Assistant Director of Finance

**About Barnet Council**

Barnet is a borough with much to be proud of: Our excellent schools, vibrant town centres, vast green spaces, and diverse communities all help make it a wonderful place to live and work. We are a borough that cares about our people, our places and the planet. As a council we want to build on these strengths as we look to tackle inequality and poverty, achieve net zero and becoming a destination borough. We are growing and developing as an organisation to meet the challenges facing our borough and we are committed to working with residents, communities and partner organisations to make Barnet even better. As an organisation, our staff are committed to Our Values: Caring, Learning to Improve, Inclusive, Collaborate.

**About Finance**

We are committed to delivering for our residents by supporting our service areas to make sound financial decisions and utilising our resources in a sustainable way to ensure the high-quality services offered in Barnet can be maintained.

We do this by hiring talented outcomes focused staff, investing in continuous development and creating a culture that empowers our people. We believe by doing this our staff will ultimately support residents by being sound financial stewards, create value to customers as trusted advisors and lead in continuous improvement within the department and wider Council.

**About the role**

This role will:

- Support the Executive Director of Strategy & Resources in ensuring high quality financial administration and stewardship throughout the Council.
- As a member of the Leadership Team, working with the S151 officer, wider leadership team, CMT, Members and senior officers to develop the vision and values for the London Borough of Barnet and to be responsible for the delivery of that vision through sound financial management in the Council.

**About you**
- Senior strategic management experience, including translating organisational drivers into strategic objectives, longer term plans, new ways of working and specific outcomes, for a portfolio of services in a large public sector organisation (preferably local government).
- Proven track record of accountability for significant budgets and ensuring the delivery of services within agreed resources.
- Extensive and comprehensive knowledge and understanding of the national policy context, requirements, and future direction for relevant service areas.
- Experience in persuading a wide range of stakeholders to work together, encouraging an organisational focus on the needs of the community.
- Proven ability to manage a wide variety of activities across a range of professional areas of expertise and oversee their achievement of the organisation’s strategic goals.
- Excellent interpersonal and communication and presentation skills, with proven ability to communicate effectively to a wide range of audiences both horizontally and vertically throughout the organisation.

**What we offer**
- 30 days annual leave, plus public and bank holidays
- Flexible Government pension options, with contributions of over 26%
- Work-life balance options may include hybrid working, flexitime, job share, home working, part-time
- A vast range of lifestyle discounts from major retailers, supermarkets, energy suppliers and more
- Broad range of payroll benefits including cycle to work, eye care vouchers, travel and gym membership
- Excellent training and development opportunities
- Employee well
- being training programs including confidential employee assistance

**How to apply**

Interviews will take place week commencing 13th March 2023 in person at the Colindale office.
- Barnet Council is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people, and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Barnet operates stringent safer recruitment procedures._