Finance Manager (Hybrid)

Essential Employment; Bradford; Hybrid; GBP 36,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

Essential Employment is recruiting a Finance Manager in Bradford for a six-month contract. The role is hybrid with one day on site per week and pays £26.62 per hour PAYE.

You will support Budget Managers, challenge monitoring figures, and help with year-end and the Financial Statements. You will model financial impacts of new or changed services and assess the effect of policy changes, ensuring spending stays within approved budgets.

Responsibilities

• To positively support and deliver the vision, values and strategic objectives of the services through providing constructive and timely advice on financial matters identifying innovative solutions as appropriate.
• Work with Budget Managers in allocated service departments to confirm savings proposals.
• To support analysis of capital projects and assist with costing potential pressures and saving, actively participate in regular meetings with business area to challenge and scrutinise monitoring figures, undertake service analysis to support the year-end position and the Financial Statements and other returns.
• Anticipate and identify key financial issues and risks affecting the business which require attention, resolve issues with Senior Managers and identify mitigating actions to ensure net expenditure is within budget, elevate to Strategic Finance Manager and other senior colleagues any business issues not resolved by Service Managers.
• Be an effective liaison point between the Strategic and Corporate Finance team and Government Departments to ensure completion of all statutory returns.
• With the Strategic and Corporate Finance Teams produce financial and commercial analysis to support the financial strategy, decision making and service reviews. Help to deliver robust financial and commercial analysis for business cases including signing-off financial implications for reports and for Gateway Reviews.
• Manage financial modelling of new services or changes to existing services including impact from specific legislation /policy changes, assess implications
• Provide support (guidance, encouragement, challenge and advice) to Budget Managers during budget preparation, monthly monitoring, year-end and closure of accounts - helping them to understand the financial information required and processes to be followed

Job description

Finance Manager (Hybrid) needed in Bradford, £26.62ph PAYE - Reference:

6 months contract
Hybrid, on site 1 day per week

• To positively support and deliver the vision, values and strategic objectives of the services through providing constructive and timely advice on financial matters identifying innovative solutions as appropriate.
• Work with Budget Managers in allocated service departments to confirm savings proposals. To support analysis of capital projects and assist with costing potential pressures and saving, actively participate in regular meetings with business area to challenge and scrutinise monitoring figures, undertake service analysis to support the year-end position and the Financial Statements and other returns.
• Anticipate and identify key financial issues and risks affecting the business which require attention, resolve issues with Senior Managers and identify mitigating actions to ensure net expenditure is within budget, elevate to Strategic Finance Manager and other senior colleagues any business issues not resolved by Service Managers.
• Be an effective liaison point between the Strategic and Corporate Finance team and Government Departments to ensure completion of all statutory returns.
• With the Strategic and Corporate Finance Teams produce financial and commercial analysis to support the financial strategy, decision making and service reviews. Help to deliver robust financial and commercial analysis for business cases including signing-off financial implications for reports and for Gateway Reviews.
• Manage financial modelling of new services or changes to existing services including impact from specific legislation /policy changes, assess implications
• Provide support (guidance, encouragement, challenge and advice) to Budget Managers during budget preparation, monthly monitoring, year-end and closure of accounts - helping them to understand the financial information required and processes to be followed

This is a Full time role on a temporary contract basis.

Essential Employment is an Equal Opportunities Employer.

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