Job Purpose
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Location: Marischal College, Broad Street, Aberdeen
Duration: Permanent, Full Time
About The Role
To provide financial leadership, high quality professional advice, strategic forward-looking finance options, and decision support to the Chief Officer and the Integrated Joint Board (IJB).
To plan, develop, and deliver the IJB's financial strategy, ensuring sound governance and Best Value. This includes the preparation and presentation of all reports that meet statutory reporting requirements, safeguarding, and accurate recording and reporting of all financial information.
The Post Holder Needs To Hold As a Minimum
* Degree level qualification in a discipline relevant to the role
* CCAB Qualified Accountant and current membership of a recognised chartered professional body
* Significant post qualification experience
The Postholder Is Able To Demonstrate
* Financial planning and leadership at a senior level in a large multi-function organisation
* Strategic planning and contributing to the development of business strategies
* Managing and presenting information for reporting, monitoring, analysing, and evaluating finance and financial planning
* Advising, influencing, persuading, commanding confidence, and acting assertively in a high-profile environment
* Engaging proactively and openly with a wide range of stakeholders
* Using financial systems to advance underlying business objectives, including improving systems to provide better information for decision making
* Establishing, developing, and delivering all relevant processes for the delivery of complete financial management systems and financial planning
* Employing high-level analytical skills and creative problem-solving
* Meeting deadlines while balancing a range of competing priorities
* Communicating clearly with colleagues and stakeholders
* Thinking strategically with willingness and an ability to deal with day-to-day issues
* Managing competing risks in the context of the IJB Risk Appetite Statement
About Us
Please see the Job Profile for further details.
Aberdeen City Council is an equal opportunities employer and we are committed to equality, diversity, and inclusion. For further information, please see our Equality, Diversity, Inclusion, and Recruitment pack.
Flexible Working
We are happy to talk flexible working and offer flexible working for most roles in the organisation, meaning that many of our employees enjoy the freedom of choosing a working pattern that suits them as much as it suits the organisation.
Disability Confident
We are a Disability Confident Employer. If you consider yourself to have a disability and think you may require a reasonable adjustment to be made for this part of the selection process, or would like further information in relation to reasonable adjustments, please contact us.
Armed Forces
We are a forces-friendly employer, have signed the Armed Forces Covenant, and are a silver award recipient in the Defence Employer Recognition Scheme. We have a specific email address for those in the forces, those who have left the forces, as well as their partners/spouses/families: [contact email]. We can answer questions about jobs and our application/selection process, as well as about our employee support provisions.
Guaranteed Interview Scheme
We have several guaranteed interview schemes available to applicants who meet the minimum criteria for the role they are applying for, including those with disabilities, looked after young people, care leavers, young people in Aberdeen City, and refugees/asylum seekers under the New Scots scheme. Further details are available at our jobs page.
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