Job Description

• The post holder will be responsible for budget setting for their Directorate’s in line with the policies and processes specified.
• The post holder will be responsible for ensuring that the Directorate’s period end finance reports are appropriate, complete and accurate and contains all the information required to brief the Board on the financial performance of the Directorate.
• They will need to continuously review and improve the content of the pack.
• The post holder will be responsible for the integrity of the financial data
• contained within finance reports and directorate budget reports.
• They will be expected to review and analyze the data before disseminating it to other
• interested parties and to include clear, concise and informative commentary on the figures reported.
• They will be responsible for exploring better methods of presenting financial information to the Divisional Board and other users supporting the Head of Finance for the division.
• This will require strong Excel skills and a good working knowledge of Word and PowerPoint.
• The post holder will be expected to ensure that reporting timelines are reduced as required by the Head of Finance (Reporting).
• The post holder will be expected to work closely with the Directorates to ensure that they receive appropriate sound financial advice which they review and use to take decisions on costs.

Required Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities