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Recruiter placing quality interim & perm staff within Finance Teams of Local Government - 0115 666 6399
Role: Finance Business Partner – HRA & Capital
Location: North West
I am working on behalf of a Local Authority client of mine in the North West who is seeking a Finance Business Partner to join their team on an interim basis.
Role Purpose
* To provide a full range of financial direction, support and guidance to a range of Council services and/or cross cutting support as required within the Corporate Finance service.
* To support the Groups’ Senior Management and their budget managers to deliver their budget management responsibilities. The post holder will be required to translate complex financial data to non-financial stakeholders and effectively challenge senior managers, in ensuring robust financial management of each business area.
* To provide direct financial support to the Groups to enable them to develop their strategic financial plans and ensure that the future needs of the service are reflected in the Council’s medium term financial forecasts. To support the Finance managers in the provision of high quality financial advice and accurate and timely financial information to Corporate Directors, Heads of Service and budget managers across the Groups through day-to-day management and coordination of a service finance team
* To support the group Finance Manager in ensuring that each Group complies with Financial Standing Orders and all other financial policies and procedures as directed by the Chief Finance Officer. Key to the role will be working with a variety of stakeholders including elected Members, Corporate and Divisional Directors, and budget managers.
* To work with colleagues across the Corporate Finance service as required to proactively support the production of strategic and medium-term financial planning information.
* To ensure that the statutory accounting requirements with respect to each Group are met and that legislative changes that may have financial impact on Groups are covered.
Qualifications:
* Fully qualified Accountant - CIPFA, ACA, ACCA, CIMA (E) (PA)
* Educated to degree level or equivalent (E) (PA)
* Evidence of post qualification continuing professional development (E) (PA)
Experience:
* Experience as a finance professional in a large and complex public sector organisation and an understanding of the annual financial cycle and regime within local authorities (E) (PA)
* A good understanding of statutory and regulatory financial framework for local government (E) (PA)
* Experience of building partnerships and working effectively with a range of internal and external stakeholders (E) (PA)
* Evidence of developing financial strategies and project work in a corporate finance setting and across service boundaries (D) (PA)
* Experience of successful management of significant budgets in a comparable public sector organisation (D) (PA)
* Experience of working across the full range of the accountancy function (D) (PA)
* Experience in a management role in a multi-disciplinary organisation (D) (PA)
* An understanding of working in a political environment (D) (PA)
If interested, please apply to this advert or contact kate.tyler@g2recruitment.com.
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