Head of Financial Services

Ensuring the Strategic Finance, Corporate Finance, Finance Support and Business Services team excel.

A strategic role with a government agency

Client Details

Head of Financial Services for a public sector government agency in Burton-On-Trent

Description

• Revenue and capital budgets

• Monitoring and reporting of performance against budgets

• Management of all external borrowing and other finance

• Leading on Taxation and other technical matters with the HMRC

• Financial appraisals in respect of investments and projects

• Providing financial implications of all material business decisions to the Joint Director of Finance and Business Services and commissioners.

• Ensuring the provision of a comprehensive financial accounting service, in accordance with national standards.

• Leading on ethical financial and business services management and supporting the Senior Leadership Team by ensuring knowledge and understanding of financial and business services issues is at the appropriate level.

• Deputising for the Director of Finance on financial and business services matters, including project boards, collaborative meetings and at a local, regional and national level.

• To be a key member of the Senior Leadership Team, helping to develop and implement priorities and to resource.

• To actively promote and contribute to corporate and cross departmental working to develop greater integration of financial and performance information reporting.

• Challenging and supporting decision makers on affordability and value for money but ensuring policy and operational proposals with financial implications have appropriate controls in place.

• Leading and developing the teams including the management of projects and collaborations.

• To lead and manage an effective, regular, high performance and customer focused service striving for continuous improvement.

• To ensure all staff are informed, managed and motivated to deliver a high quality and cost-effective service.

• To support the constabulary through effective collaboration and engagement through appropriate local, regional and national groups, ensuring partnership arrangements are underpinned by clear and well documented internal financial controls
• To maintain effective communications to ensure that key interests both inside and outside the team are appropriately informed and involved.
  To advise on corporate financial risk and management, including safeguarding assets, risk avoidance and insurance.
  
  

Profile

Successful Head of Financial Services:

• Accountancy qualification with significant post qualification management experience.

• Ability to be adaptable and work under pressure, prioritise objectives and deliver results.

• Ability to maximise resources, manage budgets and drive performance in a disciplined environment.

• Ability to inspire and motivate staff/colleagues and build effective teams.

• An understanding of the statutory and regulatory framework within the range of the role.

• Knowledge of pay, pensions and non-pay taxations regulations.

• Experience in a senior financial position within a public sector organisation.

• Experience of leading and managing a multi- functional team

• Proven success in developing effective working relationships, partnerships with other agencies and communicating and influencing others.
  Experience of using sophisticated financial systems.

Job Offer

£60,000- £70,000 plus other benefits to be discussed...