Revenue accounting and Taxation Manager

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Full Time / 37 Hours Per Week / Permanent

This is an exciting opportunity for someone who enjoys working in a fast-paced environment to work within our corporate finance function.

With a proven track record of providing professional accounting in local government, including, being qualified accountant. As well as, excellent leadership skills and behaviours.

Managing a team of around 4 who are responsible for preparing revenue accounts, corporate budget monitoring, and taxation, you'll help us to navigate a variety of complex challenges, using your leadership skills to balance public need and political expectations and deliver real value for the city.

You'll enjoy working in an environment that offers plenty of opportunities to develop your skills, trusts your professional judgement, and encourages you to build a rewarding career.

You'll have a flexible approach to working to include office and home based, to fit the needs of the service.

What you'll be doing

Supporting the council financial accounts process by using specialist knowledge in corporate finance, government policy and local authority finance legislation, ensuring the Council complies with indirect taxation requirements.

You'll also be involved with the planning, managing and leading the process by which revenue monitoring reports are prepared and reported, with a focus on accounting tasks, including preparing and reviewing relevant working papers for the statement of accounts, including timely responses to auditors.

What you'll need

With experience of accounting processes, financial planning and understanding and interpreting legislation and used to handling large volumes of data. Being confident in using spreadsheets at an advanced level and reporting on this data.

A logical thinker you'll be able to problem solve in a creative and proactive manner. You'll have a positive attitude to flexible working and show resilience when working in a fast-changing operational support environment. Using excellent customer service skills will allow you to easily converse with all areas of the business and business support teams and translate their requirements into the technical solutions.

You'll hold an accountant qualification (CIPFA, ICA, ACCA, CIMA).

What we can offer you

As well as the satisfaction of helping to improve the lives of those living and working in Leicester, you can look forward to a work environment that encourages a healthy work/life balance. You'll enjoy generous annual leave, membership of the Local Government Pension Scheme and flexible working. We will give you the chance to develop your skills and expertise through training and development. In addition, you can choose from a number of flexible benefits, including childcare vouchers, discounts on city buses and trains, and help with relocation to Leicester, where appropriate. Those who excel in the role will have ample opportunities to take on new challenges.

Join us

We're committed to recruiting a highly-talented workforce as we continue to build a council that meets the needs of our diverse, vibrant and growing city. That's why we have designed our recruitment process to put you at your ease, make you feel welcome and bring the best out of you. We'll do all we can to make our recruitment process as fair as possible. To help you with your application, take a look at the 'our approach to recruitment' page.

For an informal discussion about this post, please contact Miriam.Adeyeye@leicester.gov.uk