Strategic Finance Director

2 weeks ago

Slough, Slough, United Kingdom CRA GROUP LIMITED Full time
Job Summary

We are seeking a highly experienced and skilled Strategic Finance Manager to join our team at CRA GROUP LIMITED. As a key member of our senior management team, you will play a critical role in contributing to the collective leadership of the council, working collaboratively with various stakeholders to deliver the council's objectives and priorities.

Key Responsibilities
  • Lead by example in modelling and embedding the council's values and behaviours to help build a sustainable, highly effective organisation.
  • Provide outstanding leadership and direction to the service, driving service transformation and ensuring excellent joint working with Members and other stakeholders.
  • Help shape the direction of the council to drive forward the public service reform agenda and ensure delivery of its priorities and value to residents.
  • As a senior leader, work together to drive forward and accept collective responsibility for a range of departmental and cross-cutting initiatives.
  • Lead the integrated delivery, improvement, management, and performance of the service, commissioning and directing activity within the council and externally as required.
  • Ensure tight budgetary control and prioritise use of resources and assets to support the delivery of the council's corporate vision.
  • Actively engage, communicate, and influence within the council, across partners, and with the wider local and central government community to champion the council's approach to unified public services.
  • Lead, develop, and ensure implementation and review of change management programmes to deliver continual improvement.
  • Ensure that all activities within the service comply with the council's constitution, Standing Orders, financial regulations, health and safety, and safeguarding responsibilities.
  • Uphold and promote the aims of the council's equality and diversity policies to ensure non-discriminatory practices in all aspects of work.
  • Lead on the closure of accounts for the relevant team, ensuring that income and expenditure accounts are accurate, all balance sheet items are reconciled, and all holding accounts are cleared on a regular and timely basis.
  • Foster a high-performance culture, including carrying out internal service reviews to improve value for money, efficiency, and ensure the service is at the leading edge of service delivery and development.
  • Negotiate with a wide variety of external contractors, partners, government departments, and suppliers to secure funding for the Council and investigate innovative financing and funding methodologies.
  • Be an effective lead on improving finance projects, including leading a team of staff, developing a project initiation document, and a project plan, ensuring projects deliver agreed outcomes successfully and on time.
  • Rapidly assess the implications of all emerging and potential issues/new policies and ensure the Director of Finance is promptly and fully briefed.
Requirements
  • Substantial experience evidenced by a track record of success leading and developing a significant organisational function or service in a large multidisciplinary organisation with comparable scope, budgets, and resources.
  • Demonstrable experience of establishing and building partnerships and productive working relationships within a complex policy and service environment with senior managers and councillors and a wide range of other bodies.
  • Evidence of successful resources management in a multidisciplinary environment, as well as a successful track record in managing large budgets, business planning, quality, and performance management.
  • Experience of commissioning and leading the analysis of a range of data, e.g. comparing the Council's income and expenditure against other local authorities and other organisations.
  • Managing and successfully delivering several projects simultaneously, a knowledge of project management, and of implementing and operating major changes to service provision.
  • Proven ability to manage political and cultural issues and deliver project, programme, and change management programmes.
  • Ability to translate strategic objectives into operational plans.
  • Ability to deploy advanced interpersonal skills to inspire, motivate, coach, and develop team members to high levels of performance.
  • Advanced relationship and stakeholder management skills and skilled in written and verbal communication to influence and engage others effectively.
  • Excellent financial and budget management skills with the ability to deliver economies through creative and efficient working practices.
  • A commitment to equality and diversity, both as a leader and a service deliverer, with an ability to demonstrate personal leadership on the importance of diversity.
  • Superior and demonstrable commercial, financial, and analytical skills, for example, to analyse complex problems, develop business models, investigate and evaluate options and opportunities.
  • Knowledge of the issues facing local government and those relevant to service/functional responsibilities, together with the legal, financial, and political context of public sector management and the statutory responsibilities of this post.
  • Ability to deploy a substantial body of knowledge of leading-edge business, financial, and commercial techniques and of all the accounts and systems that underpin the financial integrity of the council.
Additional Information
  • Relevant professional qualification: CCAB/CIMA or overseas equivalent.

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