What's involved with this role: Finance Manager Reference no: Bristol 5261187 Pay Rate: £56,089.00 per annum 37 Monday – Friday, 08:00 - 17:00 This opening assignment is Permanent City: BRISTOL Standard DBS disclosure required Key Responsibilities: Be personally responsible for taking all necessary steps to fully understand the business needs of the client service areas allocated to you and a general awareness for the whole Directorate, such that you can provide expert assistance to management in achieving value for money and service improvement.
Provision of monthly reporting, analysis and insight on the performance of each budget.
Reporting to include insight on what is driving performance, what actions can be taken to remediate any performance gaps and what actions can be taken to improve performance.
Research and maintain awareness of alternative models of service delivery and, in conjunction with budget managers, consider how innovative solutions to service delivery can be implemented within the council and/or with partners.
Identify and participate in improvement and efficiency projects.
To facilitate the preparation and delivery of efficiency and savings plans for clients which support corporate long term financial planning including the modelling of costs for various options.
Support the ring-fenced accounts as required for your remit, including annual update of the 30-year HRA Business Plan and associated model and involvement and update of the financial information for the DSG.
Build excellent professional relationships with key senior stakeholders across the council, external partners and government departments as appropriate.
Representing the council at appropriate external forums & maintaining relationships to ensure that proposed initiatives are financially viable and delivered as effectively as possible.
Interpret financial performance for council wide services or activities and provide options to managers to assist them achieve required efficiencies and spend to budget position on an on-going basis.
Key requirements: Hold a CCAB (or equivalent) qualification Experience of analysing, interpreting and presenting financial management to key decision makers on challenging issues Experience of planning, motivating & controlling the work of a diverse team of Finance staff dealing with complex accounting issues, to manage & motivate a team, including holding all team members to account.
Experience of ensuring that resources are used to maximise service output and minimise risk.
Experience of resolving complex technical accountancy issues within an organisational environment. Able to lead a team and establish excellent working relationships with senior colleagues and customers.
Ability to pick out salient points without knowing the whole detail of complex issues.
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