Job Description

Aatom Recruitment is looking for OR(phone number removed) - Senior Management Accountant on behalf of a Local Authority.

Job Title: OR(phone number removed) - Senior Management Accountant

Contract Duration: 3 Months initially with a possibility of extension

Hours Per Week: 37

Work Pattern: Predominantly remote. A max in the office of once per week, possibly less than that.

Service Purpose

* Manage and control the financial liaison between service budget holders and the finance service.

* Ensuring finance oversight and scrutiny to improvement programmes, supporting review of processes with the directorate.

* Support and lead the development and implementation of the relevant Council’s policies and strategies including the Medium Term Financial Plan.

* To deliver effective and efficient services offering value for money, contributing to meeting the Council’s ongoing financial challenges.

* Enable sound financial governance by providing effective and timely budget monitoring information to service directors and the Chief Finance Officer.

* Interpretation of legislation and appropriate financial guidance and policies.

Purpose of the role

* Support the delivery of a comprehensive suite of professional financial business partnering services including strategic financial advice, specialist, and technical financial support, supporting services with financial and resource management, grant & internal financial control management and support the compilation of Statutory Annual Accounts.

Main Accountabilities

* Support a range of stakeholders, including Management, to ensure strategic financial decision making, deputising where appropriate

* Develop and maintain strong relationships with key stakeholders, understanding their business needs

* Support FBP on financial planning, budgeting, forecasting, year-end closedown & and statutory returns

* Promoting strong financial governance and sharing best practice & support on legislative and guidance changes.

* To deliver timely, insightful and accurate reporting to management

* To identify, develop and support opportunities and initiatives to transform the delivery of services across the Council, promoting continuous improvemen.

Qualifications

* Degree-level, equivalent relevant professional qualifications or expertise

* Qualified or actively working towards Professional accounting qualifications, CIPFA, ACCA, CIMA or equivalent

Knowledge

* Experience of successfully resolving complex issues that require an element of judgement

* Experience of identifying, developing and delivering opportunities for improving the service

* Support and challenge the service to deliver service improvement & decision making

* Proven experience of supporting projects to successful outcomes

* Experience of championing own ideas and obtaining commitment to allow them to be delivered

* Experience of supporting the development and delivery of policies and strategies

* Public sector finance experience

* Experience of working in a matrix management environment, where cross-team and cross-organisation working are essential

* Experience of administering processes to tight timescale and with high levels of accuracy