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Interim Finance Officer - Finance
Reference no: W Cheshire 5250693
Pay Rate: £20.31 per hour PAYE
37 Monday – Friday, normal working hours
This opening assignment is for 2-3 months
City: ELLESMERE PORT
This Finance Officer role will have specific responsibility for supporting the Council's Head of Property to align budgets/expenditure into different categories e.g. Operational/Commercial and quantify savings / additional income generation that can be achieved from the Council's portfolio of Operational and Commercial assets.
The postholder should have experience in providing finance support to a Council's Property function.
Key responsibilities:
Provide advice and support to senior managers in the preparation of Directorate plans, capital programme, revenue budgets and overall performance to ensure that these are set in accordance with the Council’s Finance and Contract Procedure Rules, Corporate Performance Framework and statutory reporting requirements.
Co-ordinate the monitoring of in year performance against capital and revenue budgets and key performance measures, supporting senior managers and budget holders to develop robust performance management arrangements and to ensure that appropriate and timely management and remedial action is taken.
Prepare, collate and analyse appropriate financial and non financial management information for Service and corporate managers, including analysis of historic trends and future projections, to ensure that decisions are taken with full knowledge of resource and wider Service implications.
Undertake, under the direction of senior managers, Service reviews, special investigations and projects to ensure that inefficiencies, performance and budget variances and irregularities are investigated and reported.
Identify areas of potential financial and non financial performance risk to ensure that these can be investigated and appropriately reflected in business plans and incorporated, as appropriate, within Directorate and corporate risk registers.
Implement and maintain operational procedures and schedules to ensure the effective and efficient delivery of services to the agreed specification and quality standards across the total client base.
Develop and foster links with other CW&C corporate services, such as HR, ICT, and Policy and with external organisations such as NHS, other Local Authorities, to promote collaborative working across traditional boundaries to tackle shared issues.
Advise Service managers on the financial and performance implications of decisions including where appropriate reviewing reports to Service and corporate committees / panels, to ensure that action is taken with a proper appreciation of corporate financial standards and best value considerations.
Review and report on the development of new and existing business information systems to advise Service managers on best value and management controls in the furtherance of service objectives.
Provide training and advice on financial and performance systems and procedures to improve service delivery on the security and standard of financial and non-financial performance management.
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If you are successful in securing this role, please note that for the entire duration of this contract, regardless of extension you will be working this role at the PAYE rate that has been advertised. For absolute clarity, we only work on a PAYE basis, rather than entertaining umbrella pay terms, we do not offer Ltd/umbrella or outside IR35 rates. If you wish to understand PAYE vs Umbrella more, please let us know and we can send you some additional information for clarity.
Due to the number of CVs being sent to us under current market conditions, we cannot, unfortunately, respond to all applications. If, therefore, you have not heard from us within 3 days please make a working assumption that you have not been shortlisted on this occasion. We will, however, be very happy to receive future applications from you for other roles
Please quote the Job Title & Vacancy Reference No. in your application, or we will be unable to match your CV to the role being applied for.
Other “Essential Requirements” – Please check to ensure that your CV addresses the following items:
Qualifications:
Educated to degree level or equivalent.
CCAB Qualification or a Relevant Business/Performance qualification - desirable
Knowledge:
Sound working knowledge financial and performance practices and procedures within the public sector - desirable
Detailed working knowledge and practical expertise in the use of PC and mainframe systems - desirable
Experience:
Demonstrable post-qualification experience.
Variety of experience across relevant disciplines.
Proven track record of conscientious application and technical reliability.
Skills & Abilities:
Good oral and written communication skills - desirable
Good diagnostic skills and practical problem-solving abilities - desirable
Ability to plan and prioritise competing workload demands.
Ability to work accurately and methodically, with attention to detail - desirable
Ability to communicate effectively with all levels of management - desirable
Ability to supervise and motivate staff - desirable
Ability to work to tight deadlines with the minimum of supervision - desirable
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Job Ref: W Cheshire 5250693
Anticipated Length of Assignment: Unless otherwise stated (we do carry the occasional permanent vacancy) all of our roles are technically temporary, though opening assignments can be and often are, extended by clients on a longer term basis and can sometimes become permanent.
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