Interim Chief Finance Officer (Section 151)

Interim Chief Finance Officer (Section 151)

Temporary role - up to 6 months

Hybrid working - 1-2 day a week in the Office

A local council are looking to recruit an Interim Chief Finance Office (Section 151)

Opportunity:

To provide strategic Leadership and managing a team of staff who are responsible for Finance and Commercial.

Fulfilling the statutory role of the Council’s Section 151 Officer.

To own, develop and oversee the council’s policies in key areas, solve problems and delivers an efficient customer-focused service with high standards of professionalism.

Ensures delivery of a service that is professional, and business like in its approach; ensure a focus on how the team contributes to the delivery of the council’s ambitions and to high standards of services for residents and other customers.

Responsibilities:

• Ensuring the Council is statutorily compliant on all financial matters.
• Responsible for defined specialist and operational services to meet the council’s needs and delivering of the council’s key services and corporate objectives, ensuring compliance with statutory regulations, legislation, professional codes of practice and adherence to Council policy.
• Ensuring the delivery of a performance improvement strategy for areas of responsibility to achieve continual progression.
• Prepare and present reports to council committee meetings or other internal or external meetings ensuring compliance, transparency, and scrutiny
• Be the most senior point of contact for the service reporting to the Senior Leadership Team and elected members as necessary.
• Undertake recruitment and supervision of interim staff and provide functional and operational leadership and oversee recruitment and retention
• Responsible for the management and implementation of projects, interventions and initiatives and delivery of corporate objectives and business plans with input from staff with relevant expertise and experience
• Ensuring sound financial and resource management across the service, enabling discussion about resource and response is set within a sound financial and procurement framework
• As part of the Directorate Senior Management team, ensuring a coherent and consistent approach across the remit of the Directorate and as part of the Council’s Extended Leadership Team.

As this is a committee appointment, one day per week there is an evening committee meeting which the successful applicant will be expected to attend.

Your Experience:

• Qualified Finance Professional (CIMA, ACCA, ACA)
• Proven experience with leading teams and fostering high cultural performance with an understanding of Local Government

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