Collection Fund & Strategy Accountant

Are you an ambitious, passionate, and enthusiastic finance professional who wants to be part of a transformation journey?

Camden is building somewhere everyone can thrive, by making our borough the best place to live, work, study and visit. We want to make it a better borough, making radical social change a reality, creating a place where everyone has a chance to succeed and where nobody gets left behind.

The Finance service in Camden has an ambitious vision to ensure consistent delivery of a high-quality, value-added service with excellent financial controls. We will do this through an exciting journey of continuous improvement, change, challenge, and innovation. To be successful we’ll need to constantly adapt to meet the needs of the organisation. The first phase will realign and increase the capacity of the Finance department, so Camden will be recruiting a number of finance roles over the coming months.

The Collection Fund & Strategy Accountant is integral to the council finances and will fulfil the role of a Collection Fund specialist. The successful candidate will be expected to keep abreast of new and emerging policy and legislation, creating briefing notes on the local implications for Camden to inform the organisation’s leadership. Some of the key responsibilities will include.

• Providing monitoring and forecasting information on the performance of the Collection Fund
• Leading on Collection Fund Accounting and production of the Collection Fund notes
• Providing complex business advice and guidance on financial matters and support to service managers
• Supporting the budget setting, budget monitoring and final accounts work

To be suitable for the role you will need to be a driven qualified accountant who has the ability to decipher complex financial data in to simple clear narrative. An understanding of or previous experience of developing financial strategy, within a local authority setting would be highly desirable.

Camden offers hybrid working arrangements and excellent benefits including flexible working, an outstanding pension scheme and access to our incredible staff networks.

We want Camden Council to be a great place to work and to ensure that our communities are represented across our workforce. A vital part of this is ensuring we are a truly inclusive organisation that encourages diversity in all respects, including diversity of thinking. We particularly welcome applications from Black, Asian and those of Other Ethnicities, LGBT+, disabled and neurodiverse communities to make a real difference to our residents so that equalities and justice remains at the heart of everything we do.

You can find out more information about the roles, Council and how to apply here Camden. For a confidential discussion please contact Matt Horsman matthorsman@ivyrockpartners.com 07502726270.

The closing date for application is 25^th March