Senior Management Accountant - Interims

Description:

BBS Recruitment is an independent recruitment agency for transport and logistics sector, supplying to a variety of clients across UK.
We are currently recruiting for Senior Management Accountant- Interims for our client based in Wokingham.
Responsibilities for Senior Management Accountant:
* Manage and control the financial liaison between service budget holders and the finance service.
* Ensuring finance oversight and scrutiny to improvement programmes, supporting review of processes with the directorate.
* Support and lead the development and implementation of the relevant Council’s policies and strategies including the Medium-Term Financial Plan.
* To deliver effective and efficient services offering value for money, contributing to meeting the Council’s ongoing financial challenges.
* Enable sound financial governance by providing effective and timely budget monitoring information to service directors and the Chief Finance Officer.
* Support a range of stakeholders, including Management, to ensure strategic financial decision making, deputising where appropriate
* Develop and maintain strong relationships with key stakeholders, understanding their business needs
* Support FBP on financial planning, budgeting, forecasting, year-end closedown & and statutory returns
* Promoting strong financial governance and sharing best practice & support on legislative and guidance changes.
* To deliver timely, insightful and accurate reporting to management
* To identify, develop and support opportunities and initiatives to transform the delivery of services across the Council, promoting continuous improvement
* Assisting with delivery of training on financial acumen to upskill and develop management and the services
Requirements for Senior Management Accountant:
* Qualified or actively working towards Professional accounting qualifications, CIPFA, ACCA, CIMA or equivalent
* Good IT skills including office and accounting software such as Microsoft Word, Outlook, PowerPoint and Excel
* Able to interrogate & analyse data and information
* Presentation skills, able to engage an audience. Well-developed written and verbal communication skills
* Experience of successfully resolving complex issues that require an element of judgement
* Support and challenge the service to deliver service improvement & decision making
* Proven experience of supporting projects to successful outcomes
* Experience of administering processes to tight timescale and with high levels of accuracy
* Experience of working in a matrix management environment, where cross-team and cross-organisation working are essential
Hours Per Week: 37 (Predominantly remote. A max in the office of once per week, possibly less than that).
Rate: £362.19 per day
If you have the relevant experience, please apply with your CV