£700 - £900 Per day
Financial Accountant
Full-time, Temporary
Job Description
- Owning and leading on the development and implementation of the financial strategy within the relevant functional area.
- Effectively share external industry and public sector perspectives and best practice to deliver measurable improvements in the approach to business decision making, value for money return and risk management
- Provide objective strategic and tactical financial advice and opinions that positively impact the future choices of a Business Group or Service
- Identify and drive financial efficiency with Business Group management - ensuring that the Business Group allocates resources effectively, with rigorous pressure on costs and a commitment to a value-for-money approach and improvements in operational delivery
- Provide objective challenge regarding spend and income generation plans and take a proactive role in looking for opportunities to deliver services more efficiently and effectively
- Investigate opportunities as well as identify high risk and material financial issues, or problem areas, with the business.
- Develop and propose solutions and options to resolve / progress concerns to a satisfactory outcome.
- Support the Business Group or Service Lead in assuming greater degrees of financial accountability by providing coaching and training to improve financial confidence and competence across the Business Group Senior Management Teams.
Required Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities
- To be considered for the post you will need to be a CCAB qualified accountant with significant experience of advising and guiding business decisions with corporate governance frameworks in order to ensure compliance, managing risk and support governance arrangements.
- A track record of success in a senior finance leadership role. Specific experience of public sector finance is desirable but not essential, but you will be expected to develop a strong understanding quickly.
- Experience of effective performance in conducting reviews and improving performance
- Delivering major transformation programmers involving organization and process re- design with a cost reduction and service improvement focus
- Successfully overseeing and delivering sustained modernization and significant improvement to service provision
- Financial Management and Planning in complex organization
- Budgeting and Forecasting
- Management Reporting
- Providing Financial Management Advice and developing Mitigating Strategies
- Investment Appraisal
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