About the Role:

Your key responsibility will be ensuring that daily, monthly and cyclical objectives and deadlines of the organisation are met. This will include producing detailed budgets and financial forecasts. It is vital that you are able to effectively communicate financial information, enabling the relevant stakeholders to make tactical decisions based on your financial information. Alongside providing internal information, you will be involved in assessing the financial position of certain areas of the organisation and provide financial statements for external financial reports. You would also be part of the finance team supporting and overseeing existing financial activities, such as maintaining ledgers and ensuring information is inputted promptly and accurately.

About the Person:

As a finalist or fully qualified accountant, you will:

• Have experience preparing and presenting budgets within a large, complex organisation
• Be able to take the lead on budgeting & financial planning, liaising with all levels of stakeholders
• Have some exposure to statutory account preparation
• Preferably have previous exposure managing staff in a financial setting
• Be ambitious and driven to meet deadlines and achieve objectives to the highest standards
• Be Confident in presenting financial information and influencing non-financial stakeholders within the organisation
• Take an innovative approach and show initiative in tackling tasks

Following a departmental restructure, an exciting opportunity has arisen for a number of Finance Managers to join the Financial Management team.  These roles will support both clinical units and corporate departments.  As members of the senior finance team, the successful candidates will fully participate in developing and implementing strategic finance policies and guidance.

You will be responsible for providing high quality, accurate, expert financial advice to managers and clinicians to ensure optimal decisions are made.  You will act as the finance business partner for units, providing financial support to the management teams on all aspects of finance, both operational and strategic.

The successful candidates will be professionally qualified accountants, either currently working within the healthcare sector or a similar environment.  You will be ambitious and dynamic, with sound analytical and problem solving skills.  You will be customer focussed, possessing an ability to inspire confidence and create positive, effective working relationships between the finance function and managers / clinicians.

These are challenging and rewarding roles offering extensive opportunity for personal development.  The successful applicants will be enthusiastic and motivated individuals who adopt a proactive, innovative approach to their role. 

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Reporting into the Head of Financial Management & Planning you will be required to lead a team of Finance Managers and Assistant Finance Managers, responsible for the provision of an expert financial management service to a portfolio of clinical units and/or corporate departments.  You will be required to support the Financial Management Team, with the development and implementation of the Trust’s medium to long term strategy.

The successful candidate will be CCAB qualified accountant, either currently working within the healthcare sector or a similar environment.  You will be a strong leader with sound analytical and problem solving skills.  You will have a strong technical skill set coupled with excellent academics and strong relationship building skills.  In person you must demonstrate confidence, poise, and integrity to work within an established and high profile organisation

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Following a departmental restructure, an exciting opportunity has arisen within the Research and Innovation (R&I) division.  This role will be responsible for the monthly and quarterly reporting for these areas, including the production of information, cost and income analysis, forecasting and the presentation of this information.  The successful candidate will fully participate in developing and implementing strategic finance policies and guidance.

The successful candidate will be a CCAB qualified accountant, ideally working within the R&I division of an NHS trust or an educational body.  You will be ambitious and dynamic, with sound analytical and problem solving skills.  You will naturally be customer focussed, possessing an ability to inspire confidence and create positive, effective working relationships between the finance function and managers / clinicians.

This is a challenging and rewarding role offering an excellent opportunity for personal development.  The successful applicant will be an enthusiastic and motivated individual who adopts a proactive, innovative approach to their role. 

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You will be responsible for creating a dedicated finance team and responsible for the integrity and completeness of the University Financial Regulations & Finance and Estates policies and procedures.  The successful candidate will be responsible for the medium and long term strategic direction of the organisation. 

The successful candidate is likely to come from a commercial environment where they are used to initiating change and working with a broad range of stakeholders.  You will be CCAB qualified and have experience of working in a dynamic and forward thinking organisation.

Our client is a world leading University which is at the forefront of pioneering work within the sector.  Based in Central London our client has excellent links to all parts of London.

Please apply ASAP as our client is moving quickly with this process.

The client service areas are designed to help the organisation in a period of transition and encourage a more customer focused way of working, generating new clients and procuring better value for money with existing organisations to enable the shared service centre to ultimately be a proactive supplier.

