Job Details
PURPOSE & OBJECTIVES OF THE ROLE
- Support the development of the service vision and strategy: Providing operational direction and supporting the Director of Resources with the development of the vision and strategy. Responsible for the planning and overseeing implementation of operational and strategic direction, supporting the achievement of agreed outcomes and promoting a culture that ensures that customers are at the centre of the delivery of high quality services.
- Service improvement and planning: Creating a culture of positive continuous improvement, positive challenge to the way services are provided, delivering change, engendering an environment that values ideas, overseeing improvements, supporting achievement.
- Operational Leadership: Overseeing service delivery including high-level support for operational decision-making, taking appropriate and timely action.
- To have specific responsibility for the delivery of the functions in relation to Financial Management, including the Council’s Medium Term Financial Strategy, Annual Budget Setting, production of the Statutory Accounts, Reporting of in year financial performance, and financial returns.
- Performance management: Ensuring the teams within areas of responsibility are continuously improved and engender ambition, recognising key issues and priorities, keeping track of progress with intervention where needed, supporting the achievement of key actions and goals.
- Team Leadership, Management & Development: Leading the Financial Management Team in being successful, promoting team building, maximising contributions and potential, encouraging creativity and team identity
- Relationship Management: Relationship development and management; promote a culture that develops and maintains effective partnership working; supporting corporate and service strategies, leading by example through positive & strategic communication; gaining buy-in.
- Strategic involvement: To play an active role in the strategic planning of the Council’s finances. Support the organisation by leading on the continuous improvement of high quality services across the borough within responsible service areas, which enhances the organisation’s
- Corporate working: working to support and promote corporate aims & objectives. Strategic financial responsibility for high profile strategic projects / corporate development, including commercial activity.
- Risk management: to ensure effective risk management of services.
Pay : £48.50
