Published date: 31 January 2023

Closed opportunity - This means that the contract is currently closed. The buying department may be considering suppliers that have already applied, or no suitable offers were made.


Closing: 1 February 2023, 10am

Contract summary

Industry

  • Recruitment services - 79600000

Location of contract

B70 8SZ

Value of contract

£25,900

Procurement reference

IT-230-6558-KB300123

Published date

31 January 2023

Closing date

1 February 2023

Closing time

10am

Contract start date

13 February 2023

Contract end date

14 May 2023

Contract type

Service contract

Procedure type

Open procedure (below threshold)

Any interested supplier may submit a tender in response to an opportunity notice.

This procedure can be used for procurements below the relevant contract value threshold.

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

No

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

No

Description

Job Title Technical Accounts Manager
Rate of Pay: Day rate
Hours: 37 per week
Location: Hybrid
Start Date: ASAP
Contract type: Temporary with a view to extend until 30th June 2023

Job Description and Personnel Specification are attached, which also provides more information above the role.

Brief description:

We are looking for a qualified or qualified by experience accountant ideally with good knowledge of IFRS and/or the regulatory reporting environment within which SMBC operates.
Public sector technical knowledge on various areas such as collection fund, capital accounting and PFI projects would be useful.
The purpose of the role is to provide support in technical accounting issues to the Corporate Finance Manager in order to support the delivery of a consistent response to all complex accounting judgements and ensure timely and accurate submission of statutory submissions and assist with closedown tasks as well as working with external and internal audit.

The individual will be in charge of:
• Accurate and timely preparation of substantial and complex deliverables (i.e. accounting judgements or calculations) (e.g. Lease accounting, business case evaluation (financial review))
• Supporting stakeholders in an advisory capacity leveraging complex technical expertise or experience as required
• Influencing and managing relationships with stakeholders (teams, functional, external) to enable the successful delivery of activities and projects.
• Proactively maintaining role as subject matter expert within areas of responsibility, including keeping up to date with internal and external development in relevant business/regulatory areas (e.g. CIPFA code changes affecting specific areas - example would be discussions on infrastructure assets)
• Developing a significant working knowledge of relevant finance and business relevant end to end processes (e.g. collection fund accounting process mapping, end to end communication from business areas to central finance function - Revs and Bens / systems accountant/ chief accountant)
• Identifying and driving connections between the finance function and other areas of the organisation by working in consistent ways and creating a collaborative culture with an aligned purpose and outcomes Delivering Change & Continuous Improvement (most important in conjunction with the above)
Qualifications/Skills/Experience :
· CCAB qualification - CIPFA preferable but any other is acceptable (QBE acceptable)
· Demonstrates CPD in technical projects delivered
• Detailed working knowledge and experience of working in a public sector finance team would be useful but not essential. (Interaction with the wider business (non silo approach to work))
• External Financial Reporting (ideally closure of accounts or significant closure support)
• Experie...

More information

Links

Additional text

The Quotation Document(s) will be made available to suppliers who Express Interest on the Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council Tendering Portal. To access the portal please click the following link https://in-tendhost.co.uk/sandwellmbc

You will be required to log into an existing account or register a new one. Once logged in, from the top menu bar click on 'Tenders' to list all the current opportunities. Once you have found the relevant opportunity you should click on 'View Details' in order to Express Interest.

Closing date for submission of quotations is Wednesday 1st February 2023 10:00am

Is a Recurrent Procurement Type? : No

About the buyer

Contact name

Karendeep Bassra

Address

1 Providence Place
West Bromwich
West Midlands
B70 8SZ
United Kingdom

Telephone

0121 569 4766

Email

karendeep_bassra@sandwell.gov.uk