Financial Accounting Manager

Head of Financial Accounting

In this role, you’ll be at the centre of managing and coordinating the preparation, maintenance and monitoring of Revenue and Capital Budgets, general ledger integrity, and the closure of final accounts. You will also co-ordinate the medium term financial strategy and provide strategic financial advice and problem solving on all technical accounting issues.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead and coordinate the preparation, maintenance and monitoring of the revenue and capital budgets, Balance Sheet and the closure of the final accounts.
• Provide information, strategic advice and problem solving to meet the needs of the Chief Officers and budget holders.
• Direct the setting of officer, staff, and pension budgets and non-pay budgets via the extraction of information from the general ledger.
• Direct and coordinate the closure of final accounts and the production of the statement of accounts.
• Control and monitor all costing and financial issues for planned and ad-hoc major incidents.
• Lead the development, implementation and maintenance of systems to monitor financial management performance.
• Manage and motivate team and individual performance, providing direction and leadership.

What you’ll bring

• Fully qualified status and oversight by a professional body.
• Comprehensive relevant post qualification financial management experience including at a senior management level within a large organisation.
• An understanding of public service finance and its regulatory environment.
• A proven track record of managing, coaching, supporting and motivating finance staff in both technical and personal development.
• Strong communication and representational skills, both verbal and written, combined with strong project planning and process management skills.
• A commitment to innovation and continuous performance improvement.
• IT literacy and with a range of Microsoft products such as Word and Excel