This individual will be accountable for the transition of new clients to the platform and to ensure the needs of future and existing clients are dealt with properly, and by one team.

Adept at developing and leading a client relations team and engaging with senior management and board level individuals, you will have significant experience of leading major change programmes to time and budget through managing multi-disciplinary teams. You will have experience of client management and ideally new business development; exposure to a large, complex organisation is essential; whilst being integral to the creation of a shared service centre is desirable.

This role may be based in either London or South Wales.

This individual will be ultimately driving the transition to the shared service centre through driving the major programmes and transformation work, through leadership of cross functional teams and engagement between the client and transition teams.

Ideally prince 2 qualified, the successful candidate will be able to effectively manage relationships with stakeholders to the highest standards of integrity and professionalism. You must have outstanding influencing skills, experience of leading change effectively within a start-up environment and of delivering complex change initiatives to time and budget. Clearly your experience of leading projects will be key.

Please note this job may be located in either London or South Wales.

This role will include:

• answering queries relating to budgets
• input into financial reports
• journal entry
• data manipulation on excel spreadsheets
• explaining financial information to non financial people

You will have experience in management accounts within the NHS, ideally gained within an acute trust or mental health trust. You will be hard working, conscientious, proactive and able to communicate financial information confidently to non financial people.  You will be a reliable and trustworthy team player.

Your duties will include but not be limited to:

• Assisting with the coordination and preparation if the management accounts
• Processing month end journals
• Preparing and reporting on Capital Expenditure spend
• Recording of contracts register to facilitate accruals and prepayments
• Assisting in budgeting and forecasting, including performance analysis

The successful candidate will:

• Be part-qualified with 3 years' experience in a management accounts role, and have some exposure to analysis
• Have commercial accounting experience, having worked with both finance and non-finance personnel
• Have extensive experience of Excel spread sheets and use of advanced formulas.

Be committed to continual improvement and able to build close working relationships with non-finance.

The finance function is driving this exciting period of change in which the organisation seeks to bring a more efficient way of working and a more commercial approach. They seek to simultaneously simplify and improve financial processes with a strengthening of their strategic output.

Our client is recruiting two finance business partners to produce financial analysis, and to provide strategic financial support, so that your internal customers and stakeholders are given sensible financial and commercial advice. You will ensure robust financial management of your business areas are in place, work with corporate finance to ensure financial visibility and consistently identify key financial issues.  

To succeed, you will be a professionally qualified accountant with experience in financial management gained in a complex environment.  You will be comfortable in the provision of financial support to non-financial managers and have the tenacity and resilience to deliver.  You will have strong modelling skills, an analytical approach and good commercial awareness. Finally you will have outstanding communication skills to influence within a changing environment.

 The appropriate candidates will have the following skill set:

• Oracle e-Business Suite release 11.5.10 minimum (rel.12.1.3 preferably) as well as knowledge of iProcurement, purchasing, catalogue management, AP, application setup & configuration, process mapping & documentation and finally training delivery
• You will also have hands on experience of an implementation project life cycle within healthcare (or private sector)
• Track record of delivering high performance; innovative and outcome focused services are also key

Interested applicants should be available within a week and have strong organisational, motivational and project management skills. You will also have strong communication and presentation skills.

As a result of the team being relatively small you will gain exposure to a wide variety of finance; including management accounts, reconciliations, year-end support and unique finance projects to this organisation.

Personality is key here. Getting someone who is a strong team player, with a positive, flexible and adaptable approach to work is also vital. Having a good base of knowledge of finance, with a real drive to build on this, is also essential.

This role is based in the heart of Central London and is working for a multi-million pound organisation with a national remit. It is initially a 4 month assignment with a possibility of an extension or a permanent role thereafter.

Please get in touch if you feel you meet the required criteria.  

You will provide financial management reporting and analysis to support a specific business area so that staff at all levels and the Lead Business Partner are fully informed of financial performance and decisions made take full account of financial risk and benefit.

The jobholder is responsible for ensuring that the management teams at all levels of the business fully understand the financial implications of current performance and future opportunity.  He / she will act as valued business partner to carry out business partnering support with the managers of the business area.

You will ensure an accurate reflection of performance in the management accounts and best practice on financial management in a business area.

