Principal Finance Officer
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Job Description
We are working closely alongside a Local Authority in West Sussex to assist with the appointment of a Principal Finance Officer on a 6-month contract highly likely to be extended at clients discretion. Please apply with your CV for immediate consideration.
Rate of Pay: 23.50 - 31.00 per hour
Responsibilities:
- Responsible for advising and influencing clients to ensure informed financial decisions and sound financial arrangements with a high direct impact on financial management and service delivery.
- Provides authoritative accurate and reliable information to clients for the large complex service area managed.
- Contributes to financial planning looking at the annual budget cycle within a longer-term strategy.
- Implements existing and new financial arrangements relating to the service area or activity managed including those which arise from national legislation. Including interpreting and analysing new legislation to alter/create policies and guidance to ensure compliance.
- Line manages staff in a team or manages a function across teams requiring engagement across teams.
Qualifications:
- Relevant degree or equivalent qualification or experience which demonstrates that level of applied and theoretical knowledge plus knowledge of the related systems procedures and policies.
- Relevant chartered status of a professional body e.g. CIPFA or equivalent high-level experience of involved practices.
Experience Required:
- Significant experience delivering a professional accountancy service with a high-level accountability for resources on behalf of various clients.
- Experience line managing staff and developing an effective team to work together to meet objectives.
- Experience contributing to setting and monitoring budgets and plans for a specific service within a large organisation or for a small overall business.
Essential Skills:
- Excellent analytical skills in order to interpret complex and varied financial and/or performance information and develop practical l plans strategies and budgetary solutions with an awareness of performance outcomes
- Strong problem solving and decision-making skills with the ability to make sound pragmatic decisions that take into account the on-going impact on performance and resources.
- Strong customer focus with the ability to work as a key client contact and provide a professional service to meet their needs.
Please note:
- You should be available to work immediately or at a short notice.
- You should have right to work in U.K
Disclaimer: Brackenberry Ltd is acting as an Employment Business in relation to this vacancy. We are committed to equality in the workplace and is an equal opportunity employer. Unless otherwise stated all of our roles are temporary though opening assignments can be and often are extended by clients on a longer term basis and can sometimes become permanent.
Important: We will interpret your application as being permission to submit your CV to this role (with the right to represent you) unless you advise us to the contrary. Incase the role requires an enhanced DBS your DBS must be either through us or be accompanied by a subscription to the DBS updating service.
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Employment Type
Full Time
