Capital & Projects Accountant - #1693689

Role: Capital & Projects Accountant - 7-month contract

Location: Hybrid - WFH plus travel to Oxfordshire, (1 to 2 days per week in Oxford)

Rate: £31.20 per hour / 37 hour week

Start: ASAP (once vetting completed)

Key Skills: Either CCAB and / or ACCA qualified, strong forecasting, reporting and MS Excel skills, experience working with IT department stakeholders. Ideally NPPV3 qualified, (Police Force vetting)

Our Client: Large, technology led UK Police Force

The Role: (summary)

• Own end to end financial management of projects including reporting, policies and procedures. Own and manage all aspects of capital policy, budgeting and reporting.


• Deliver monthly project reporting to business units, governance boards and corporate finance highlighting risks, issues and opportunities to inform and enable decision-making.


• Work with Project Managers to ensure all projects maintain robust financial forecasts and projections and follow project and capital accounting methodology and adhere to the capital strategy.


• Take a strategic leadership role in the business case process to ensure compliance with financial standards and all business cases provide sufficient information to make informed investment decisions and explore all options to enable the force to deliver value for money. Ultimate financial sign off responsibility.


• Own the update and maintenance of the fixed asset register.


• Develop, own and enforce the force's capital policy and project-related procedures and processes to ensure a consistent standard is maintained and adheres to accounting standards.


• Take a lead role in the external annual audit of accounts in regards to capital and project expenditure. Managing the relationship with the auditors.


• Financial lead, working with Procurement and Business Leads, in the preparation of commercial tenders/procurement proposals ensuring there is compliance with forces procurement policies and contracts represent Value for Money in relation to projects and capital spend.

** You will need to be able to demonstrate that you have lived and worked in the UK for the last 5 years in order to meet the security vetting required for this role **

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