Our client is a commercial joint venture with a turnover exceeding £100m.  They have a growing reputation and influence in their particular field, which attracts excellent professionals from commercial and forward thinking businesses.  This is a great opportunity to progress within an organisation which will offer long term prospects. 

We are looking to move this process along quickly so please ensure you submit your CV asap.

This is an excellent opportunity for someone who is looking to progress their career and develop their understanding of the charity sector alongside the accountancy functions involved.

Responsibilities will include:

• Book keeping, to include: sales ledger maintenance, purchase ledger maintenance, petty cash control, HMRC payments and bank reconciliation
• Day to day running of the financial systems, including leading on invoicing systems
• Running the weekly and monthly payroll for all staff using SAGE
• Administering pension contributions, childcare vouchers, season ticket loans and other associated staff payments
• Maintaining the accounts and budgetary system
• Working with the Head of Internal Services and Chief Executive as required in the preparation of management accounts
• Proposing amendments to systems and processes that will help us to continuously improve their financial administration

A successful candidate will have:

• Previous experience of Finance within a voluntary organisation
• Experience of payroll management
• Purchase and sales ledger experience
• Bank reconciliation experience
• A general understanding of management accounts

Your duties will include:

• Co-ordinating the reporting deadlines and requirements for all donor projects. This will include planning deadlines, formats for information and consolidation of data
• Ensuring that expenditure recorded against individual restricted projects falls within remit, meets the donor requirements for eligible expenditure, and that documentation meets their specified requirements
• Ensuring that budget appropriations and grant recommendations are in place and correctly recorded
• Monitoring budget versus actual position throughout the year on projects
• Occasionally travelling to Member Associations as part of evaluation team
• Assisting in the preparation of both restricted and unrestricted budgets and maintain information on the electronic Integrated Management System (eIMS)
• Assisting the Management Accountant in the preparation and checking of the management accounts statements
• Undertaking financial analysis of Secretariat and Member Association information to support business development
• To assist in the preparation of sections of the statutory financial statements, and in other ad hoc statutory reporting requirements

The successful candidate will have:

• Degree or equivalent standard of education
• Ideally CIMA part qualified or equivalent standard of education
• Evidence of professional development particularly in business skills desirable
• Consistent application in accounting, particularly in budgeting; development issues and/or project implementation and monitoring, and financial analysis
• Competence in audit and financial systems analysis desirable
• Previous charity experience not essential, but international, particularly developing country and / or development sector experience desirable

On a day to day basis, you are likely to be focusing on working closely with staff across the organisation to understand how the business operates and how effectively the business processes are followed and controlled. Your ability to information-gather and manage your time and work load will be crucial. From there you’ll be pulling together draft documentation for senior executive review and document the processes you have seen, highlighting areas for concern or of weakness to allow the organisation to improve. The workload will be high and you will be expected to work to high standards and to tight deadlines.

Your background is likely to be either in project management, business analysis or internal audit, with exposure to indentifying documenting processes and procedures in the context of business change or improvement. It is important that you have outstanding communication skills because you will start by talking to people across the business at all levels, and also excellent written skills in order to present your findings to the highest levels within the organisation. You are likely to demonstrate this through a well written CV and covering note, and I will also be looking for an impressive academic record.

With so much similar work going across the Public Sector currently as it looks for ways to maintain and improve the standards or service from the Public Sector in a time of reduced budgets and funding, this is a great chance to enhance your core skills and progress your career. If you have some evidence of background in this kind of work, or can convince us that you have the skills to make a success of this assignment, I’m looking forward to hearing from you.

The role will be varied, as you are asked to pick work covering all aspects of Project Management – from the more mundane administration and document management, to more testing senior responsibilities such as meeting with and influencing key stakeholders and report writing. This will be a testing environment where you will be expected to work to tough deadlines and to a high standard, but with the support of a broad team and with clear direction.

You will need a strong, consistent academic record including a good degree, and ideally some previous office experience within a medium or large corporate or public sector organisation. You’ll need to be highly articulate and show evidence of excellent written skills, including the ability to draft reports. Expect to get involved in research and be ready to learn quickly to get up to speed on the key areas you’ll need to understand as you progress. 

Please submit a CV and importantly a covering note articulating your skills and what might interest you about either the sector or the Project Management.  We look forward to hearing from you.

