Job Description

Exchequer Team Leader Responsibilities:

- Provision of financial information, assistance, and advice to council managers at all levels of the organisation, including senior leaders
- Contribute to the development of financial systems and processes as an expert in the exchequer field
- Management of the exchequer services team
- Ensure fundamental reconciliations are performed in a timely and accurate manner
- Assistance with preparation of monthly management accounts and year end accounts and returns, providing expert input to finance business partners and the senior accountants
- Control of standing information held within the various ledgers of the financial management system
- Leadership of the exchequer team, including staff development and delivery of effective and fit for purpose services
- Management of contracts held with external agencies to ensure realisation of income in line with contractual timescales
- Any other duties as may be deemed commensurate with the grade of the post

Required Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

- Ability to lead a team - Ability to collect, appraise, analyse and evaluate information - Ability to analyse financial data and produce and evaluate meaningful management information - Ability to set and achieve demanding performance targets and to effectively manage any identified underperformance - Good understanding of a Financial Management System - A sound understanding of accounting requirements - Numerate with a high degree of accuracy - Excellent IT skills, proficient in Excel and Word - Minimum of 2 years financial accounting experience - Willing to travel, as required with a full driving license and access to a car insured for business purposes If you have the following experience or qualifications - it’s a bonus - AAT qualified or equivalent - Part-qualified professional accountancy qualification - IT related qualification - Experience within a large and complex financial environment - Experience of debt management processes - Experience of implementing financial policies and procedures - essential - Experience of working within a local government environment - Experience of writing reports and papers - Experience in handling internal and external audit processes and meeting audit requirements