Financial Improvement Manager

Morgan Law; West Midlands Combined Authority; On-site; GBP 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A local authority in the West Midlands seeks a Financial Improvement Manager for a minimum of 6 months. The position involves leading a council-wide finance improvement program, providing strategic financial insights, and ensuring effective delivery within a disciplined framework. Ideal candidates will have relevant accountancy qualifications and a proven track record in the public sector.

Qualifications

• Extensive knowledge of local government financial management standards.
• Track record in service improvement and transformation.
• Methodical with a disciplined programme approach.

Responsibilities

• Lead a council-wide finance improvement programme and initiatives.
• Establish financial standards and provide strategic insights.
• Manage programme risks and offer advice to resolve issues.

Skills

Financial management

Leadership

Service improvement

Education

Accountancy qualification (CIPFA or equivalent)

Job description

I am currently recruiting for a Financial Improvement Manager to work within a local authority. The role will be for 6 months at least and will be paying up to £550 p/day.

Job Specification

• Provide day to day leadership of a Council-wide finance improvement programme focused around the priority themes identified, ensuring that the desired outcomes are delivered by working directly with workstream leads, the programme team, support services and staff to scope, initiate, design and direct improvement projects.
• Provide strategic and operational financial insight to the programme, establishing financial standards and ensuring a sound diagnostic understanding of issues in each workstream is established as the basis for the improvement plan
• Develop a sound financial culture across the organisation, working directly with managers and budget holders in setting the tone, direction, and framework to deliver improvement and change in financial management.
• Provide significant support to the Finance Improvement Lead, elected Members, Finance Leadership Team, programme and project boards, and wider stakeholders in the leadership and delivery of the programme, including the analysis of risks and opportunities and proposing recommendations and solutions to specific issues affecting the delivery of the programme outcomes.
• Provide significant support to the Finance Improvement Lead, elected Members, Finance Leadership Team, programme and project boards, and wider stakeholders in the leadership and delivery of the programme, including the analysis of risks and opportunities and proposing recommendations and solutions to specific issues affecting the delivery of the programme outcomes.
• To client and work closely with Transformation Programme staff such as the Transformation Programme Director, programme managers and project support officers supporting the delivery of the transformational aspects of the finance improvement programme
• To manage programme risks effectively, reporting them in line with the council’s risk management framework. Provide advice, guidance, and intervention as appropriate to resolve all those issues escalated or requiring support and initiate corrective action to ensure minimal impact upon the programme and operational or strategic service delivery.

Person Profile

• Accountancy qualification (CIPFA or equivalent).
• Extensive knowledge of best practice standards in local government financial management and good wider working knowledge of a variety of areas such as procurement, internal audit, council companies. The ability to draw on contacts and evidence from elsewhere to benchmark, identify professional and operational standards and know the art of the possible
• Used to working in a disciplined and methodical programme approach – systematic in nature and able to hold others to account to follow agreed processes and procedures
• Track record of successfully delivering service improvement and transformation in a local authority or public sector context

If you are interested, please send me your CV