Senior Finance Officer

Senior Finance Officer required for local government organisation located to the north of Bristol Your new companyAs a Senior Finance Officer you will be joining a local government organisation located to the north of Bristol.Your new role

• The Finance team play an important role in ensuring that funds are being distributed, controlled and spent appropriately to meet planning priorities.
• This role will deliver financial support to the organisation's revenue and capital projects, reviewing and supporting the development of business cases, and ensure grants are claimed and progress is monitored.
• You will review and resolve issues relating to budgets, financial information and resources so that agreed targets are met.
• In this senior role you will provide expert advice to stakeholders and ensure they receive clear guidance, data and information that fulfils statutory requirements.
• The successful candidate will oversee a team giving support and guidance as well as set targets, monitor performance and review potential changes to ensure services and projects are delivered successfully.

What you'll need to succeed

• You will need a recognised CCAB qualification (preferably CIPFA), or be Association of Accounting Technician (AAT) qualified, or you will have at least 8 years of equivalent relevant professional experience.
• You will need significant operational experience within a large organisation, covering the key financial processes of financial planning, budget preparation, budget monitoring and preparing final accounts.
• You will need experience of supervising a small team to effectively deliver a range of quality and cost-effective financial management and financial support services.
• You will have excellent IT, numeracy and good analytical skills.
• Ideally you would need knowledge of large corporate accounting systems.

What you'll get in returnA range of benefits include and are not limited to:

• Salary between £40.5K and £43.5K
• Subject to Pay Award on April 1st
• Hybrid working available
• Local government pension scheme
• Generous annual leave entitlement
• Genuine work flexibility to give you best possible work/life balance
• Career development
• Employee wellbeing

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