Budget Finance Manager

I am working with a Government Department based in East Kilbride who are looking for an experienced Budget Finance Manager for 12 months.

The role is full time, to start ASAP and paying £500 umbrella per day (inside IR35)

The role is hybrid so 3 days per week in the office and 2 days at home.

The role:
Joining the Management Office you will be part of the Commercial and Finance team, ensuring that we can track and forecast Income and expenditure and improve forecasting analysis to ensure Value for Money solutions for the organisation.
As the Budget Finance manager you will be responsible for producing and reporting the financial position to the Business and into department Finance Business Partners to support their needs. You will provide insight and highlight the key issues, risks and opportunities to enable robust decision making. Using continuous improvement principles, ensure that management reporting meets end user needs and is presented to best convey the key messages.
Responsibilities:
* Lead the preparation, interpretation and presentation of in-year financial information into the monthly financial reports
* Strategic Review of the RSO Budget, assessment of income and expenditure costs, improving the finance tracking process with continuous improvement initiatives across the function
* Management and governance of the Spend approvals process
* Support across key financial processes including reconciling and resolving invoices.
* Continued development of management reports and operate KPI tracking
* Report on spend categories, implement savings targets and KPIs
* Develop efficiency planning and track benefits savings across the operational and investment programmes
* Financial insight to the Business, Leadership Team, and wider Finance teams across RSO and CO teams and senior stakeholders
* Drawing insights from financial reporting and other complex information, translating policy proposals and strategic objectives into financial impact, risks and opportunities and communicating these clearly to senior audiences.
Essential Experience Required:
* Structured and organised with first-class analysis experience, Problem-solving capabilities, able to build relationships and influence people
* You will pro-actively manage your own workload and responsibilities, demonstrating effective leadership to manage multiple deadlines and conflicting priorities to deliver effective outcomes
* Demonstrate process management skills with the ability to communicate across a varied team
* Good analytical skills with the ability to design and develop performance metrics
* Experience working with closely with commercial teams operations
* Development and delivery of operational reports to a high standard
* Active Government clearance

Qualifications:
* Level 4 qualification with AAT, CCAB or CIMA, or working towards qualification CCAB, CIMA or equivalent and financial experience over an extended period.

Please only apply of you have all the essential skills, knowledge and experience as mentioned above.

CV Deadline: Friday 23/02/2024 @ 14:00

Thank you

Charlotte

Eden Brown Synergy is an equal opportunities employer.

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