Treasury and Capital Strategy Manager

Leicester City Council; Leicester; Hybrid; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A local authority in Leicester is seeking an experienced accountant to lead their Treasury and Capital strategy team. This full-time permanent role involves managing the Council's borrowing and financial investments, advising on complex proposals, and ensuring compliance with statutory responsibilities. Candidates should be qualified accountants with extensive budgeting experience and the ability to work in a fast-paced environment. The role offers a supportive work environment and flexible working arrangements.

Benefits

Generous annual leave

Local Government Pension Scheme

Flexible working options

Discounts on public transport

Relocation assistance

Qualifications

• Qualified accountant with experience in capital and local government.
• Extensive experience in budgeting and forecasting.
• Ability to interpret legislation and financial policies.

Responsibilities

• Lead the Treasury and Capital strategy team.
• Manage the strategy for borrowing and financial investments.
• Provide advice on complex development and investment proposals.

Skills

Experience in capital accounting

Budgeting and forecasting

Problem-solving skills

Knowledge in corporate finance

Organizational skills

Education

Qualified accountant

Job description

This job is brought to you by Jobs/Redefined, the UK's leading over-50s age inclusive jobs board.

Full Time / 37 Hours Per Week / Permanent

We have an exciting opportunity for someone who enjoys working in a fast-paced finance environment to lead our Treasury and Capital strategy team, who are currently involved in a range of significant Council projects.

Proposing, developing, and managing the strategy for the Council's borrowing and financial investments. You'll advise on the structure and financial feasibility of complex development and investment proposals, often involving joint ventures, substantial capital expenditure and/or complex property transactions.

Working together with key partners across the authority and beyond to maximise resources available to the Council using specialist knowledge in corporate finance, treasury, and local authority capital expenditure legislation.

This is a full-time, permanent position where you'll be based at City Hall with the opportunity to also work remotely from home. The core working hours are 8.30am-5.00pm Monday to Thursday and 8.30am-4.30pm on a Friday.

What you'll be doing

With key areas of work including traditional core accounting functions, policy and treasury management. You'll lead and direct the team who are responsible for capital accounting, including supporting budget monitoring and setting. It's not surprising that in this role you'll be well established in the Council as the finance expert on significant capital project boards. Your role will be fundamental in the production of the Statement of Accounts and will assist with leading the process.

As well as, keeping up to date with new polices. Providing advice and support on general economic issues (including national policy, economic forecasts, and credit risk), treasury management generally, capital investment (including the interests of private sector investors and pension funds), local authority capital legislation, and joint ventures.

What you'll need

The successful candidate will use their knowledge in capital to ensure we meet our statutory and management accounting responsibilities. You'll be an experienced, qualified accountant who has some experience in capital and is willing to develop specialist capital knowledge. l. In addition, you'll have previously worked within a large organisation, preferably in local government setting. You must have an aptitude for understanding and interpreting legislation, along with extensive experience of budgeting and forecasting.

You must be an organised individual who is able to work under pressure in a fast-paced environment with the ability to prioritise tasks of your team and your own workload in order to meet set objectives and statutory/local timescales, targets and deadlines. As the manager, you must be decisive, creative and innovative when it comes to problem-solving. Your experience and knowledge will give you the confidence to have courage in your convictions making you the perfect person for this role.

What we can offer you

As well as the satisfaction of helping to improve the lives of those living and working in Leicester, you can look forward to a work environment that encourages a healthy work/life balance. You'll enjoy generous annual leave, membership of the Local Government Pension Scheme and flexible working. We will give you the chance to develop your skills and expertise through training and development. In addition, you can choose from a number of flexible benefits, including discounts on city buses and trains, and help with relocation to Leicester, where appropriate. Those who excel in the role will have ample opportunities to take on new challenges.

Join us

We're committed to recruiting a highly-talented workforce as we continue to build a council that meets the needs of our diverse, vibrant and growing city. That's why we have designed our recruitment process to put you at your ease, make you feel welcome and bring the best out of you. We'll do all we can to make our recruitment process as fair as possible. To help you with your application, take a look at the 'our approach to recruitment' page.

For an informal discussion about this post, please contact Karen Linnett at [e-mail]