Robert Walters Group - Public Sector Division - Finance Analyst
Role: Finance Analyst
Duration: Permanent
Salary: £46,000 to £50,000 per annum (pending pay review) - exceptional pension
Location: Leicester - 1 day per week preferable but can be flexible for the right candidate
Qualification: ACA, ACCA, CIMA or CIPFA fully qualified
Hours: Condensed hours or part time can be considered for this role
Sector Requirements: It is essential that candidates for this role have experience in Government, Public Sector, Civil Service, Transport, Housing, Charity, Not-For-Profit or Education sectors.
Duties of the Finance Analyst:
- As part of the Finance Business Partner Team, your role will be to develop and improve the provision of financial advice, analysis and information to support effective strategic decision making and the delivery of the medium-term financial strategy
- Provide strategic advice and guidance to the Senior Leadership team and elected members to support decision making, whilst challenging and influencing management to ensure the best outcome is obtained
- Support the creation and delivery of the medium-term financial strategy and corporate change agenda ensuring financial risks are quantified, mitigating actions are in place and spend remains within the confines of the funding allocation
- Gain sufficient understanding of the departmental business needs and its operations to evaluate strategic implications of financial issues ensuring managers have appropriate advice, knowledge and skills to discharge their financial responsibilities
- Work as part of project teams to optimise funding streams, appraise options, produce financial business cases and provide on-going financial oversight through routine monitoring and regular updates
- Support the development of management information and the related systems to improve the links between financial information, operational activity and outcomes: focusing on price and volume analysis, unit costing and benchmarking
- Ensuring that financial management policies and procedures are communicated and implemented effectively within the department, including supporting the Finance Business Partner in finding resolution to conflict priorities between the service department and the finance function
If you are interested in this position, please forward your CV to Lauren and applications will be contacted in order of receipt.
This role is managed by Walters People entity which is a temporary recruitment agency.