Finance Manager (Hybrid)

ESSENTIAL EMPLOYMENT LTD; Bradford; Hybrid; GBP 40,000 - 45,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid Working

Leeds Office

Job summary

ESSENTIAL EMPLOYMENT LTD is seeking a Finance Manager in Bradford. The role is hybrid with on-site presence one day per week, offering a 6-month contract and a salary in the £40,000–£45,000 range per year, plus generous perks.

The position requires delivering financial analysis and supporting service budget management. The post emphasizes collaboration with budget managers, ensuring financial compliance and aiding year-end reporting, with emphasis on strategic financial decision-making.

Responsibilities

• Provide constructive and timely financial advice aligned with service objectives.
• Collaborate with Budget Managers to confirm savings and analyze capital projects.
• Identify financial risks and escalate issues to senior stakeholders as needed.
• Liaise with Strategic and Corporate Finance to complete statutory returns.
• Produce financial analyses to support strategy, business cases and gateways.
• Model financial impact of new services and policy changes.
• Guide Budget Managers during budget prep, monitoring and year-end closure.

Job description

Finance Manager (Hybrid) needed in Bradford, £26.62ph PAYE - Reference: 5306061

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, escalate 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 acting as an Employment Business in relation to this vacancy. Essential Employment is an Equal Opportunities Employer.

All our roles may be subject to pre-employment checks including references so please beprepared.

Due to high volumes of CVs received we are not able to respond to all unsuccessful applications. You will always however hear from us by phone if we are able to take your CV forward to the next stage.

£40,000 - £45,000 per annum, Hybrid Working in our Amazing Leeds Office & Lots of Perks!