Senior Finance Officer - Gloucestershire, United Kingdom - Page Personnel Finance

Page Personnel Finance

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Gloucestershire, United Kingdom

5 days ago

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Tom O´Connor

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Description

Under the direction of the Finance Business Partner, the Senior Finance Officer is responsible for the day to day activity within the team to provide financial advice and information and deliver a range of quality and cost effective financial managementand financial support services.

Client Details

This client is in the public sector, this public authority is one of around 200 local authorities in England, Scotland and Wales.

They provide essential services across our internal network to ensure we can fully support the community and are positive andforward thinking, always looking for new and innovative ways of working work.

Description

Our Finance team play an important role in ensuring the funds are being distributed, controlled and spent appropriately.
You will provide a technical accounting service in support of a specific areas of business.
You will review and resolve any issues relating to budgets, financial information and resources for your area of specialism so that agreed targets are met.
In this senior role you will provide expert advice to councillors, departments, managers and the senior leadership team ensuring they receive clear guidance and information data that fulfils statutory requirements.
You will oversee a team giving support and guidance as well as set targets, monitor performance and review potential changes to ensure services and projects are delivered successfully.

Profile

It is essential that you have a recognised CCAB qualification (preferably CIPFA), or Association of Accounting Technician qualified or will have equivalent relevant professional experience.
You will have significant operational experience within a large organisation, covering the key financial processes of financial planning, budget preparation, budget monitoring and preparing final accounts.
We require you to have experience of supervising a small team to effectively deliver a range of quality and cost effective financial management and financial support services.
You will have excellent IT, numeracy and good analytical skills.
Ideally you would need Knowledge of CIVICA Financials but not essential

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