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Role: Finance Manager
Location: Bristol - Hybrid working
Type: Permanent
Duration: Permanent
Salary: £56k
Sellick Partnership is currently recruiting for a Permanent Finance Manager for Bristol City Council.Job Purpose: Finance Manager
- To provide financial advice and guidance to managers to improve business performance and the delivery of the corporate vision, priorities & values.
- To take a proactive approach in managing and delivering timely financial and management accounting services including budgeting, medium- and long-term financial planning, project support, forecasting, in-year financial reporting (including the closure of the annual accounts) and control.
- Be an integral member of the finance management team, identifying, developing & supporting opportunities and initiatives to transform the delivery of financial services across the council including debt management and governance.
- Provide a key consultative role in the strategic & operational development of wide-ranging services, drawing on the post holder's specialist expertise and provide confident & clear management to ensure the successful delivery of agreed objectives
Main responsibilities: Finance Manager
- Support and embedding culture of budget holder empowerment and delivery of value for money, including application of benchmarking
- Lead teams on delivery of appropriate training and organisation-wide financial awareness and development
- Lead on the co-ordination & production of the in-year monitoring reports
- Lead on the collation of detailed revenue budgets
- Update & publish the annual budget monitoring timetable each year
- To be responsible for the close management, support and development of junior staff
- Work collaboratively with Business Partners and a range of accountants in the review & refresh of service based financial policies & plans
- Lead and coordinate development of the Councils Capital and Investment Strategy
- Lead on the development, coordination and financing of the council's capital programme
- Lead and develop the council's Treasury Management strategy
Person specification: Finance Manager
- Local Authority experience
- Fully qualified
- Children's and Education experience
- CIPS Qualified - Ideal
We encourage interested candidates to apply immediately for this great opportunity. If you require further information or wish to discuss your suitability before applying, please contact our Derby office for a confidential discussion.
Sellick Partnership is proud to be an inclusive and accessible recruitment business and we support applications from candidates of all backgrounds and circumstances. Please note, our advertisements use years' experience, hourly rates, and salary levels purely as a guide and we assess applications based on the experience and skills evidenced on the CV. For information on how your personal details may be used by Sellick Partnership, please review our data processing notice on our website.