The review will be to provide a cost effective provision of targeted youth support services to young people and reflect the local need and the vision of the authority.

The scope of the work will be to:-

• Review needs analysis and extent of coverage
• Base on Priorities 2 and 5 in the CYPP
• Review current scope of IYSS and the delivery of services
• Review current staff provision
• Review current and future budgets

Produce options for future commissioning:

• Internal delivery
• Commissioned work
• Based on agreed priorities for young people in the Borough

There will also be a consideration of the YOT service  as part of the review:-

Outcome:

Cost effective provision of YOT prevention and statutory functions to discharge the legal responsibilities of the YOT Board and contributing partners

The scope for the YOT review are as below:-

Examine the legal responsibilities of the YOT Board and contributing partners and develop options for alternative delivery which continue to fulfil government requirements

Examine the budget available for the YOT and consider how the YOT functions could be discharged more cost effectively including:

• Preventive work
• Court requirements
• ISS
• Work with parents
• Information, advice and guidance for young people in relation to education and employment

Produce options for future commissioning:

• Internal delivery
• Commissioned work
• As a stand alone YOT; in conjunction with IYSS; or provided through another public or voluntary sector organisations

You will have extensive experience of Youth Offending as well as Youth Services, and have worked at a Strategic Level within this field.

Key Deliverables:

• Job descriptions which incorporate the professional capabilities framework for social workers and the  Munro report  recommendations for:-
  • Heads of Service
  • Team Leaders
  • Senior Practitioners
  • Social Workers
  • The role description for administrative workers in children’s social care teams
  • Phased recruitment plan to ensure that project timelines set out in the detail of Theme 2 ‘Capacity and Capability’ of the Safeguarding Improvement Plan
  • Interview schedules and arrangements, including assessment of skills and competences are in place
  • An Induction plan to be carried out in conjunction with Training and Development
  • Retention policy (to be developed in the early stages to ensure that current staff remain in the service and are fully supported during the recruitment process for new staff)
  • Summary of activity and learning to be built into Workforce Strategy and future recruitment and retention activity.

Knowledge and experience

You will have up to date knowledge of the Professional Capabilities Framework for Social Workers; the Munro report and its recommendations, and have a proven track track record in this field.

Professional experience of children’s social care and/or HR procedures relating to children’s social care is essentials well as  experience of recruitment and retention work.

This project will run to the end of April 2012.

Reporting to the Chief Executive key duties will include:

• Being part of the senior management team contributing to key management decisions, policy development and strategy
• Engaging in project appraisal and analysis of new initiatives
• To manage the annual budget process, quarterly forecasting cycle and monthly management accounts

To succeed in this role, you will be an intelligent, ambitious and self-confident graduate. A qualified accountant you will have experience of leading and improving financial planning and analysis in a demanding and complex business. You will have an energetic personality, strong communication skills and drive.

As a business partner, you will report into the Finance Director and have complete responsibility for all finance reporting and financial analysis for your Directorate. You will be expected to ensure the delivery of a customer facing finance service through sophisticated communication and advanced technical workings.

To succeed, you must be professionally qualified and able to influence in a fast-paced environment. You will be analytical in your approach with strong financial modelling and planning skills and a desire to influence commercially within a Not for Profit environment. Finally, you will have an eye for project management and system improvement, and a willingness to influence creatively.

Its purpose is to administer and investigate the affairs of bankrupts; establish why insolvency has materialised; authorise and regulate the insolvency profession; and provide information to the public on insolvency, redundancy and investigation matters.

After years of stability or growth in its main businesses, the IS has started to experience a significant downturn in demand and consequently, the finances are under severe pressure. It requires an outstanding Chief Financial Officer to tackle the challenging and urgent issue of moving to a more sustainable longer-term organisational and financial structure.

Taking a full part in its collective management and leadership and advising to the Chief Executive on all accounting issues, you will:

• Develop and implement a new financial strategy for the IS
• Have full responsibility for the management of investment and expenditure, balance sheet and cashflow
• Manage relations with external auditors and ensure the timely preparation of The Service’s financial accounts
• Lead a professional team responsible for all aspects of financial planning and control
• Maintain strong oversight of the financial aspects of our Estate Accounts business

Ultimately, you will develop and lead the IS’s wider shared services and commercial strategy in partnership with BIS and other members of the BIS family.

