The Senior Finance Officer will be responsible for managing financial functions and providing expert financial advice within the public sector, specifically in the Accounting & Finance department.
Client Details
Our client is a significant Public Sector organisation
Description
- Provide operational financial support to the organisation and contribute to the delivery of the outcomes and objectives
- Lead in the preparation of the annual revenue budget
- Working closely with senior finance team on the development of the budget
- Financial reporting at meetings with senior stakeholders, providing financial advice and communicating complex financial information.
- Provide the Treasurer with astute, expert financial support and advice in the development and implementation of financial strategy and plans.
- Support change programmes
- Implementation of business plans; capturing and monitoring the business benefits and financial impacts
- Provide support and financial advice to the finance team in the preparation and audit of the annual accounts
- Lead on risk management arrangements, providing sound advice and guidance and developing and maintaining the risk management strategy and risk registers. Co-ordinate the response to the identification and management of risk Decision Making & Business Cases
- Prepare financial commentary for reports produced
- Manage and oversee daily operations of the finance department.
- Interpret Financial Regulations and Accounting Instructions and provide specialist advice and guidance in order to assist the Treasurer when making investment decisions.
- Support the Finance Officers and be main point of contact for all funding and finance related issues for Estates, Partnership, Grant and Commissioned Services.
Profile
- Qualified Accountant
- Proven ability to build effective working relationships at all levels of the organisation
- Ability to interpret and extrapolate financial data and present complex information in a clear, well-structured way that can be easily understood by non-financial users
- Ability to look wider than the financial implications of business decisions and identify and assess the wider strategic impacts.
- Excellent and effective interpersonal skills
- Good communication, negotiation and influencing skills both externally and internally to secure best value, practical solutions, robust systems and effective services
- Ability to work effectively in a pressurised environment
- Flexible, responsive, self-starter, resilient, focused, proactive
- Organised and able to meet tight deadlines
- Proficiency in accounting software and strong analytical abilities.
- A strong understanding of financial trends both within the company and general market patterns.
- Strong leadership skills and experience in managing a team.
Job Offer
- £50,000 - £56,000
- Opportunity to work within a significant public sector organisation.