Finance Manager
Posted 1 day ago by 4Recruitment Services
£554 Per day
Inside
Hybrid
L2, Liverpool, Merseyside
Summary: The Finance Manager role at a local authority in Liverpool involves providing financial advice to directors and service managers, ensuring effective financial administration, and contributing to corporate objectives. The position requires managing a finance team and assisting in budget preparation and account closures. The role also emphasizes compliance with statutory accounting codes and timely completion of financial returns. This position offers a hybrid working arrangement with two days on-site per week.
Key Responsibilities:
- Assist in the management of the finance team, including work allocation and performance monitoring.
- Collaborate with business unit and service managers to enhance operational efficiency and implement procedures.
- Support the annual preparation of revenue and capital budgets and maintain the corporate financial system.
- Facilitate the annual closure of accounts process, ensuring compliance with accounting codes and reporting requirements.
- Complete financial returns and grant claims accurately and within deadlines.
Key Skills:
- Capital accounting experience within a local authority.
- Strong team management and business partnering skills.
- Change management skills.
- Intermediate+ MS Excel skills.
- CCAB/CIMA qualification or AAT with relevant experience.
Salary (Rate): £554/day umbrella
City: Liverpool
Country: United Kingdom
Working Arrangements: hybrid
IR35 Status: inside IR35
Seniority Level: Mid-Level
Industry: Finance
Our local authority client based in Liverpool are urgently seeking an experienced Finance Manager.
- £554.86 a day Umbrella
- Hybrid working - 2 days a week on site
Job Purpose
To contribute to the achievement of corporate objectives and those of the Portfolio To ensure the provision of appropriate financial advice to Directors and Service Managers To facilitate the overall improvement in the management and performance of the financial administration of the City Council, with regard to the financial and operational management of services
Main Areas of Responsibility:
The Finance Manager will:
- Be responsible to the Group Finance Manager for assisting in the management of the finance team, with specific responsibility for the allocation of work, monitoring of workloads, performance and attendance in order to ensure the effective and efficient delivery of financial management and support to all service areas
- Work closely with business unit and service managers to ensure the operational efficiency and effectiveness of the service and effective implementation of procedures and instructions
- Assist in the annual preparation of the revenue and capital budgets for the services within the Portfolio and to ensure that the corporate financial system is updated and maintained to reflect approved decisions
- Assist in the annual closure of accounts process ensuring compliance with all current statutory and professional accounting codes and financial reporting requirements. Including the preparation of complete, up to date, and accurate final accounts working papers, provision of appropriate evidence to auditors in support of accounting entries and actions taken
- Complete all financial returns and grant claims with supporting working papers promptly, accurately and completely within deadlines set by funding bodies and for audit
Essential Requirements
- Capital accounting experience within a local authority
- Strong team management and business partnering skills
- Change management skills
- Intermediate+ MS Excel skills
- CCAB/CIMA qualification or AAT with experience
Please apply with your updated CV ensuring that any gaps in employment are explained. At this point, may we take this opportunity to thank you for the interest you have shown in this role. Unfortunately, due to the high volume of applications that we receive, it is not always possible to respond to everyone. Therefore, unless you hear from us within the next 7 days, your application for this vacancy will have been unsuccessful.