accountant Manager
Job Category: Interims
Hours per week: 37
Location: Runnymede Civic Centre, Station Road, Addlestone, Surrey, KT152AH, Runnymede Borough Council
Pay: £300.00 per day
3 days in the office (in Addlestone) 2 days remote.
Main Objectives
Carry out the Council’s treasury activities ensuring they are managed effectively and in accordance with the established Treasury policy and procedures; This includes treasury advice to senior management and implementation of Council’s Treasury strategies.
Manage the Exchequer services teams to ensure that the Accounts Receivable, Accounts Payable and Payroll processes are operating effectively whilst adhering to the established procedures and controls. This includes associated accounting, reporting and disclosures.
Ensure that all the Council’s payments are received and paid safely and allocated correctly in the ledgers (including to the relevant control accounts).
Ensure that the Council maintains a set of insurances to adequately cover insurable risks and to provide associated insurance services, including handling of the claims.
Ensure that all aspects of the work comply with relevant statutory requirements, professional codes of practice, financial regulations and standing orders.
5. Main Duties and Responsibilities
Broadly, the role involves carrying out the treasury requirements of the Council and supervising the Accounts Receivable, Accounts Payable, Insurance and Payroll processes on a daily basis. Specifically, this role is accountable and responsible for taking appropriate action with respect to the following Treasury and Exchequer services:
Knowledge
- Knowledge of the CIPFA Prudential and Treasury Management Codes of Practice
- Knowledge of cost allocation, recharging mechanisms and reconciling control accounts
- Knowledge of the Accounts Payable, Accounts Receivable and insurance functions of an organisation
Skills and Experience
- At least 3 years of treasury management experience
- At least 3 years post-qualification experience in local government
- Recent experience of preparing the statutory Statement of Accounts / for a local authority
- Experience of dealing with and managing change and change management issues in the workplace
- Experience of compiling complex government or professional body returns
- Well versed in using the Microsoft Office suite of applications including Word, Excel, MS Teams and Outlook
- Prior experience of using major finance management systems
- Extensive post-qualification experience in local government in a management position
- Post-qualification experience in a non-unitary district/borough council
- Experience in using treasury management software
- Experience of working in the Accounts Payable, Accounts Receivable and insurance functions of an organisation
Training and Qualification
- Qualified member of AAT (or equivalent) with full membership
- Qualified member of a CCAB body with full membership
- CIPFA membership
- Training specifically linked to treasury management
Other Requirements
- Strong advocate of change management and continuous improvement
- Ability to work accurately and methodically to a high level of detail to multiple deadlines
- to be flexible in approach to duties and to prioritise workload effectively
- Strong and effective communicator throughout both verbally and in writing
- Ability to work co-operatively and willingly with others, supporting colleagues and sharing workloads
- Work well independently with minimum supervision and able to take the initiative to solve issues
- Ability to develop the potential of IT packages
- Able to cope with competing demands and multiple deadlines
- Able to resolve difficult or complex issues
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