Chief Technical Accountant/ Senior Business Partner

What's involved with this role:
Interim Chief Technical Accountant/ Senior Business Partner - Financial Services
Reference no: Stoke on Trent 5243805
Pay rate: £522.09 per day PAYE
Hours per week: 37 Monday – Friday, normal working hours
This opening assignment is for 4-5 months
City: STOKE ON TRENT, Staffordshire
The purpose of this role is to work within a professionally focused service area to provide financial and commercial advice and support across a range of directorates and transformational projects across the Council. To support and inform the overall development of the Medium Term Financial Strategy (MTFS) for the Council as an integral element of the overall Council financial strategy. To ensure the council produces the necessary information and control mechanisms to ensure compliance with statutory regulations and guidance particularly in respect of financial reporting and treasury management.
Key responsibilities:
Assist and support the Strategic Manager in providing strategic direction in respect of the overall corporate financial governance requirements of the City Council ensuring that all statutory requirements are adhered to and performance standards are met.
Attend and contribute to the corporate policies and related council areas providing financial and commercial advice on the financial implication of strategic and operational matters to support and influence decision-making.
Support the development of policy and business cases from strategic outline to full business case delivery, through assessment of the financial and resource implications of options being considered in support and delivery of the Medium Term Financial Strategy for the council.
Deliver high quality, efficient financial services and regulations to support the delivery of corporate aims and objectives, ensuring at all times that the interests and responsibilities of the S151 officer are properly observed and complied with.
Support and represent the city council’s strategic objectives and translate those objectives into the delivery of budget and service plans.
Undertake statutory and regulatory requirements including the completion of statutory accounts in compliance with regulatory timescales and guidance.
Deliver an effective, high performance, customer focused Business Partnering service that delivers and supports quality information to support effective decision making.
Act as a finance representative to directors and budget managers, working as an ‘equal’, to develop their financial acumen to support the delivery of improved financial decision making.
Focus on the strategic finance requirement(s) of the council, understanding the business plan/priority outcomes and strategies and what this means for department and the wider MTFS.
Maintain effective communications to ensure that key stakeholders both inside and outside the council are appropriately informed and involved.
NB: Please feel free to apply to us direct via jobs@tclrec.com by quoting the job reference and job title exactly.
To help speed up the process of uploading your CV to the client we would suggest that you send us your CV in Word format (or equivalent) if possible, rather than as a PDF
If you are successful in securing this role, please note that for the entire duration of this contract, regardless of extension you will be working this role at the PAYE rate that has been advertised. For absolute clarity, we only work on a PAYE basis, rather than entertaining umbrella pay terms, we do not offer Ltd/umbrella or outside IR35 rates. If you wish to understand PAYE vs Umbrella more, please let us know and we can send you some additional information for clarity.
Please quote the Job Title & Vacancy Reference No. in your application, or we will be unable to match your CV to the role being applied for.
Other “Essential Requirements” – Please check to ensure that your CV addresses the following items:
Qualifications:
Qualified Accountant with full current membership and CPD participation.
Experience:
Experience of formulating and implementing financial strategies in conjunction with managers.
Experience of working with managers to set and monitor budgets, providing advice on risks and mitigations.
Experience of managing or supervising staff.
Demonstrable experience of working with external specialist providers/partners.
Knowledge:
In depth knowledge of the regulations, standards and guidance to comply with statutory reporting and treasury management requirements.
Knowledge and experience of complex commercial contractual arrangements and payment mechanisms under alternative delivery models including procurement processes and knowledge of risk management and risk sharing protocols.
Political awareness and sensitivity coupled with a high degree of integrity and professional standards.
Sound knowledge of corporate financial policies and strategies and ability to apply them.
Skills & Abilities:
Ability to be analytical, to think laterally and creatively to solve problems.
Ability to develop and present logical proposals for action which engage and persuade stakeholders.
Ability to manipulate and interpret financial information to identify trends, risks, mitigations and propose action.
Excellent interpersonal skills and the ability to establish positive relationships with staff at all levels, Elected Members and external agencies, groups and individuals, that generates confidence, respect and trust.
Ability to analyse and correlate financial insights to present a balanced report of options, risks and opportunities.
Ability to build strong influential relationships with professionals and leaders in other disciplines.
Ability to work flexibly and creatively to meet changing priorities.
A clear strategic thinker, able to make effective decisions in a complex and challenging environment.
Strong IT skills including Microsoft packages or equivalent (e.g. G Suite).
***Qualification details and any other experience/skills relevant to the job role to help support your application (and help us to help you!) – please give full details within your CV document.
SC
1
Job Ref: Stoke on Trent 5243805
Anticipated Length of Assignment: Unless otherwise stated (we do carry the occasional permanent vacancy) all of our roles are technically temporary, though opening assignments can be and often are, extended by clients on a longer term basis and can sometimes become permanent.
Please do try to resist contacting us with requests for progress updates.
We really do read every CV sent to us. All applications will be acknowledged by a human, not a robot, provided the job remains live and provided your CV meets the “Essential Requirements” listed.
Please note that we do our level best to take down ads as soon as roles have been filled. We are not in the business of harvesting CVs.
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.