A really exciting opportunity has arisen to join Guildford Borough Council as their permanent Chief Accountant. Reporting into the Head of Finance and with responsibility for a small team, your role will be to provide strategic financial and commercial services and advice across the organisation to enable the Council's planning and operational activity to be delivered in sustainable and cost effective ways. You role will also ensure the production and reporting of accurate financial accounting information, production of the MTFS and delivery of the Council's grouped statement of accounts in accordance with the statutory deadlines.

This is a key role in the Finance team and your role will include:

Supervision and leadership of the accounting team ensuring that all tasks are completed within required deadlines
Financial reporting and Compliance overseeing the preparation of financial statements
Budgeting and financial planning
Regulatory compliance
Strategic financial planning
Cost management
Risk management

This is a permanent role and will require you to be in the Guildford office 3 days a week. To be considered you will need to be a fully qualified CCAB accountant with previous experience in Local Government. The salary range is £59,417 to £68,110