Accountant (System Implementation)

ACCOUNTANT (SYSTEMS) - INSIDE IR35 - 12 MONTH CONTRACT/ 3 DAYS PER WEEK

One of Lorien's leading Public Sector Clients is looking for a fully qualified Systems Accountant to join their team working 3 days per week with 1-2 of these days on site in Glasgow or Dundee.

• Professionally qualified accountant - CCAB/CIMA/CA professional accountancy body or equivalent with up-to-date CPD
• Experience of leading Finance Programmes/Projects or acting as Finance Subject Matter Expert on major finance/payment systems change programmes
• Experience of leading finance/payment processes and control design and ensuring legal/fiscal/Audit compliance requirements are met
• Must be credible with staff, creating conditions to build confident and effective teams that empower, value, develop and motivate people
• Proven ability to work on your own initiative, to deliver high quality outcomes and outputs and to meet deadlines whilst managing competing pressures.
• Strong communication and leadership skills, both written and verbal, with a proven ability to explain financial or technical information effectively to non-finance/Non-technical stakeholders and to influence change.
• Experience of managing finance/payment projects in a dynamic/ Agile environment
• Knowledge of Public Sector financial systems, processes, policies and procedures
• Change Management - experience in impacting and communicating changes to business processes
• Aware of GDPR/Data privacy legislation