Finance Manager

Bristol City Council; Bristol; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

Join Bristol City Council as a Finance Manager, where you will be a trusted financial advisor responsible for managing budgets and forecasts. The role offers the opportunity to work on important financial initiatives across diverse sectors, including housing and children’s services. Enjoy a flexible working environment and the chance to contribute to a supportive community.

Benefits

Flexible working arrangements

Local Government Pension scheme

Qualifications

• Experience of analysing and presenting financial management to key decision makers.
• Ability to lead a team and establish excellent working relationships.

Responsibilities

• Setting annual budgets and ensuring robust forecasts.
• Identifying and reporting financial implications of new initiatives.
• Managing and motivating a team to deliver results.

Skills

Financial management

Analytical skills

Team leadership

Education

Full CCAB qualification

Job description

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Job description
Full Time, Part time, and Term time only, will be considered

Permanent

Bristol City Council is a diverse and ambitious organisation with over a £1bn annual revenue budget and £1bn capital programme.

We are activity recruiting for a number of Finance Managers to be part of our Finance Department.

You will be the trusted advisor to senior members of the Council on financial matters. That includes setting annual budgets as well as ensuring short, medium and long term forecasts are robust. You will identify, analyse and report on the financial implications of new initiatives in your area of responsibility. At year end you will support the preparation of annual statements.

To be successful in these roles you will need to build strong relationships with key stakeholders in your area and across the Council. That will allow you to challenge and advise. A commitment to continual improvement is key and you will need to consistently offer ideas to improve current practice and find efficiencies. There will be opportunities to work on cross-cutting projects that address issues across the Council.

Finally, you will need to manage and motivate your team to deliver.

The Divisional Financial Management teams are currently looking for Finance Managers in the following Directorates:
Growth and Regeneration
Based in the Housing team, you will be focussed on the delivery of housing across the city. This includes all social housing, council housing and temporary accommodation.
Children and Education
As Finance Manager for Children's Social Care: where this role is focussed on supporting Placements, Fostering, Asylum Teams and associated transformation and capital projects.

All roles will manage a team of Group Accountants and support the Business Partner with Executive Meetings and with other committee and member support responsibilities.

For further details please see attached the full job description and person specification.

How to apply

Please send us your CV (max 2 pages), along with a supporting statement, with a maximum of 1,000 words, which demonstrates by practical example how you meet the following criteria:

• Full CCAB (or equivalent qualification)
• Experience of analysing, interpreting and presenting financial management to key decision makers on challenging issues
• Ability to lead a team and establish excellent working relationships with senior colleagues and customers

Please email your CV and supporting statement to [e-mail]

This role can be considered on a full time, part time or term time only basis. Please include your preference in the application.

Please note that a standard DBS check will be required prior to appointment.

Closing date: There is no specific end date. We are regularly reviewing CV's and holding interviews, so please submit your application at your earliest convenience to be considered.

No agencies please.

For further information about our finance service area and other opportunities available please visit our careers site

Why Bristol City Council?We provide hundreds of day-to-day services, from being a landlord, providing social care to running our museums and parks. We deliver a diverse range of services and have ambitious capital and investment programmes for the city and to support people who live, work and visit in Bristol.

At Bristol City Council, we go that extra mile for our people; we offer a work environment which is fast moving and supportive, giving you the chance to use your skills and develop new ones within a high profile organisation.

Join us and you'll receive a generous rewards package including flexible working arrangements, flexi-time and membership of the Local Government Pension scheme. In addition, you'll be working in a supportive environment where you'll have the chance to make Bristol a better place and contribute to its future.

We're a Disability Confident employer which means we value recruiting and retaining disabled people. Any job applicants who consider themselves to be disabled and meet the essential criteria in the Person Specification are guaranteed an interview. We'll make reasonable adjustments throughout the interview process and provide continued workplace support throughout your career.

At Bristol City Council, we value having a workforce as diverse as the City we serve. We therefore welcome, develop and promote people from all sections of the community, and we particularly encourage applicants from women, Black and racially minoritised, Disabled, LGBTQ+ candidates who are currently under-represented within our service area. Appointments will be made on merit.