Assistant Finance Manager Opportunities - Capital & Treasury
📍 Hybrid | 3‑Month Contract | 36 Hours (Mon-Fri)
💰 £500 per day (Umbrella)
🏢 Office: Dockside, Newham - 2-3 days in office per week
Are you an experienced finance professional ready to step into a leadership-focused, high‑impact role within a forward‑thinking local authority? Two exciting Assistant Finance Manager positions-one in Capital and one in Treasury-are now available on an initial 3‑month contract.
These roles are ideal for candidates with strong technical accounting skills, a solid understanding of public sector finance, and the confidence to support complex strategic decision-making.
🔎 About the Roles
As an Assistant Finance Manager, you'll support the Finance Manager in delivering high-quality financial insight, oversight and guidance across your designated area. These are hands-on leadership roles, managing up to 22 FTE (including matrix/project teams) and directly line-managing up to 4 staff.
You'll play a key role in enabling sound financial planning, value-for-money service delivery, and constructive challenge to budget holders across the organisation.
🧭 Key Responsibilities
Financial Management
Provide robust financial oversight, ensuring strong budgetary control and early identification of pressures.
Support budget managers by developing solutions and recovery plans alongside the Finance Manager.
Promote a culture of financial accountability and value for money.
Contribute to outcome-based commissioning models, ensuring strong commercial and contractual governance.
Produce and present high-quality financial reports for senior stakeholders.
Financial Planning & Strategy
Contribute to developing the Council's long-term financial strategies.
Support the medium-term financial planning process.
Build financial models and analytics to assess future service needs, legislation changes, and resource implications.
Financial Reporting
Support the closure of the Council and Pension Fund accounts.
Deliver accurate, compliant statutory returns and corporate financial reports.
Provide quality assurance across financial outputs.
Stakeholder & Customer Focus
Act as a junior financial advisor, offering strategic support and evidence-based challenge.
Build effective relationships across services, partners, and wider government bodies.
Help ensure compliance with CIPFA Codes, Treasury Guidance, and legislative requirements.
🎓 Required Skills & Experience
CCAB qualified (preferably CIPFA) or part-qualified (AAT + relevant sector experience) - Essential.
Proven experience in public sector financial and technical accounting.
Strong understanding of national policy issues affecting local government.
Confident influencing and negotiation skills.
Experience managing teams and delivering complex projects.
Skilled in financial analysis, modelling, and presenting data clearly.
Ability to extract, interpret and manipulate complex financial information.
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