Finance Manager - Adults

Morgan Law; Bristol; Hybrid; GBP 54,000 - 58,000; Full time

Job summary

A local government organization in Bristol is looking for a permanent Finance Manager to provide financial guidance and improve business performance. This hybrid role offers a salary between £54,000 and £58,000, requiring a CCAB qualified accountant with experience in local government finance. Responsibilities include leading financial reports, managing budgets, and ensuring compliance with financial planning and reporting processes.

Qualifications

• Must be a CCAB qualified accountant.
• Experience in local government finance, particularly adults and public health.
• Experience with budgeting and financial reporting.

Responsibilities

• Lead the production of in-year monitoring reports.
• Manage revenue budgets and transformation cost programmes.
• Publish and update the annual budget monitoring timetable.

Skills

CCAB qualification

Local government finance expertise

Budgeting and financial planning

Financial reporting

Job description

Overview

My Local Government client is looking for a permanent Finance Manager, with a background in adults, to join the team. Reporting into the Finance Business Partner, you will be a CCAB qualified accountant with a background in local government finance as well as adults and public health. As a Finance Manager, your role will be to provide financial advice and guidance to managers to improve business performance and the delivery of the corporate vision, priorities & values. In addition to this you will take a proactive approach in managing and delivering timely financial and management accounting services including budgeting, medium- and long-term financial planning, project support, forecasting, in-year financial reporting (including the closure of the annual accounts) and control.

Responsibilities

• Lead on the co-ordination & production of the in-year monitoring reports, ensuring key monthly financial monitoring tasks assigned are achieved to a high quality, consolidating service finance business partner reports on a monthly basis and producing clear, high quality, easy to read corporate financial positions reports (both on a monthly exception and quarterly detailed basis).
• Lead on the collation of detailed revenue budgets including growth & transformation cost/efficiency programmes for inclusion within the council's budget & in line with the MTFP.
• Update & publish the annual budget monitoring timetable each year, briefing all service finance business partnering teams & ensuring service managers & director sign-off is achieved.

Salary & Working Arrangements

The role is being offered on a hybrid basis with circa 1 day a week in the office. The salary on offer is 54,000 to 58,000.