We seek a Head of Financial Management to work with colleagues to achieve service plan objectives and targets while complying with data protection legislation and Information Security Policy, including supporting policies.
The Head of Financial Management will be willing and able to work in a flexible and agile way with regard both to hours of work and location of work, including remote and home working, as required, subject to service needs and requirements and participate in performance development, talent reviews and one-to-ones and to contribute to the identification of your own and team development needs and goals.
Key service accountabilities:
- The Head of Financial Management will oversee and deliver a comprehensive, high quality and professional finance business partnering service with assigned service department (s) or other agencies. Lead on the closure of accounts for the relevant service, ensure that income and expenditure accounts are accurate, all balance sheet items are reconciled and all holding accounts cleared on a regular and timely basis; ensure achievement of full monthly or quarterly closedowns of relevant areas; ensure production and presentation of financial management information, budget monitoring, trading reports, financial models etc which are accurate and timely, appropriate to the audience
- The Head of Financial Management will foster a high-performance culture including carrying out internal service reviews to improve value for money, efficiency and ensure the service is at the leading edge of service delivery and development and deliver an efficiency savings target for their service to be determined by the Director of Finance's Management team annually
- The Head of Financial Management will lead on developing complex financial projects with service departments. Negotiate with a wide variety of external contractors, partners, government departments and suppliers, investment banks and brokers and other organisations' financial advisers as required; lead on developing complex financial models, and commercial agreements on multi-million-pound contracts securing funding, investigate innovative financing and funding methodologies and representing on national working groups
- The Head of Financial Management will be an effective lead on finance improvement projects including leading a team of staff, developing a project initiation document and a project plan ensuring projects deliver agreed outcomes successfully and on time; driving a planning and programme and project management culture and lead on post-implementation reviews
- The Head of Financial Management will rapidly assess the implications of all emerging and potential issues / new policies and ensure the Chief Finance Officer is promptly and fully briefed and undertake any other duties within the team commensurate to the post, as required, and to be rotated to other posts within the department as required in line with the business needs of the department.
Skills and abilities - essential
- Proven ability to manage political and cultural issues and deliver project, programme, and change management programmes.
- Ability to translate strategic objectives into operational plans.
- Ability to deploy advanced interpersonal skills to inspire, motivate, coach, and develop team members to high-performance levels.
- Advanced relationship and stakeholder management skills and written and verbal communication skills to influence and engage others effectively.
- Excellent financial and budget management skills with the ability to deliver economies through creative and efficient working practices.
- Superior and demonstrable commercial, financial, and analytical skills, for example, to analyse complex problems, develop business models, investigate and evaluate options and opportunities, advise on full and robust business models, and risk management
- Relevant professional qualification: CCAB / CIMA or overseas equivalent / Degree qualified and Evidence of CPD
- Knowledge of the issues facing local government and those relevant to service/functional responsibilities, together with the legal, financial and political context of public sector management and the statutory duties of this post.
- Ability to deploy a substantial body of knowledge of leading-edge business, financial and commercial techniques and of all the accounts and systems that underpin the financial integrity of the council, a relentless drive for efficiency, continuous improvement and high standards of excellence including actively seeking customer feedback and responding to it effectively.