Job Details
- Responsible for providing specialist and senior financial and accounting support to a substantial area of the council’s business, typically a major part of the budget for an overall department or a substantial defined technical area of the corporate accounting and control arrangements.
- Support all officers within their service area, providing them with high level professional advice on a very broad range of financial issues and their relation to the council’s corporate and managerial objectives.
- To provide significant and senior input to corporate financial processes such as co-ordinating major elements of the annual accounts or budgeting processes.
- To advise on and maintain appropriate financial controls and to challenge senior managers as necessary in this regard.
- To be an appropriate professional role model to junior staff in the department and to foster and champion professional development.
- Make a positive contribution to the delivery of the service, this will include working flexibly and positively to achieve the objectives of the council.
- Manage and lead staff to achieve high performance and effective operational delivery, including developing and improving staff capability.
- Manage a customer focused service and the effective use of resources.
- Ensure that the council’s overall vision, values and ethos are central to the requirements of the service.
- Support effective working relationships and act as an ambassador and advocate with external organisations
- Keep up to date with developments in service delivery and best practice to ensure the service performs effectively and to the highest standards.
- across the council, keeping expert professional knowledge up to date at all times.
- payrate: £41.01 umbrella