Your new company - a large government department.

Your new role - The successful postholder will report to the Head of Financial Accounting and will be responsible for supporting the delivery of the year-end financial statements, providing technical advice on complex transactions. You will lead and oversee the production of key statutory financial reports (including whole of government accounts - WGA) and notes to the accounts, commissioning and collating information required for the accounts. You will lead and apply technical accounting expertise to transactions, provide advice to stakeholders and respond to technical queries across the Department to ensure that the reporting is IFRS compliant. You will co-manage the accounts production team, supporting and developing team members to help them fulfil their potential.

What you'll need to succeed - you will be a qualified accountant and have experience of leading on the delivery of the year end financial statements for a complex organisation. You will ideally have some public sector experience and an audit background would be useful.

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