Local Authorities provide the opportunity to join them and make a positive impact on the delivery of your local services. These services are vast, which allows individuals to focus on a variety of areas as well as providing specialist support.

Due to the regulations affecting Local Authorities, strong technical accountants are always required to ensure that the reporting structures and financial processes meet their requirements and obligations. In addition there are a wide range of specialist projects which are undertaken by Local Authorities which calls for a different set of skills to manage and deliver projects and programmes.

The structure of Local Authorities changes regularly, which creates a buoyant market for individuals looking for both interim and permanent Local Government finance jobs. Although previous Local Government experience is preferred, individuals with the relevant skills sets from alternative backgrounds will also be brought in.

Work-life balance is heavily promoted within Local Authorities and career progression is heavily supported. Your career journey within Local Government can be as varied as you wish it to be as due to the individual structures there is an opportunity to focus within a wide range of different service units, providing new and exciting challenges along the way.

At Capita Resourcing we have a wide range of accountancy and finance jobs in local government for both qualified and part-qualified accountants. Register with us or contact our one of our offices to talk to a specialist financial recruitment consultant who will be able to help you find your ideal job. Sign up for our job alerts so that you are the first to know when new jobs are on the market.

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