Head of Finance and Transformation - GLA14682

GLASGOW CITY COUNCIL AND ARMS LENGTH ORGANISATION; United Kingdom; On-site; GBP 125,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

A local government agency in the United Kingdom seeks a Head of Finance and Transformation to lead financial projects and improve services. The ideal candidate will have a relevant degree or substantial business experience, a strong background in management accounting, and a proven ability to deliver complex change initiatives. This role involves close collaboration with various stakeholders to foster effective service delivery, ensuring financial efficiency and integration with the corporate finance team.

Qualifications

• Proven track record of delivering complex change projects within financial targets.
• Strong leadership capabilities in a multi-disciplined operational service.
• Experience in managing accounting functions to assist operational managers.

Responsibilities

• Provide leadership on business change capability development.
• Ensure alignment and prioritization of project implementations.
• Lead the management accounting function for operational planning and decision-making.

Skills

Management accounting

Service improvement

Communication

Education

Relevant business degree or extensive business experience

Job description

Job Description

Glasgow City Council is seeking an exceptional and talented individual to take on the role of Head of Finance and Transformation. Reporting directly to the Divisional Director of Finance and Transformation, the successful candidate will have a relevant business degree and/or extensive business experience coupled with a proven track record of management accounting and delivering complex change projects/programmes within financial targets in a complex, large-scale operational environment.

You will have a strong passion for the pursuit of service improvement underpinned by an effective and supportive governance framework that encourages stakeholders to work effectively together and to find new ways of delivering and developing services, whilst delivering financial efficiencies, is essential.

As an excellent communicator, the postholder will be at the forefront of transforming Neighbourhoods, Regeneration and Sustainability (NRS). It is an exciting opportunity to work in a multi-disciplined operational service, with over 3000 employees, delivering refuse collection, parks, roads, transport, parking, planning and property services. The role will provide leadership on business change capability development and ensure alignment, integration and prioritisation of project implementations. The postholder will also lead on the provision of the management accounting function to operational managers to assist their planning, controlling and decision making, whilst leading the integration with the Corporate Finance team supporting Neighbourhoods, Regeneration and Sustainability.

Under the Local Government and Housing Act 1989, this post is politically restricted.

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