Finance manager - technical - united kingdom, bournemouth, dorset

join bournemouth, christchurch and poole council as our finance manager technical and be a critical part of our management team for the financial services function.

we have a fantastic opportunity for you to join us and manage technical team promoting efficiency, high performance, probity, and excellent value for money services. in this role you will be the technical lead and support the delivery of our transformation agenda. you could be an aspiring leader, who is looking to gain experience or an experienced leader who is looking to lead and inspire a new team.

established in 2019, bournemouth christchurch & poole council is one of england's newest unitary authorities, as well as one of the uk's most iconic coastal communities. we have already achieved a great deal and our ambitions to modernise and innovate continue.

the communities we serve are at the heart of our ambitions, and we want to ensure that our residents and businesses are able to realise their full potential and enjoy an outstanding quality of life. we have a strong, collaborative and supportive culture that enables everyone to grow and develop. ensuring employees have a positive work life balance is really important to us. we have an agile working policy, which enables our people to work flexibly either at home and/or in the main civic centre.

as our finance manager technical you will be responsible for:

supporting the delivery of the transformation agenda in collaboration with the transformation lead officer providing financial advice and information to all councillors and officers within the council contributing towards the democratic and corporate activities of the council. acting as the technical lead, including the local government accounting relating to relevant accounting codes of practice, statutory requirements and grant regimes championing excellent management of financial resources, promoting efficiency, high performance, probity and excellent value for money services and will play a crucial role in the delivery of service transformation, driving efficiency and productivity improvements and also the optimisation of income opportunities ensuring that members and officers are provided with high-quality strategic advice and direction on financial strategies, policies, standards and practices, enabling timely and well-informed decisions to be made in the knowledge of the impact of those decisions will have financially on the council.

about you

the ideal candidate for the role of finance manager technical will be able to demonstrate the following skills, knowledge, and experience:

fully qualified member of one of the five accountancy institutes in ccab or cima understand the priorities of the council and the political structure and environment within local government knowledge and experience in local government accounting awareness of current legislation experience in performance management & financial reporting requirements in local government excellent communication skills and ability to effectively communicate at a senior level able to convey complex information clearly, correctly & concisely experience in leading the completion and production of the statement of accounts able to innovate & lead in the transformation of service delivery proven commercial acumen & the ability to implement new service delivery models & generate income

this is a fantastic opportunity for someone to expand their finance experience at a senior level. if you are positive and driven and share our ambition and vision, then we want to hear from you.

for an informal discussion about this role, please call matthew filmer, assistant chief finance officer on .

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