Finance Manager - Housing

I am working with a Local Authority in North London who are looking for an experienced Finance Manager for their Housing Directorate,

The role is permanent, to start ASAP and paying £62,457 - £70,401 per annum (depending on experience.

The role is hybrid.

Managing a team of 5 you will also be responsible for:

Strategic Advisory

• Inform a strategic vision for the future development of the service that enables the council to meet its future challenges, fostering a culture of innovation and continuous improvement.
• Contribute towards the development and implementation of the council's financial strategy, fundamentally ensuring sustainability both in-year and over the medium term.

Financial Management

• Draw on knowledge of council services and the related financial complexities, to ensure the provision of systems and procedures that enable effective budgetary control; Ensure that variations and emerging financial pressures are drawn to the attention of budget managers, with options and plans for their resolution.
• Advise Assistant Directors and Strategic Finance Managers on funding, financial management and accounting requirements.
• Promote a culture which empowers budget holders and supports the delivery of value for money services and knowledge of key cost drivers.
• Prepare and present informative, high-quality reports to senior stakeholders that aid in informed service and corporate decision making.

Financial Reporting

• Prepare and present complex and diverse informative, high-quality reports to members and other senior stakeholders that inform service and corporate consequence action decision making.
• Ensure statutory and other returns are submitted accurately and on a timely basis. Prior to submission ensure senior management sign-off and produce an appropriate supporting paper setting out the approach to development of the return.

Financial Planning and Budgeting

• Support the longer-term council-wide financial position and develop financial strategies with stakeholders.
• Provide support for the medium-term financial planning process.

Resources and Financial management

• Ensure effective Financial Management, cost controls and income maximisation in an ever changing environment, fluctuating demands and priorities. Ensure resources are well managed and effectively deployed to the best possible effects assuring value for money in all activities.

Essential criteria

• Full member of CCAB (preferably CIPFA), CIMA, CFA, or ACT with significant post qualification experience
• Senior Finance experience within a Housing setting
• Strategic management experience, including translating organisational drivers into strategic objectives, longer term plans, new ways of working and specific outcomes, for a service in a large public sector organisation (preferably local government)
• Evidence of successful resources management in a multidisciplinary environment, business planning, quality and performance management including formulating budgets and financial models, resolution of conflicting priorities, applying rigorous planning challenge and appropriate control procedures

Please only apply for this post if you are an experienced Finance Manager with Housing Finance (HRA) experience.

Thank you

Charlotte

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