To succeed in the role, you will be a fully qualified accountant, with experience of successful senior level operation in a commercial environment and ideally exposure to the Government arena. Demonstrating strategic, operational and technical excellence, you will be a collaborative and supportive team player able to demonstrate a track record of designing and leading major change driven by the prospect of being an integral member of the corporate leadership team of a large and complex service delivery organisation.

For further information, please contact Maurice Goldstone on 020 3031 9630 or visit www.allenlane.co.uk/insolvency.

To apply for this post, please send a copy of your CV demonstrating your suitability for the position to mauricegoldstone@allenlane.co.uk by midnight on Thursday, 17th November.

The Insolvency Service values a diverse workforce and welcomes applications from all sections of the community.

This is a pivotal hands-on role and a unique opportunity to help shape and develop the future systems, finances and procedures of this progressive and important organisation. Reporting to the Assistant Director of Finance, key responsibilities include:

• Delivering and developing the IPO financial strategy and financial management within the organisation
• Delivering commercial financial information, including informative management accounts, to senior management
• Acting as a business partner to non-financial operational staff, educating and empowering managers
• Preparation of the audited annual report and accounts
• Managing and leading the finance team in full

The successful candidate will hold full membership of a CCAB accounting body (ACA, ACCA, CIMA or CIPFA). Experienced in budgeting, financial planning and resource allocation, you will have the ability to influence other senior stakeholders and the awareness to identify new opportunities. In addition, you will be an intelligent, ambitious and confident character with strong communication skills and excellent attention to detail.

Interested candidates should send their CV, a letter outlining suitability and salary details to mauricegoldstone@allenlane.co.uk by midnight on Wednesday, 4th January 2012.

For a discussion regarding the post please call Maurice on 020 3031 9630.

This job is available for full-time, part-time or flexible working arrangements (including Job Share arrangements).

This vacancy is also available to all Civil Service employees. This vacancy is open to employees who were appointed to the Civil Service on merit following a fair and open competition, or were appointed to a permanent Civil Service post in accordance with an exception certified by the Civil Service Commissioners.

The Civil Service is committed to providing services which embrace diversity and which promote equality of opportunity. We also offer a guaranteed interview scheme for disabled applicants who meet our minimum selection criteria. We will not tolerate discrimination on any of the following: gender, marital status, sexual orientation, race, colour, nationality, religion, age, disability, HIV positivity, working pattern, caring responsibilities, trade union activity or political beliefs - or any other grounds.

About the role

You will;

• Take the lead on all transaction processing, ensuring that all aspects of general transactions are completed promptly and accurately
• Be responsible for systems accounting, including development of SUN and Vision Q & A
• Show initiative in improving all internal financial controls that fall within your area of the finance function
• Review all payment runs, ensuring payments to staff and suppliers are made in a timely manner
• Provide training and guidance to 8 financial assistants who will be directly reporting into you
• Collaborate with other members of the finance function to prepare month end closures, including performing data analysis and undertaking reconciliation processes
• Liaise with internal & external auditors to ensure completion of statutory accounts

About the person

You will have;

• A CCAB accountancy qualification or extensive experience managing a financial processing team
• Expertise in transaction processing and systems accounting
• Experience of financial data analysis, reconciliation processes, and managing month end timetable
• Experience of management of a finance team and an ability to support and develop staff
• Extensive experience of Vision and Sun is desirable 
• Experience of liaising with people across all levels; including external suppliers, junior staff and senior management
• Experience of a similar role is desirable
• A drive to consistently improve financial procedures and techniques to ensure best practice is always adopted
• A logical and strategic approach, with an ambitious and proactive attitude
• Experience of using the MS Office suite including Word, Access, Excel

As a result of internal promotion we have an exciting opportunity for a proactive, strategic thinking, team oriented Finance Director to be responsible for operating an appropriate system of financial controls and providing financial information to support the Company in achieving strategic and business objectives, and meeting the financial requirements of our customers, suppliers, shareholders and employees.

