At a Glance
- Tasks: Strengthen financial management and support service managers in decision-making.
- Company: Local Authority seeking experienced finance professionals.
- Benefits: Competitive daily rate, flexible working, and a 6-month contract.
- Other info: Opportunity for hands-on work with senior leadership and career growth.
- Why this job: Make a real impact on financial planning and help shape local services.
- Qualifications: Full accountancy qualification and significant council finance experience required.
Spencer Clarke Group are working closely with a Local Authority to appoint two Interim Senior Finance Business Partners. These are hands-on assignments focused on strengthening financial management across Council services, resolving existing issues and helping service managers understand the financial implications of their decisions.
What's on Offer
- Rate: £450 + per day - Flexible dependent on experience
- Contract length: 6 months initially
- Full-time: 37 hours per week
- Hybrid working
The Role
The successful candidates will take ownership of allocated service areas, working closely with service managers and senior leadership to strengthen forecasting, financial planning and decision-making.
Key responsibilities:
- Understanding individual services and identifying underlying financial issues.
- Establishing robust forecasting arrangements.
- Investigating overspends and developing appropriate recovery actions.
- Identifying savings and transformation opportunities.
- Working with services to calculate savings and understand their implications.
- Completing full budget builds that feed into the Council's MTFS.
- Delivering monthly and quarterly financial reporting.
About You
You will ideally have:
- A full accountancy qualification such as CIPFA, ACA, ACCA or CIMA - essential.
- Significant and recent District or Borough Council finance experience - essential.
- Strong hands-on finance business partnering experience.
- Experience resolving complex financial issues and improving forecasting.
- A proven background in budget setting, MTFS planning, overspend management and savings delivery.
- The confidence to challenge and influence service managers and senior stakeholders.
How to Apply
If you are interested, please submit your CV along with your availability and required day rate. If successful, a consultant will be in touch to discuss the opportunity in further detail. Due to the high volume of applications, only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.
We also offer a market-leading referral scheme of up to £300. If you know someone suitable, please ask them to email their CV, including your details. T&Cs apply.
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