Controls Team Manager

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 Controls Team Manager will oversee the management of controls relating to the councils bank and other key systems. Providing robust governance to ensure that regular key reconciliations are performed across the balance sheet. You’ll be required to work in collaboration with different teams to address and implement any corrective action. The role will need to drive forward continuous improvement in our processes to ensure the most effective and efficient practices are being delivered. Some of the key responsibilities will include:

• Identify key issues and minimise risks of errors and fraud
• Coordinate the production of monthly controls and assurance reporting
• Ensure sound governance of the council’s bank accounts and other key system balances by ensuring accounts are regularly reconciled and accounted for correctly
• Implement continuous improvements in controls processes, including performance reporting
• Work with service managers, IT and Finance to identify and resolve system issues and problems in data and feeder systems
• Proactively work with IT to deliver automated reconciliation processes

To be suitable for the role you need to have experience of interpreting financial information and statutory financial requirements, as well as an understanding of Financial Frameworks and controls. Previous experience of managing teams and driving through continuous improvements are 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 Matt Horsman matthorsman@ivyrockpartners.com 07502726270.

The closing date for application is 25^th March