Chief Finance Officer - Aberdeen City Health and Social Care Partnership

Aberdeen City Council; Aberdeen City; On-site; GBP 45,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading local authority in Aberdeen is seeking a Financial Leader to provide high-quality professional financial advice and strategic direction to their Integrated Joint Board. The successful candidate will develop and implement financial strategies, ensuring compliance and governance while managing financial systems effectively. This permanent full-time role offers the chance to engage with diverse stakeholders and lead critical financial processes.

Qualifications

• Experience in financial leadership at a senior level in a large organization.
• Demonstrable strategic planning experience.
• Ability to manage competing risks effectively.

Responsibilities

• Provide financial leadership and strategic advice to the Integrated Joint Board.
• Plan and deliver the financial strategy ensuring sound governance.
• Prepare and present statutory financial reports.

Skills

Financial Planning

Leadership

Strategic Thinking

Analytical Skills

Communication

Education

Degree level qualification in a discipline relevant to the role

CCAB Qualified Accountant

Job description

Location: Marischal College, Broad Street, Aberdeen

Duration: Permanent, Full Time

About the Role:

To provide financial leadership, high quality professional advice, strategic forward looking finance options and decision support to the Chief Officer and the Integrated Joint Board (IJB).

To plan, develop and deliver the IJB’s financial strategy, ensuring sound governance and Best Value. This includes the preparation and presentation of all reports that meet statutory reporting requirements, safeguarding and accurate recording and reporting of all financial information.

The post holder needs to hold as a minimum:

D egree level qualification in a discipline relevant to the role

CCAB Qualified Accountant and current membership of a recognised chartered professional body

The postholder is able to demonstrate:

F inancial planning and leadership at a senior level in a large multi - function organisation

S trategic planning and contributing to the development of business strategies

M anaging and presenting information for reporting, monitoring, analysing and evaluating of finance and financial planning

A dvising, influencing, persuading, commanding confidence and acting assertively in a high - profile environment

E ngaging proactively and openly with a wide range of stakeholders

U sing financial systems to advance underlying business objectives, including improving systems to provide better information for decision making

T he ability to establish, develop and deliver all relevant processes for the delivery of complete financial management systems and financial planning

D eploying high level analytical skills and creative problem - solving

M eeting deadlines while balancing a range of competing priorities

C ommunicating clearly with colleagues and stakeholders

T hinking strategically with willingness and an ability to deal with day - to - day issues.

A bility to manage competing risks in the context of the IJB Risk Appetite Statement

About Us

Please see the Job Profile for further details.

We are happy to talk flexible working and offer flexible working for most roles in the organisation meaning that many of our employees enjoy the freedom of choosing a working pattern that suits them as much as it suits the organisation.

Disability Confident

We are a Disability Confident Employer. If you consider yourself to have a disability and think you may require a reasonable adjustment to be made for this part of the selection process, or would like further information in relation to reasonable adjustments, please contact [e-mail] .

We are a forces-friendly employer, have signed the Armed Forces Covenant and are a silver award recipient in the Defence Employer Recognition Scheme. We have a specific email address for those in the forces, those who have left the forces, as well as their partners / spouses / families: [e-mail] . We are able to answer questions about jobs and our application / selection process, as well as about our employee support provisions.

We have a number of guaranteed interview schemes available to applicants who meet the minimum criteria for the role they are applying for who:

• have a disability as defined by the Equality Act 2010 (all jobs)
• looked after young people, those that are in continuing care or are a care leaver up to the age of 29 (all jobs)
• are aged 16-24 and live in Aberdeen City or have been to an Aberdeen City Council school and are applying for a Modern Apprenticeship (except Trades apprenticeships)
• have done a Foundation Apprenticeship with Aberdeen City Council and are applying for any apprenticeships relevant to the area in which they did their Foundation Apprenticeship
• are New Scots* aged 16-24 and are applying for any apprenticeships

*"New Scots" are defined as refugees and asylum seekers who are in Scottish communities and include those who have been granted refugee status or another form of humanitarian protection, people seeking asylum, those who have been refused asylum, and those whose application has been refused but who remain in Scotland.