Croydon Council

6 days ago


Croydon, United Kingdom Remedy Recruitment Group Full time

The post holder will have overall responsibility for overseeing financial planning, management and coordination of financial arrangements for a given area across both revenue and capital finance and/or cross cutting areas such as corporate and statutoryreporting, and technical finance.

The post holder will expected to lead on a number of processes to ensure that internal and external deadlines are met.

The post holder will maintain a proactive relationship with key stakeholders across the council, providing valuable finance support and effective challenge. They will play a key role in delivering an integrated approach to the development of financial strategyacross the council.

The post holder will be expected to maintain up to date technical knowledge and develop processes and procedures to ensure compliance with new requirements and legislation.

The post holder will provide high quality, responsive, effective and timely advice, to the Council, its committees and officers, Government Departments, external auditors and external bodies, partnerships, on all matters of financial significance.

The post holder will be expected to act as an effective task manager (and line manager where necessary) by:

- providing regular honest feedback and coaching
- delegating work appropriately

This role will involve;
- Main point of contact for budget holders, providing a high standard of service with regular meetings, to help support them with their financial management accountabilities;
- Using IT software to produce financial reports and information on a timely basis and to a high standard, to ensure that key timetables are met;
- Using information from departments, produce regular, accurate and up to date forecasts based on financial analysis to aid budget preparation and monitoring purposes;
- Ensuring that proper accounting records are maintained during the year to support financial management and ensure an efficient financial close at the year end. This will include carrying out any relevant administrative tasks or delegating when able to;
If you are interested in this role please send your updated CV in the first instance.



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