Principal Accountant Revenue in Hove

Location: Hove Town Hall, Norton Road, Hove, BN3 3BQ

Date posted: 27/04/2026

Job reference: REQ0000835

Salary: £52,413 - £56,400

Contractual hours: 37 per week

Basis: Flexi Hours

Are you a CCAB qualified accountant with effective technical skills and an eye for detail? Do you enjoy collaborating with others and managing large and complex processes? Would you like the opportunity to review and transform some of our critical finance processes?

This is a key technical role at the centre of the council's financial management framework. You will lead and coordinate some of the council’s core financial processes such as budget setting and monitoring, ensuring robust processes are in place. You will also be responsible for maintaining and forecasting some of the more complex centrally held budgets, such as Housing Benefit Subsidy, and contributing to cross‑council working groups to help create innovative solutions to financial pressures. There is also the opportunity to contribute to the council's ambitious transformation activity, including the review of finance’s own processes.

• Strong technical finance expertise and ability to deal with complex data, explaining financial issues clearly to diverse audiences.
• Coordinate large financial processes such as budget setting, monitoring and/or financial reporting within a complex organisation.
• Ensure controls, ledger integrity and data quality for complex calculations with material financial impact.
• Collaborate constructively with finance colleagues and service managers across the council.
• Commit to equality, diversity and inclusive practice.

• A CCAB Accounting qualification.
• Experience coordinating large financial processes and financial reporting.
• Strong understanding of financial ledgers, controls and data integrity.
• Clear written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to explain technical issues in accessible language.
• Collaborative approach and confidence working inclusively with finance colleagues and service managers.
• Commitment to equality, diversity and inclusive practice.

• Access to ongoing professional development and learning opportunities.
• Flexible working arrangements to support a healthy work life balance.
• Supportive and inclusive environment with staff networks and wellbeing commitment.
• Local government pension scheme and family‑friendly policies.
• Employee benefits including discount schemes and a cycle‑to‑work programme.

This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and is subject to a Disclosure & Barring Service (DBS) check. We welcome applications from all backgrounds and encourage diversity, including BME, White Other, disabled and trans applicants. We are a workplace that supports flexibility and employee wellbeing. Your contractual location will be the designated council office and travel will be at your own expense.