Business Change Accountant
1 x One Year Fixed Term Contract
We are proud to be awell-run borough. A world heritage site, our communitiesarevibrant and diverse,and our elected members are ambitious to realise the potentialof the borough whilst working within a challenging financial environment.
Our Accountancy Partnering Service provides accounting and business support across a range of the Council's Directorates, including Resources, Legal & Democratic and Communities, Environment & Central Services . In this post, you will :
- Be responsible for the accounting functions of multiple service areas, ensuring their sound running within Council Policy and the medium-term financial position of the Council . Ensuring that Financial Procedures and practices are followed, and contributing to ensuring the Council meets its section 151 responsibilities .
- Be responsible for ensuring that these services are professionally managed and delivered at the operational level, including budget setting and closure of accounts .
- To be part of a team that maintain and develop a culture of high professional standards and achievement that enables the delivery of the Services objectives through continuous improvement using innovation and creativity .
- Support senior managers in the day-to-day managing and developing of staff and performance and to be a pro- active and innovative problem solver .
- Be committed to fostering cross service working within and beyond the Council and committed to cost effective service
You will have excellent communication skills and effective time management skills, be a good team player but also able to work independently with minimal supervision . Previous Local Government Accounting experience is essential for this role.
Closing date: 18 th November 2026
Interviews likely to be held w/c30 th November 2026
Our Finance teams are currently working in a hybrid way, this means you'll spend some of the week office- based and some will be working from home .
Diversity Statement: Royal Borough of Greenwich values the diversity of its community and aims to have a workforce that reflects this. We therefore encourage applications from all sections of the community.
Salary: Salaries advertised are for a standard working week of 35 hours unless otherwise stated. Please use this 'Salary Calculator to help you calculate a pro rata salary.
Our Staff Values: Our Staff Values are important to us. Candidates will be continuously assessed against our staff values throughout the recruitment process. Where candidates demonstrate views and behaviours that do not meet the standards of our staff values, we reserve the right to reject their application/ registration.
Attached documents
- Job description
- Person specification
Business Change Accountant in City of London employer: Royal Greenwich
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