 Key responsibilities will include: 

• Preparing annual statutory accounts and formulating and implementing professional finance strategies, policies and practices
• Maintaining and developing policies and practices to enable the company to meet the financial reporting requirements of its shareholders
• Producing and agreeing with the Managing Director four year strategies and annual operating plans and managing the company’s budgetary process for Board approval
• Leading the finance team in a manner that follows the Company’s Management and Leadership Competencies
• Working closely with the RFU finance team as appropriate to support business planning process and to enhance transactional efficiencies.

The successful candidate must be a professionally qualified accountant with significant experience including the preparation and analysis of monthly and annual management accounts, staff management, and presenting financial plans and reports at Senior Management level. You will demonstrate a thorough approach to work, showing great attention to detail, a business partnering approach and strong organisational skills. You must be a robust decision maker able to both communicate effectively with and also establish positive working relationships with employees at all levels. 

Interested candidates should send their CV, a letter outlining suitability and salary details to mauricegoldstone@allenlane.co.uk by midnight on Sunday, 15th January 2012. For a discussion regarding the post please call Maurice on 020 3031 9630.

The RFU operates a policy of equal opportunity.

An exciting opportunity has arisen for an exceptional Finance and Resources Director to be part of the Management Team.  Reporting into one of the Founding Directors, you will be responsible for Finance, IT, HR and office management and the teams associated with these areas, and your duties will include:

• Providing strategic advice on financial, ICT, HR and facility management matters to the Directors and Management team;
• Playing the leading role in all areas of financial management and control including statutory accounts and liaison with the auditors;
• Leading on strategic financial planning including the development of short, medium and long term financial strategic objective
• Advising the Directors on strategies to ensure that Global Witness achieves its corporate priorities within a realistic financial framework;
• Developing the HR strategy and ensuring effective management of HR issues within the organisation;
• Overseeing the IT strategy and ensuring clarity around its future focus.

The successful candidate will be a fully qualified accountant with significant experience gained at a Senior Management level. You will have an appreciation of the issues affecting Global Witness although your experience of leading finance functions can be gained in any fast paced, results driven and challenging environment. You will be a strong team leader with an ability to influence key stakeholders through a proactive approach and exceptional communication and negotiation skills.

Interested candidates should send their CV, a letter outlining suitability and salary details to mauricegoldstone@allenlane.co.uk by midnight on Tuesday, 10th January 2012. For a discussion regarding the post please call Maurice on 020 3031 9630.

Global Witness operates a policy of equal opportunity.

This an exciting and challenging role for a qualified accountant seeking to apply their technical knowledge in a practical, results driven environment. You will lead the process underpinning the production of the agency’s accounts. You will ensure there are clear communication lines across the department, standardising the approach to the accounts production process. You will also be required to assist with  the relationship between the organisation and its Big 4 / NAO auditors.

We are therefore looking for an exceptional professionally qualified accountant who has a strong track record of career advancement to date and a excellent academic background.  We are looking for someone with a strong technical understanding of statutory reporting, having gained direct or audit experience in this area. You should be driven and highly motivated by deadlines and process improvements.

You will currently be working within the private or public sector, but should have experience in audit, have comprehensive knowledge of IFRS and experience of preparing or auditing complex accounts.

This is a challenging and highly visible position across the agency, leading on high profile projects and the accounts production and could a fantastic next step in your career.

We are looking to appoint an Internal Auditor, who will be responsible for taking the lead role in the day-to-day operation of the internal audit function reporting to the Audit and Risk Committee and Directorate team.  You will be based at the Golders Green Campus, but will be required to visit the many resources and day centre sites located in London and the South East.  Working closely with the Audit and Risk Committee, Finance Director, and Deputy Director of Operations, you will be required to develop and implement an audit program appraising the effectiveness and adequacy of Jewish Care’s  policies and procedures across the financial, physical and information resources.

A part, fully or qualified by experience accountant or auditor, you will have some knowledge and experience of audit procedures, including planning, techniques, testing and the sampling methods involved in conducting audits.  You will be a self starter who is able to work independently and will have the ability to prioritise a significant workload. You should be an excellent communicator, with the credibility to work alongside and challenge processes and senior individuals. Whilst the technical experience aspect to this role is beneficial, the operational understanding and ability to see the bigger picture is equally, if not more so, important.

Whether you are currently working in the commercial, public sector or within practice, this 360 degree internal audit role will be one of the most challenging and rewarding of your career, with a real chance to impact and add value in this role.

