Finance Manager - Environment & Communities

Hammond Clarke; City Of London; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

A finance firm in the City of London seeks a qualified accountant to provide expert financial advice for local government services. The successful candidate will manage a team, oversee financial reporting, and develop strategic financial plans. Candidates must possess a CCAB or CIMA certification and have recent experience in local government finance. This role requires regular office attendance for key meetings and decision-making processes.

Qualifications

• Recent local government experience in Environment and Communities or Place finance teams.
• Proven experience in financial reporting and strategic financial planning.
• Experience managing a team.

Responsibilities

• Provide expert financial advice and support to the Environment and Communities Directorate.
• Analyze and present financial performance and cost drivers to management.
• Ensure robust financial controls and processes.

Skills

Financial advice

Analytical skills

Staff management

Business partnering

Commercial acumen

Education

CCAB or CIMA qualification

Job description

Overview

Candidates must have recent local government experience in Environment and Communities or Place finance teams. This is essential and requires substantial experience of supporting the Environment and Communities Service areas in a local authority. Candidates must be fully qualified accountants (CCAB or CIMA). A DBS check will be obtained for this role.

Responsibilities

• Provide expert financial advice and support to the Environment and Communities Directorate in the provision of accurate and timely financial information, including developing strategic financial plans, budget setting, financial reporting and supporting and challenging decision making.
• Provide information using analysis that clearly presents the financial performance, cost drivers, levers for change and implications to senior management and non-financial staff. Go beyond the financial information to understand what operations or activities lead to the financial outputs and hence understand the service in-depth.
• Work closely with finance colleagues to support corporate reporting and other requirements including contributing to the overall budget process, financial monitoring, closure of accounts and service-wide initiatives and improvements.
• Ensure robust financial controls, processes and accurate record keeping. Lead on continuous service improvement.
• Staff management and development. Demonstrate strong business partnering skills, commercial acumen and an in-depth understanding of the finance and funding requirements of Environment and Communities functions within a local authority.

Team and Reporting

The role reports to the Head of Finance and is the finance lead supporting these service areas, while overseeing a team of 5 staff. There is an expectation to be in the office on a regular basis to meet business needs, including attendance at key departmental meetings. Given the seniority of the role, candidates are expected to be fully qualified accountants, or at final stage with an expectation to be fully qualified within 6 months of joining.

Application

If you think you have what it takes to be successful in this exciting and challenging role, we would like to hear from you. Please provide a supporting statement on how you meet the essential criteria for the role in addition to the CV.