Capital Strategy Advisor

Are you an ambitious, passionate, and enthusiastic finance professional who wants to be part of a transformation journey?

Camden is building somewhere everyone can thrive, by making our borough the best place to live, work, study and visit. We want to make it a better borough, making radical social change a reality, creating a place where everyone has a chance to succeed and where nobody gets left behind.

The Finance service in Camden has an ambitious vision to ensure consistent delivery of a high-quality, value-added service with excellent financial controls. We will do this through an exciting journey of continuous improvement, change, challenge, and innovation. To be successful we’ll need to constantly adapt to meet the needs of the organisation. The first phase will realign and increase the capacity of the Finance department, so Camden will be recruiting a number of finance roles over the coming months.

The Capital Strategy Advisor leads on the development and maintenance of the council’s 10-year Capital Strategy. This includes the identification of new resources and the production of capital resource projections that enable the post holder to take a lead in driving and coordinating the funding of the council’s Capital Strategy. Some of the key responsibilities will include.

• Ensuring the funding for the Council’s Capital Strategy is identified and properly accounted
• Developing and implementing strategies to improve capital financial management Leading the coordination of the annual capital budget setting and closing process
• Minimising risks by ensuing programmes are effectively monitored and modelled
• Reporting to senior stakeholders on capital resources, existing and new funding options, and development in the programme

To be suitable for the role you need to be a qualified accountant with excellent communications skills and extensive experience of capital financial planning and management in a large complex organisation. An understanding of the technical aspects of capital is also essential.

Camden offers hybrid working arrangements and excellent benefits including flexible working, an outstanding pension scheme and access to our incredible staff networks.

We want Camden Council to be a great place to work and to ensure that our communities are represented across our workforce. A vital part of this is ensuring we are a truly inclusive organisation that encourages diversity in all respects, including diversity of thinking. We particularly welcome applications from Black, Asian and those of Other Ethnicities, LGBT+, disabled and neurodiverse communities to make a real difference to our residents so that equalities and justice remains at the heart of everything we do.

You can find out more information about the roles, Council and how to apply here Camden. For a confidential discussion please contact Will Thomson willthomson@ivyrockpartners.com 07392653878.

The closing date for application is Monday 25^th March.