What's involved with this role: Interim Head of Finance Leicester 0009 D016 / 1 Hybrid working – 2-3 days in the office Candidates must be available to start within 2 weeks Pay Rate: Up to £40.41 per hour PAYE depending on experience Key Requirements: Strong knowledge of local government finance and accounting practice. Significant experience managing financial services at a senior level in a large public sector organisation, and a track record of successful achievement. Experience of managing teams with specialist financial knowledge. Experience of influencing and negotiating with others who may have conflicting viewpoints and agendas; and evidence of successful outcomes. To lead the finance support for major service areas and the corporate Council, providing professional high level strategic advice to directors, the Executive and Scrutiny; ensuring the delivery of an efficient, effective and compliant finance function; promoting the efficient use of resources across the Council; and supporting the Director of Finance to discharge their personal responsibilities under s151 of the Local Government Act 1972. 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. Qualification details and any other experience/skills relevant to the role to help support your application should be clearly shown in your CV. Due to the number of CVs being sent to us unfortunately we cannot respond to all applications. If you have not heard from us within 3 working days, please assume that you have not been shortlisted on this occasion. S Please note that clients invariably ask us to strip out contact details from CVs before we submit them for consideration. This is always quicker and easier to do if you send your CV to us in Word format, rather than as a PDF please.