To apply, please email your CV to davidgodfrey@allenlane.co.uk. For an informal discussion about the post, please contact David Godfrey on 020 3031 9627 or 07515 754573.

The closing date for the post is Monday 16th January 2012, but early application is recommended as CVs will be reviewed immediately and initial interviews may take place prior to the closing date.

Jewish Care values a diverse workforce and welcomes applications from all sections of the community.

Working on your own as well as part of a team you will carry out development programme audits in the field, reviews and investigations to deliver opinions on the effectiveness of the controls and risk framework operating across the organisation to the various stakeholders. You will be required to produce high quality, value-adding audit reports that are clear, concise, timely and solutions-driven. You will also be required to build strong relationships across the organisation and ensure that you keep up-to-date with changes and events that have a significant impact on the risk profile of your actual or potential assignments.

You will be recently qualified accountant or auditor, who is looking to move into global audit in a charity and has a strong desire to travel and work on international programmes. It is not essential, but some experience of major donors (EU, DFID, USAID etc) would be advantageous. You will be highly self motivated with highly developed interpersonal and communication skills including influencing, negotiation, coaching and relationship building.

Please note there will be around 50 - 70% international travel involved in this role.

This is an exceptional role for someone with the right technical skill set and experience, working for a leading international charitable organisation.

Please be aware that applications will be assessed as soon as received and interviews and testing may take place prior to the close date. As such early application is recommended.

A Finance Manager is required to cover maternity leave from February 2012.  This person will provide professional guidance to a departmental finance team.  You will provide a high quality finance service that promotes efficient and effective service delivery in line with the council’s priorities.  Initially you will support the Environment Department.  In addition, you will promote sound financial management and control, and practices and ensure that efficient and effective information systems are in place. You will also ensure best value for money is achieved and advise on strategic financial issues.

To succeed, you will be a professionally qualified accountant and a confident team leader with experience of budget monitoring, annual budgets and final accounts within a large, complex organisation. Your management accounting and communication skills will ensure you are a proven finance communicator at the highest level with non-financial individuals whilst you will be used to supporting service managers in the generation of additional income and cost savings.

For further information, please contact Maurice Goldstone on 020 3031 9630 or visit www.makehounslowwork.co.uk.  To apply for this post, please send a copy of your CV demonstrating your suitability for the position to Maurice Goldstone by midnight on Monday, 16th January.

The London Borough of Hounslow is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people, and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.

You will be expected to deliver and develop the funding formula for schools to help determine the provisional dedicated schools grant pupil counts for each multi-year budget cycle. You will also manage, monitor and develop the school finance support team in the delivery of high quality, effective financial services to schools.

In addition, you will manage the annual budget cycle, budget monitoring and closure of accounts for schools and ensure all duties are performed according to Financial Accounting Standards and Council procedures. 

To succeed, you may or may not be a qualified accountant but will have experience gained ideally within an education or local government environment. You will have a strong track record in the building and maintaining of relationships with non-finance staff to whom you will provide financial, budget and accounting advice. You will be a strong team leader and confident technical accountant able to manage your workload effectively. 

For further information, please contact Maurice Goldstone on 020 3031 9630 or visit www.makehounslowwork.co.uk. To apply for this post, please send a copy of your CV demonstrating your suitability for the position to Maurice Goldstone by midnight on Monday, 23rd January.

The London Borough of Hounslow is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people, and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.

You will be a confident self starter, able to influence departments in the management of their finances.

You will be responsible for the provision of financial support to Council departments, provide financial advice to operational managers on all areas of accounting and assist in the preparation of the revenue budget in conjunction with operational managers. You will also be tasked with monitoring budgets to produce timely, accurate and improved reports and provide advice and guidance on financial issues.

To succeed in this post, you may or may not be a professionally qualified accountant, but will have an engaging and open personality to facilitate the building of key relationships.  You will be a strong technical accountant, with experience of accounts closing and budget setting with an analytical mind and an eye for making significant improvements to procedures and results.

For further information, please contact Maurice Goldstone on 020 3031 9630 or visit www.makehounslowwork.co.uk.  To apply for this post, please send a copy of your CV demonstrating your suitability for the position to Maurice Goldstone by midnight on Monday, 23rd January.

