Finance Team Manager

Job Category : Interims – Commercial (Finance, Procurement, Legal)
Location : Lincolnshire County Council
Hours Per Week : 37.00
Start Date : Immediate start
Start Time : 09:00
End Time : 17:30
Salary: £18.00

With the Adult care finance team – managing up to 3 manager
PURPOSE OF JOB:
To manage the finance team on a day-to-day basis to provide proactive, high quality financial advice in relation to all aspects of a substantive service area or corporate financial responsibility.

To assist with the management and oversight of one or more corporate financial responsibilities including the provision of financial advice to a number of commissioning strategies.

Ensuring effective management and monitoring of the Director Area’s revenue and capital expenditure.

Contribute to all responses to Government Department consultations relating to finance.

To ensure the effective management of resources in accordance with statute, the rules and regulations of the Council and the commissioning strategies.

To work effectively in partnership with others to develop effective corporate solutions to the challenges the Council faces.

Contribute to the delivery of services for area of responsibility. Assist, as appropriate, with:
⦁ Providing an integrated approach to performance management, quality standards and service delivery
⦁ Embedding new ways of thinking and working
⦁ Developing and maintaining strong, positive working relationships with commissioners, their teams/partners and across service areas as appropriate

To provide day to day leadership, advice and guidance to the provider team(s) and/or work within own area of responsibility.

KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS

⦁ Preferably full CCAB accounting qualification with significant relevant experience. Minimum AAT with significant experience in a senior finance position.
⦁ Detailed knowledge of the Council’s constitution, Financial Strategy, financial regulations financial procedures, schemes of authorisation and their rationale within the control framework.
⦁ Knowledge and understanding of local government finance including service funding arrangements, principles of financial management, accounting principles and practice.
Detailed knowledge of accounting standards including, CIPFA Code of Practice and International Financial Reporting Standards and the impact these have on the Council’s Statement of Accounts
IT Skill
The post holder will need:
⦁ Excellent ICT skills including spreadsheets, word processing, the internet.
⦁ Excellent skills in the use and application of bespoke IT packages, the Council’s ERP system, Financial Modelling packages.
⦁ Excellent staff management skills to oversee the work of the team.
⦁ Technical accounting skills e.g. understanding and disseminating DfE school funding regulations, pooled budget arrangements and other financial arrangements with health and other partner organisations
Commissioning, Contract Management and Risk Management skills – an understanding of contract management and the tendering framework within local government and partner organisations. The post holder needs to be confident in dealing with representatives of service providers (e.g. Financial Services) and service users and be able to address performance and other contractual matters.
⦁ Ability to solve problems of a difficult nature, show innovation, show tenacity and demonstrate sensitive interpersonal skills.
⦁ Experience of working in effective partnership with external partners, agencies and work colleagues.
⦁ Strategic and analytical skills.
⦁ The ability to undertake work of a difficult nature which covers a diverse and challenging portfolio.
⦁ Effective management of budgets.
⦁ Demonstrable experience of managing and implementing change.
⦁ The ability to quickly establish strong positive relationships across the organisation at all levels.
⦁ The ability to influence others effectively.
⦁ The ability to establish credible relationships across partner and other external organisations that command professional confidence.
The ability to demonstrate effective motivational leadership and vision to staff at all levels including a positive attitude to change in order to develop and maintain services in a constantly changing environment