Sellick Partnership are pleased to be working with Bristol City Council in their search for two Finance Managers on a permanent basis.
About the roles:
1) Finance Manager - Technical & Accounting
Key responsibilities:
* Identify, develop and support opportunities and initiatives to transform the delivery of financial services
* Progress key internal & external financial documents for your respective area of the portfolio
* Manage & motivate staff, ensuring robust management and supervisory practices are undertaken
* Lead on the co-ordination & production of the in-year monitoring reports, ensuring key monthly financial monitoring tasks assigned are achieved to a high quality
* Contribute to the formulation & implementation of financial strategy & policy and recommend changes to accounting policies
* Lead and coordinate development of the Capital and Investment Strategy, ensuring alignment with appropriate corporate strategies & asset management planning
* Lead on the development, coordination and financing of the council’s capital programme, as part of the annual budget process, ensuring alignment to the capital strategy, affordability and optimum use of all available funds
* Lead on development & refresh of Treasury Management Strategy
* Put in place effective banking & appropriate financial systems and processes that support excellent financial stewardship
* Lead and coordinate Tax advice, including VAT, SDLT and Corporation Tax
Person specification:
CCAB qualified
Locality authority experience
Background in Technical Accounting
Experience leading the statutory accounts process for a complex organisation
Staff management experience
2) Finance Manager - Adults Social Care
Key responsibilities:
* Identify, develop and support opportunities and initiatives to transform the delivery of financial services
* Progress key internal & external financial documents for your respective area of the portfolio
* Manage & motivate staff, ensuring robust management and supervisory practices are undertaken, learning & development proactively supported and to provide coaching and mentoring as appropriate
* Support and embed culture of budget holder empowerment and delivery of value for money, including application of benchmarking
* Provision of insightful predictive analytics, utilising economic, social, & demographic data and commercial acumen to support business development and income improvements across the organisation
* Lead on the co-ordination & production of the in-year monitoring reports, ensuring key monthly financial monitoring tasks assigned are achieved to a high quality
* Lead on the collation of detailed revenue budgets including growth & transformation cost & efficiency programmes
* Update & publish the annual budget monitoring timetable, briefing all service finance business partnering teams & ensuring service managers & director sign-off is achieved
* Develop & support on the detailed revenue and/or capital budgets for inclusion within the budget, in liaison with Heads of Service & Business Partners, and in line with the MTFP, Capital Strategy & transformation, efficiency programmes
* Ensure service managers/directors have a thorough understanding and acceptance of their detailed budgets through workshops and other similar processes
Person specification:
CCAB qualified
Locality authority experience
Background in a Financial Management/Business Partnering role within Adults Social Care
Experience of dealing with a range of stakeholders with a varying degree of understanding of financial matters
Expertise in budget preparation, analysing and monitoring complex budgets
Project accounting experience including business cases and benefit realisation
Location: Hybrid/Bristol
Salary: £53,807 - £57,884
Reporting to: Business Partner
How to apply:
To apply, please submit your CV or contact Kathryn Evans in the Sellick Partnership Derby office for a confidential chat.