Corporate and Technical Finance Manager

An excellent opportunity is available to be the Corporate and Technical Finance Manager at Leicestershire County Council.

About the Role

The role manages the Corporate and Technical Finance Team which coordinates the production of the Council’s financial statements and Medium Term Financial Strategy, provides a Systems Accountancy and Reporting function, Treasury Management, Banking, and a financial advice service including Taxation. A key element of the role is the management of the production of the Council’s financial statements, ensuring compliance with accounting standards and legislation and all key deadlines are met.

Main duties and responsibilities include:

• Co-ordinating the production of the Council’s Financial Statements; including information for reports, publications, statistical returns and benchmarking, and leading on the provision of information to the external auditor.
• Co-ordinating the production of the Medium Term Financial Strategy.
• Co-ordinating the corporate monitoring of the Revenue Budget and Capital Programme, including leading on capital financing and accounting.
• Assisting the Head of Finance in interpreting and providing advice on the financial implications of government policy and legislation and the provision of financial information or advice to Members and Chief Officers in the strategic planning process.
• Managing the development and maintenance of accounting systems ensuring the accuracy and integrity of the general ledger system, including the chart of accounts and the reconciliation of the Council’s main bank accounts and system control accounts.
• Develop and support continuous financial improvement initiatives including the promotion of standard and consistent financial processes across the Council.
• Manage the corporate banking, treasury management and taxation requirements of the Council, including contract management with providers and specialist advisors.
• Develop effective working relationships internally and with external partners/bodies representing the Council’s interests at meetings.
• Provide strategic advice and financial information ensuring a consistent approach to delivering Council priorities.

The nature of the work may involve the jobholder carrying out work outside of normal working hours.

About You

To apply for this post, you must evidence that you meet the following criteria in your application:

• CCAB or equivalent qualification and membership of the relevant body.
• Demonstrate that you have considerable post qualification experience working in local government financial management and understanding of Local Authority financial accounting.
• A proven track record in managing and delivering effective finance services, especially corporate financial services, which meet organisational strategic outcomes and performance management targets, including leading, developing and motivating a team of financial accountants.
• Experience of innovative thinking at a senior level in a complex multidisciplinary organisation and providing advice, including developing effective working relationships with finance professionals and non-financial professionals to ensure business and financial objectives are met.
• Experience and knowledge of how financial systems can support efficient service delivery and continuous improvement.
• Demonstrate an appropriate level of influence and persuasion, is able to argue their own case and can communicate technical financial information to non-finance specialists in an easily understandable way, both in written form and face to face.
• Works co-operatively across team, service, organisational and partnership boundaries to improve performance.
• A customer-focused approach with a focus on effectiveness and efficiency of service delivery.

You must also have an understanding of and commitment to equality, diversity and inclusion. In addition, we also expect you to share our commitment to our values and will ask you to evidence you have demonstrated them as part of the selection process. Reasonable adjustments will be considered for applicants with a disability.

Interested in Flexible Working? We are keen to support employees to balance their working life with other commitments. Therefore, wherever possible, we will consider working arrangements that suit an individual’s personal circumstances whilst still meeting the needs of the Council.

If you would like to discuss the possible flexible working options that might be applicable to this role, please contact the person named below.

For more information or an informal discussion, please contact: Jason Firth, Head of Finance Telephone: 0116 305 7627

How to Apply

Leicestershire County Council is an inclusive organisation which is on a journey to embed and celebrate equality, diversity and inclusion at every level. We warmly welcome and encourage applications from people of all backgrounds, as having a diverse workforce with different perspectives and ideas is fundamental to our values and enriches the services we offer our communities.

We particularly welcome applicants from Ethnically Diverse and LGBTQ Plus communities and people with disabilities to create a balanced workforce and one that reflects the communities we serve. Applicants with a disability who meet the criteria listed in the "About You" section above will be offered an interview under the Disability Confident Employer Scheme.

To apply for this job, please click on the apply button. You will need to upload a supporting statement as part of your application which explains how you meet the criteria listed in the 'About You' section above.

We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications for the role. Therefore, if you are interested, please submit your application as early as possible.

If you have any technical issues when trying to apply for this post or you want to request an application pack in an alternative format, please contact our Employee Service Centre by telephoning 0300 3030222 (select option 2) or raising a ticket via our online portal.