Principal Financial Accountant

About You
Are you a qualified accountant looking for an exciting new challenge?
We have an incredible opportunity for you to become a key member of our finance team!
What you'll be good at:

  • Preparing financial statements and supporting notes in compliance with IFRS (International Financial Reporting Standards)
  • Operating and maintaining an effective financial control environment
 
 
What We’re Looking For:
  • Strong planning skills and attention to detail
  • Proven ability to work collaboratively within a team
  • Flexibility in approach and excellent prioritisation skills to meet deadlines
If you’re ready to take your career to the next level and thrive in a dynamic environment, we want to hear from you!

About The Role
We're looking for you to lead our finance team to success!
Are you ready to take on a leadership role in financial management?
We have an exciting opportunity for someone to join our team and drive financial excellence across our organisation.
You'll be great at:
  • Leading our financial reporting, including the preparation of our Annual Report & Accounts
  • Maintaining an effective financial control environment
  • Ensuring compliance with HM Treasury and HMRC regulations
  • Overseeing the fitness and functionality of our financial systems
  • Managing the provision of our payroll services
 
What We’re Looking For:
  • Strong leadership and team development skills
  • Proven experience in financial management and reporting
  • Ability to build resilience within the finance team
If you’re passionate about financial management and ready to make a significant impact, apply now and become a vital part of our team!
 
We don’t expect candidates to meet every single desired qualification.

If your experience looks a little different from what we've identified and you think you can bring value to the role, we'd love to learn more about you!
 
To find out more about the role, take a look at the job description.
 
Role location: Hybrid working (on average 2 days working out of our Mansfield office)
 
Schedule:

Application closing date: 24th November 2024 
Sifting date: w/c 25th November 2024
Interviews: w/c 2nd December 2024
(If you are unavailable on these interview dates, please make us aware and we will look at alternative dates)
Security:
Successful candidates must pass basic security checks and will be subject to UK Immigration requirements.

About The Coal Authority
Our benefits:
  • A cutting-edge pension scheme with an impressive employer contribution rate of approximately 28.97%.
  • Experience our values-based recognition scheme that celebrates your contributions.
  • Flexibility in working patterns, whether it's full-time, part-time, or compressed hours.
  • Embrace flexible working arrangements tailored to your needs.
  • Enjoy a generous holiday allowance of 27.5 days annually, plus the flexibility to add 6 extra days to that, alongside 8 public holidays.
  • Benefit from a comprehensive parental leave policy with 26 weeks of full pay (subject to eligibility).
  • Get support to further your professional qualifications and payment for one annual professional subscription.
  • Access a free, confidential Employee Assistance Programme to support your well-being.
  • Unlock exclusive employee discounts
  • Ensure your well-being with an annual health check and receive £15 monthly towards well-being activities.
  • Enjoy the convenience of on-site free parking, along with complimentary tea, coffee, and soft drinks at our Mansfield office.
Working with us:
We offer different ways to work flexibly, and the following types of flexibility are usually possible: job share, flexible hours, working from home for part of the week and compressed hours.

Please feel free to talk about what flexibility means to you at your interview.
With a genuine commitment to flexible working, we believe that work life balance is incredibly important.
Who we are:
Here at the Coal Authority, we really are a great team to work with.

We’re united in our passion and commitment to make a better future for people and the environment in mining areas.
We carry out a wide variety of essential services from responding to coal mining hazards, to keeping everyone and everything safe from mine water pollution.
We are excited about what our future holds.

Our work is helping to develop a new sustainable source of renewable energy for the UK.

By harnessing the energy from mine water heat, we hope to play a key role towards helping the UK to meet net-zero emissions by 2050.
We truly are a supportive organisation where we all live and breathe our values.

We are inclusive, trusted and progressive in everything that we do.
Equality, Diversity and Inclusion:
Here at TCA we don’t just accept difference – we celebrate it, support it, and thrive on it for the benefit of our colleagues, our customers and our communities.

We are proud to be an inclusive employer.

We are committed to developing a supportive, inclusive, caring and positive community.

We encourage applications from people from different backgrounds, identities, cultures and beliefs.

Diversity is vital to our success and innovation and is fundamental to our values of being trusted, inclusive and progressive.
As part of our commitment to increasing the diversity of our workforce, we provide a guaranteed interview to applicants who meet the minimum selection criteria who are disabled or from a minority ethnic community.
If you require any reasonable adjustments or alternative format application forms you can get in touch with us by contacting the team by email at recruitment@coal.gov.uk or by phone on 01623 637000.


  • Start: 08/11/2024
  • Rate: £46,125 - £56,375
  • Location: Mansfield,England
  • Type: Permanent
  • Industry: Accountancy
  • Recruiter: The Coal Authority
  • Contact: Admin The Coal Authority
  • Tel: 01623 637149
  • Email: to view click here
  • Reference: 0386
  • Posted: 2024-11-08 16:17:03 -

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