Group Accountant (Financial)


Company:	Triumph Consultants Ltd
Salary:	£387.96 to £387.96 a day
Hours:	Full-time
Location:	Bristol
Job type:	Temporary
Posting date:	1 Oct 2026
Closing date:	30 Oct 2026

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Summary

What's involved with this role:

Location: Bristol (Hybrid)

Ref: 5305775

Rate: £387.96 per day (flexible holiday pay options)

Contract: 12 months

Working Pattern: 37hrs, Monday to Friday

Hybrid Working: 2–3 days on site

The Role

Are you an experienced local government accountant with specialist Collection Fund expertise?

We’re supporting a large public sector organisation to recruit a Group Accountant to act as the lead specialist for Collection Fund accounting, statutory returns and technical financial reporting.

This role has arisen due to a secondment and offers the chance to work within a highly specialised technical finance team, supporting complex financial decision-making across a large and diverse authority.

You will take ownership of business rates and council tax accounting, surplus/deficit calculations, tax base processes, statutory returns, and year-end reporting. Working closely with Finance, Revenues & Benefits and external partners, you will provide specialist technical advice that ensures statutory compliance and supports medium-term financial planning.

Key Responsibilities

Lead the organisation’s Collection Fund accounting function, including debt impairment, appeal provisions, forecasting and surplus/deficit calculations.

Prepare, validate and submit statutory returns including NNDR1, NNDR3, CTB1, CTR1 and WGA inputs.

Provide specialist technical advice on Collection Fund legislation, business rates retention and council tax accounting, supporting senior finance officers and key stakeholders.

Produce financial analysis, forecasts and reporting to support medium-term financial planning and statutory financial reporting.

Lead responses to external audit queries, ensuring appropriate assurance and resolving technical issues.

Coordinate cross-functional workstreams across Finance, Revenues & Benefits, preceptors and external partners to ensure timely and accurate delivery of statutory returns and year?end requirements.

Represent the organisation at internal and external financial working groups, providing technical insight and supporting collaborative decision-making.

You Will Need

CCAB qualified accountant (or equivalent experience) with strong technical accounting expertise.

Significant experience of Collection Fund accounting, statutory returns and local authority financial reporting.

Strong analytical skills with the ability to interpret complex financial information and provide clear advice to senior stakeholders.

Experience of working with external audit, preparing supporting evidence and resolving technical audit queries.

Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills, able to influence and support non financial audiences.

Desirable Experience

Experience improving finance systems, processes or reporting frameworks.

Ability to present financial information clearly to groups and varied audiences.

How to Apply

If you meet the essential criteria, please send your CV, rate expectation (in line with the above) and confirmation of Right to Represent to: toni.coates@tclrec.com

Please quote the Job Title & Vacancy Reference No. in your application, or we will be unable to match your CV to the role being applied for.

Job Ref: 5305775

Anticipated Length of Assignment: Unless otherwise stated (we do carry the occasional permanent vacancy) all of our roles are technically temporary, though opening assignments can be and often are, extended by clients on a longer term basis and can sometimes become permanent.

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