Job Description

Accountabilities

• Lead on the delivery of the business plan for financial transactions, in support of the wider organisational vision.
• Lead, drive and motivate a team of finance officers, to deliver exemplary standards in the provision and continuous improvement in financial transactions.
• Lead in the identification and clarification of customer needs to deliver process and technology changes, which drive efficiency and value for money.
• Lead in improving financial awareness and capability across the organisation, to promote the culture of empowering budget holders in line with financial regulations.
• Contribute to the production of reports for Income and external customers to manage organisational performance, maximise income and ensure compliance with Financial Regulations.
• Lead on service improvement projects or programmes to achieve best practice and organisational efficiency.
• Lead in maintaining currency on legislation changes and translating these into local policy and procedure, to identify and review changes in technology to assess possibility introduce.
• Working collaboratively across the organisation to deliver and maintain a high level of service to all Functions.
• Lead in identifying, mitigating, managing

Required Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

With substantial experience of Income collection & debt recovery, as well as excellent good leadership and communication skills, you will also be expected to have the ability to influence, motivate and manage a large number ofstaff, ensuring they deliver consistently high levels of performance.

Additionally, strong experience of the financial impacts of the Care Act and managing debt in relation to vulnerable adults receiving social care services.

Commercial astuteness and awareness of best practice plus benchmarking and networking skills are essential in this role, as is the ability to lead change and recognise and support changes in technology to positively enhance the customer experience.