Head of Finance

Head of Finance

Circa £75k + performance related pay up to £3,000 per annum

Spalding/Horncastle/Boston

Our client Financial Services Department take pride in their ability to deliver a wide range of fully managed finance functions for their councils, leaving them free to shape and deliver essential public services across their districts. The department provides high quality end-to-end financial management on behalf of our councils, providing advice and support to a wide range of service departments.

The Financial Services Department also provides the councils with products and solutions for making payments to its business partners and suppliers as well as delivering and maintaining several complex financial systems that support day to day delivery of financial services.

You will manage and support three Strategic Finance Managers who each oversee a Business Partner Function in the preparation of the annual revenue and capital budgets, monitoring of financial performance of those budgets and support the completion of the final accounts for our councils. You will also coordinate and lead the financial management of designated service areas and ensure they receive quality financial advice and information.

The Person:

They are looking for a motivated and ambitious finance professional with relevant skills and experience to lead their client function which supports the end-to-end budget management process for our three Local Authority Clients.

Reporting to the Chief Finance Officer, this is a chance to help redevelop and shape the financial support provided to our client councils as we respond to the exciting challenges that are presented by recent formation of the South East Lincolnshire Councils Partnership.

You should be a CCAB qualified accountant and have experience of local government finance. You will possess the ability to lead and motivate a team as well as manage workloads within tight timescales.

This is an excellent opportunity for a qualified Financial professional to join a Company who are continually looking for ways to improve the support we can give to our clients. This role offers great prospects for personal development and career progression.

On Offer

They are offering a salary circa of 75k + annual performance related bonus of up to £3,000 + Medicash Health Care Plan, a generous employer pension contribution through the Local Government Pension Scheme (23.1%), and an excellent benefits package, including:

• 26 days annual leave plus bank holidays and the option to purchase up to 5 days extra
• Health & Wellbeing scheme including birthday leave
• Agile working policy- Minimum of 2 days working in the office per week
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Employee Benefits Platform including retail, holiday, and leisure discounts
• Support with your career development/ progression