Job Description

Salary

48,226 to 50,269 plus a market supplement of 4,500 per year for full-time position

Contractual hours

37

Basis

Full time

Region

Warwick

Package

Permanent

Job category/type

Finance

Date posted

24/12/2025

Job reference

RA0007403

Senior Accountant - Capital & Technical

Job Details

Pay Grade & Scale: Grade O, Scale 32-34

Hours: 37 hours per week (or part-time available - 30 hours per week)

Contract Type: Permanent

Place of Work: Warwick (Hybrid)

Closing Date: 26th January 2026

Interview Date: TBC

About the Role

Are you ready to make a real impact in local government finance? We're looking for an experienced

Capital Accountant

to join our Strategic Finance team. This is your chance to take ownership of a key technical area, ensuring accurate capital accounting and strong financial governance. You'll safeguard the integrity of the Council's financial reporting, ensuring full compliance with accounting standards, and provide expert advice on complex capital accounting issues for a balance sheet with fixed assets valued at 1.5 billion covering a diverse portfolio of land, buildings, and infrastructure.

What You'll Do

You'll be at the heart of our capital accounting and technical finance work. You'll lead on all aspects of capital accounting - maintaining key registers, managing asset valuations, delivering the capital elements of the Statement of Accounts, and ensuring compliance with accounting standards. You'll handle complex transactions, oversee the capital closedown process, and provide expert technical advice to support accurate reporting and audit assurance.

Key Responsibilities

Ensure compliance with accounting standards and maintain financial integrity. Manage the Council's asset, lease, and capital grants registers, including property valuations. Oversee the annual capital closedown process and support the production of the Statement of Accounts. Provide technical financial advice and respond to audit queries. Maintain and reconcile the capital ledger, posting financing adjustments and allocating resources. Contribute to investment proposals and ensure accurate depreciation in budgets. Monitor grants, act as cost centre manager for capital funds, and complete statutory returns on time.

What We're Looking For

We want someone who:

Has

excellent attention to detail

and takes pride in and

ownership

of their work. Uses

initiative

and proactively collaborates with colleagues. Is

keen to learn

and adapt in a dynamic environment. Possesses

strong Excel skills

and ideally experience with financial systems. Brings experience in

capital accounting

- preferably within a

local authority setting

although this is not essential. Communicates complex information clearly and confidently.

Essential Requirements

Must be CCAB or CIMA qualified with substantial post-qualification experience in a finance environment. Ability to manage complex technical areas and meet challenging deadlines. Strong problem-solving and communication skills.

Desirable

Highly developed Microsoft Excel skills. Experience in local government finance and statutory reporting. Sound understanding of capital accounting principles.

Why You'll Love Working Here

Flexible working options - including hybrid working to support work-life balance. Generous annual leave and local government pension scheme. Professional development opportunities - we'll support your growth and continuous learning. A supportive, collaborative team that values innovation and improvement. Work that matters - every decision and calculation helps deliver services and investments that benefit our community.


For further information please see the and Person Specification.

Working for Warwickshire -

This is the difference you make

Warwickshire County Council is a place where everyone feels valued, included, safe, supported, and welcome. Our people are at the heart of this vision, could you be one of them!

At Warwickshire County Council we are committed to ensuring Warwickshire's economy is vibrant and supported by the right jobs, training, skills and infrastructure. Our people vision for Warwickshire County Council is a great place to work where diverse and talented people are enabled to be their best.

Your future matters to us, we provide a generous pension scheme which includes an employer contribution rate of typically around 19 percent per month, to help support your financial security during retirement. The scheme also offers a valuable package of benefits for members and their dependants. To find out more please visit: Warwickshire Pension Fund homepage - Warwickshire Pension Fund'

The benefits we offer include agile working, a valuable part of the pay and reward package for employees working in local government, generous annual leave entitlement, plus bank holidays and an additional day at Christmas, and access to Vivup benefits and discounts platform.

Additional Information

We recommend submitting your application as soon as possible. We don't want to keep you waiting so we will be starting the initial shortlist and assessment process while the job advert is running. Please check your emails or applicant account via our jobs portal for any updates on your application

The Fluency Duty is outlined in the Code of Practice on the English language requirements for public sector workers. The Fluency Duty for this role is Required. You must be able to speak and provide advice in accurate spoken English to the public.

To discuss the role, please contact Karen Clarke, Finance Manager - Capital & Technical, via e-mail karenclarke@warwickshire.gov.uk

Closing date: 26th January 2026

Interview date: TBC

Should you require application forms in an alternative format / language or any adjustments to be made throughout the application process or upon appointment, please contact hrandpayroll@warwickshire.gov.uk and we will make every effort to meet your specific requirements.

Warwickshire County Council is committed to equality of opportunity for all employees and is keen to address areas of under representation in its workforce.