Job Ref: 214154194

Date: 2021-07-08 10:50:43

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Job Title: Housing Project Accountant

Location: Milton Keynes (remote working with occasional office attendance for key meetings)

Pay Rate: £350 day rate

Initial Term: 6 months

Sector: Public Sector

Hours: 37 hours per week

Grafton Recruitment, are now seeking a Housing Project Accountant on behalf of our client based in Milton Keynes. The is available immediately and will mainly include remote working.

Key Responsibilities

Financial analysis and challenging forecasts of capital projects and HRA revenue budgets ensuring that they are accurate, and explanations of variations are robust. Challenge and support managers to identify mitigating actions to manage any adverse variations within projects and assess the impact of expenditure variations and slippage on funding sources (timing of receipts, nature of funding source etc.).
Work with services to develop business cases and project documentation for capital and revenue projects to ensure robust decision making. Responsible for reviewing and challenging the financial appraisal assumptions and ensure this is supported by evidence and test the appraisal against value for money and other assessment criteria.
Manage the funding of the Housing capital programme; support the service to make claims for additional external grant funding, track the receipt, use of and expiry of retained Right to Buy receipts and ensure the use of borrowing is within funding limits.
Provide advice and guidance on projects within the Council, participating in project boards, ensuring good project governance. Provide financial advice on procurement and contract related matters (tendering, contract extensions etc.).
To work with services to ensure the accuracy of project costs in the accounts; all accruals are evidenced and supported by working papers, correct treatment for aspects such as retention. Ensure capital expenditure is in accordance with the CIPFA Code of Practice and accounting regulations.

Essential Requirements (key skills & qualifications)

Qualified accountant (CCAB) with relevant post-qualification experience and evidence of ongoing CPD.
Experience of project management relating to the planning, delivery and reporting of capital projects. Essential, knowledge of and understanding of capital accounting in the context of housing.
Experience of financial planning, control, and reporting in a complex organisation which should include some experience in working in a public sector organisation or in the housing sector.
Be able to explain complicated and technical information in a manner that can be understood by others with different levels of knowledge on the subject, including senior stakeholders, using multiple tools; written (preparation of presentations and report writing including cabinet papers), spreadsheets (financial modelling) and deliver presentations. Hiring Contact: Lauren McNeal

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