Revenue Accounting and Taxation Manager

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It will be no surprise that you'll be experienced in finance, with a proven track record of providing professional accounting in local government. You should be a qualified accountant with excellent leadership skills and behaviours, leading with confidence and integrity. Managing a team of around 4, you will be responsible for preparing revenue accounts, corporate budget monitoring, and taxation. As a leader at the Council, you'll help us navigate a variety of complex challenges, using your leadership skills to balance public need and political expectations while delivering 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. This is a full-time post working 37 hours per week from Monday to Friday, based at City Hall. The team currently works in a hybrid model of home and office based on business needs. On occasion, you may be required to work evenings to attend meetings. We offer flexible and agile working to promote a healthy work/life balance.

What you'll be doing:

• Maximising resources available to the council using specialist knowledge in corporate finance, government policy, and local authority finance legislation.
• Ensuring the Council complies with indirect taxation requirements.
• Planning, managing, and leading the process by which revenue monitoring reports are prepared and reported.
• Your primary focus will be accounting tasks, preparing and reviewing relevant working papers for the statement of accounts, including timely responses to auditors.

What you'll need:

• With substantial experience of accounting processes, financial planning, and understanding and interpreting legislation, you'll be used to handling large volumes of data.
• You should be confident in using spreadsheets at an advanced level and reporting on this data.
• A logical thinker, you will be able to problem-solve in a creative and proactive manner.
• You should have a positive attitude towards flexible working and demonstrate resilience in a fast-changing operational support environment.
• Excellent customer service skills will allow you to converse easily with all areas of the business and translate their requirements into technical solutions.
• You will hold an accountant qualification (CIPFA, ICA, ACCA, CIMA) and have a DBS check completed by us.

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 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.

Please note applications will be shortlisted once submitted and progressed to interview; therefore, this advert may close sooner than the date posted.