Lead Accountant - Childrens and Education

Join this award-winning Council and Finance Team with fantastic, dedicated progression pathways, at a hugely exciting time for them.

Walsall Council believes that people are at the heart of everything it does. How it listens and responds to customers and colleagues will determine how it grows and brings the Council’s vision to life.

This is a fantastic opportunity to lead an existing and growing Business Partnering team, supporting the Children's and Education Directorate through their transformation journey. You will lead a small team responsible for providing proactive and independent support to the directorate, including liaison with service accounting/finance managers and planning of resource requirements.

You will be responsible for leading the budget monitoring, budget setting and year end processes, including identifying risks and working with directorate management to manage financial risks relating to activities and solutions focused within Children’s and Education services.

Ensure that finance actively manages and reports upon risk within the finance service and within the service areas and projects supported. Providing robust financial appraisal and cost-benefit analysis for proposals to support decision-making on a business case.

You will provide high-quality financial information to senior managers up to and including executive directors to allow informed decision-making. Responsible for delivering a first-class value-for-money financial service that meets legal and financial rules and council aims and objectives. It is essential to have the ability to present complex financial information to a range of audiences including scrutiny panels and other meetings.

Contact Ivy Rock Partners directly to have an informal chat about the role requirements but we are looking to speak with fully Qualified accountants ideally with a strong local government Finance Business Partnering background. Particularly working within either Children’s or education services although we are happy to talk to candidates from the wider public sector.

You will have managed a team before, and it is crucial to have experience working with a variety of different stakeholders.

To find out more about the role and next steps please contact Will directly at Ivy Rock Partners.