We are working closely alongside a Local Authority in Thurrock to assist with the appointment of a Head of Financial Management, on a 3-month contract, highly likely to be extended at clients discretion. Please apply with your CV for immediate consideration.

Rate of Pay: £481.10 - £635.00 per Day

Responsibilities:

• To oversee and deliver a comprehensive, high quality and professional finance business partnering service with assigned service department (s) or other agencies.
• Foster a high-performance culture including carrying out internal service reviews to improve value for money, efficiency and ensure the service is at the leading edge of service delivery and development and deliver an efficiency savings target for their service to be determined by the Director of Finances Management team annually.
• Lead on developing complex financial projects with service departments. Negotiate with a wide variety of external contractors, partners, government departments and suppliers, investment banks and brokers and other organisations financial advisers as required.
• Be an effective lead on finance improvement projects including leading a team of staff, developing a project initiation document and a project plan ensuring projects deliver agreed outcomes successfully and on time; drive a planning and programme and project management culture and lead on post implementation reviews.
• Rapidly assess the implications of all emerging and potential issues / new policies and ensure the Chief Finance Officer is promptly and fully briefed.

Qualifications:

• Relevant professional qualification: CCAB / CIMA or overseas equivalent
• Substantial experience, evidenced by a track record of success, leading, and developing a significant organisational function or service in a large multi-disciplined organisation with comparable scope, budgets and resources
• Knowledge of the issues facing local government and those relevant to service/functional responsibilities, together with the legal, financial and political context of public sector management and the statutory responsibilities of this post.

Please note:

• You should be available to work immediately or at a short notice.
• You should have right to work in U.K

Disclaimer: Brackenberry Ltd is acting as an Employment Business in relation to this vacancy. We are committed to equality in the workplace and is an equal opportunity employer. Unless otherwise stated all of our roles are temporary, though opening assignments can be and often are, extended by clients on a longer term basis and can sometimes become permanent.

Important: We will interpret your application as being permission to submit your CV to this role (with the right to represent you) unless you advise us to the contrary. Incase the role requires an enhanced DBS, your DBS must be either through us or be accompanied by a subscription to the DBS updating service.

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