Finance Manager

Working on behalf of a Local Authority, Aatom Recruitment has a new opportunity for a Finance Manager on a 2 month contract with the possibility for further extension.

Main responsibilities:

• Oversight of departmental budgets, facilitating production and delivery of Medium Term Financial Strategy proposals and revenue monitoring.
• Provision of expert financial and accounting advice, oversight over Director and Head of Service level budgets (and groups thereof) ranging from £20m – £100m
• Will have overall day to day responsibility for managing and leading departmental staff up to 35 FTE. This will include a mixture of directly managed and project (matrix managed staff) at any point in time. Direct responsibility of up to 5 FTE.

Job purpose:

• As a finance manager the postholder is expected to be a professional lead within their respective area of finance, provide expertise and high quality financial services to senior stakeholders, proactively contribute to the achievement of the finance service’s vision, and contribute towards an innovative, high performance and continuous improvement culture.
• This role will lead by example, modelling and embedding the client’s values and behaviours through working collaboratively with peers, service colleagues, partners and stakeholders. A finance manager is expected to make a significant contribution towards building a sustainable, highly effective service that delivers exceptional value for its residents through leadership on financial stewardship, insight and innovation.
• The post holder’s primary activity is to deliver some strategic but largely operational financial services to the client area directly as well as through leading and managing a group of assistant finance managers and accounting officers
• Within their respective area of finance, the post holder will support the head of finance to deliver financial advisory on behalf of the Corporate Director of Resources
• The postholder is expected to make a significant contribution towards service transformation and ensuring excellent joint working with senior and junior officers and other stakeholders across the client area.
• Advise head of finance officers on funding, financial management and accounting requirements
• Promote a culture which empowers budget holders and supports the delivery of value for money services and knowledge of key cost drivers
• Support the development of outcome-based commissioning models to better ensure strong price competition and transfer of risks through contracts with third parties
• Assist the head of finance in managing performance indicators and relationships within service contracts towards continued service improvement, value for money and generating social value
• Establish longer-term client -wide financial position and develop financial strategies with stakeholders
• Develop appropriate financial models and analytics to determine financial impact of future service demands, changes in legislation and other factors affecting resource requirements

Requirements:

• Full member of CCAB (preferably CIPFA) or CIMA with some post qualification experience
• Evidence of significant relevant Continuing Professional Development (CPD)
• Knowledge of Financial Management, Reporting and Analysis
• Knowledge of Risk Management and Financial Controls
• Experience delivering Excellent Customer Service

If you are interested in this role, please contact Pocholo!