Technical Accountant

Technical Accountant Location, 35 hours, 15-month Fixed Term Contract Salary per annum £ 66,909 plus £5,094 London Weighting Imagine being faced with a world of exciting possibilities that could ultimately enable you to support our members and help shape the health policies of the future. As the UK's largest trade union and professional body for nursing, we support over half a million members with unwavering loyalty and total commitment. We represent and develop them, support their practice and lobby on their behalf to make a positive difference to their working lives. We're accredited with Investors in People Silver Standard. Our people are our greatest asset, and we want people who can contribute to our purpose in line with our values. To be the RCN Groups Technical Accounting Lead for the development and transition to Microsoft Dynamics Finance and Operations from the current on-premise Open Accounts systems. Due for delivery in mid-2025, your role will be to ensure that the D365 F&O
system set up and internal control framework are delivered to accommodate the reporting requirements for a Trade Union / membership organisation, Charity, and Trading Subsidiaries. The Group VAT return is produced under partial exemption VAT rules. The implementation of Microsoft Dynamics D365 with its scope and functionality will allow the RCN Group to deliver on its ambitions to reach an international audience, it will be your role to ensure that the system can deliver and account for international transactions. Other technical area's we will be looking to use your expertise will be in Investments and Pensions.

Hold a CCAB accountancy qualifications (ACA /ACCA/CIMA) Experience of producing Statutory Accounts using FRS102 and SORP Expert Knowledge of VAT Partial Exemption Rules and in the preparation of VAT and Corporation Tax returns Experience of developing, maintaining, and evaluating effective control frameworks To succeed at the Royal College of Nursing all you need to do is think bigger, better and brighter. And with an attitude like that, anything's possible. What we offer you We expect you to look after your customers. And we expect you to be rewarded for it. We offer an impressive range of benefits, a broad range of learning development opportunities and an award-winning health and wellbeing programme. We offer annual leave up to 32 days plus bank holidays and three additional days for the Christmas break plus generous maternity, adoption, paternity, and shared parental leave packages. What we deliver for our members is wide and varied so when it comes to how we work one

size doesn't fit all. We also know that to empower our people to do their best work, they must be able to balance the demands of work and home. We are a diverse organisation and understand everyone has different needs and many of our employees enjoy flexible working enabling them to deliver results whilst having a good work life balance. Departments and directorates have their own hybrid ways of working which put the needs of the service they deliver - whether that's to members or to colleagues - at their heart, in alignment with our hybrid working core principles. At the RCN it's unlikely you will work from home for all of your working time. Equally no one is expected to work solely in the office unless your role requires it. You can find out more by having a discussion with the recruiting manager.