The London Borough of Hounslow is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people, and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.

You will be a confident self starter, able to influence departments in the management of their finances.

You will be responsible for the provision of financial support to Council departments, provide financial advice to operational managers on all areas of accounting and assist in the preparation of the revenue budget in conjunction with operational managers. You will also be tasked with monitoring budgets to produce timely, accurate and improved reports and provide advice and guidance on financial issues.

To succeed in this post, you may or may not be a professionally qualified accountant, but will have an engaging and open personality to facilitate the building of key relationships.  You will be a strong technical accountant, with experience of accounts closing and budget setting with an analytical mind and an eye for making significant improvements to procedures and results.

For further information, please contact Maurice Goldstone on 020 3031 9630 or visit www.makehounslowwork.co.uk.  To apply for this post, please send a copy of your CV demonstrating your suitability for the position to Maurice Goldstone by midnight on Monday, 23rd January.

The London Borough of Hounslow is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people, and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.

Leading a small team, you will assist the Chief Accountant in managing the Council’s closing of accounts process and collaborate with the Finance Manager in the budget preparation and monitoring processes. You will take the lead in advising the Council on technical accounting and financial reporting issues and provide financial and accounting advice to service departments and finance teams as required. You will also be expected to maintain up to date knowledge of CIPFA and IFRS accounting practices relevant to local government and be the point of contact to the external auditors.  The role is also the strategic Finance lead in supporting to the Council’s Savings and Transformation programme.

To succeed, you will be a professionally qualified accountant as adept at accounts closure as you are at building key relationships. You will be used to contributing successfully to the project management of the final accounting process, whilst your technical experience will extend to the management of budget preparation and monitoring of significant budgets.

For further information, please contact Maurice Goldstone on 020 3031 9630 or visit www.makehounslowwork.co.uk. To apply for this post, please send a copy of your CV demonstrating your suitability for the position to Maurice Goldstone by midnight on Monday, 23rd January.

The London Borough of Hounslow is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people, and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.

This an exciting and challenging role for a qualified accountant seeking to apply their technical knowledge in a practical, results driven environment. You will lead the process underpinning the production of the agency’s accounts. You will ensure there are clear communication lines across the department, standardising the approach to the accounts production process. You will also be required to assist with the relationship between the organisation and its Big 4 / NAO auditors. 

We are therefore looking for an exceptional professionally qualified accountant who has a strong track record of career advancement to date and a excellent academic background.  We are looking for someone with a strong technical understanding of statutory reporting, having gained direct or audit experience in this area. You should be driven and highly motivated by deadlines and process improvements.

You will currently be working within the private or public sector, but should have experience in audit, comprehensive knowledge of IFRS and experience of preparing or auditing complex accounts.

This is a  challenging and highly visible position across the agency, leading on high profile projects and the accounts production and could be a fantastic next step in your career.

Reporting into the Assistant Director Financial Management, the role is required to provide financial advice and analysis to support the divisional management teams and facilitate decision making.  The post holder will work as part of the Financial Management team and will be allocated a number of Divisions (both Clinical and non-clinical) to work with.

You will be an enthusiastic and conscientious qualified accountant with post qualification experience, including staff management. We are looking for dynamic business advisors, who can demonstrate strategic and forethought and a proven record of business partnering with operational managers.  The successful candidate can come from either the NHS or a commercial background, but you must have an understanding of the issues facing the NHS.

The post holder is expected to advise the divisional directors and senior operational staff in understanding the financial allocation of resources and associated risks. This will include financial planning, budget setting, ongoing forecasting and variance analysis, as well as providing appropriate training to budget holders through formal training events.

E-mail your CV, a covering letter expressing reasons for interest and current package to adrianwatts@allenlane.co.uk or please call directly on 0207 101 8807.

You will be responsible for the provision of monthly management accounting information for the trust and the local health economy’s services.  This will include preparing regular financial reports to budget managers, the management team, PEC, the board, NHS London and the Department of Health.  You may also be asked to deputise for the Finance Manager as and when necessary.

The right candidate should be a qualified accountant, or equivalent, with solid experience of the monthly management accounts cycle and budget-holder liaison. Owing to the current climate, you should be able to demonstrate exposure to cost savings measures and improvements within the NHS environment.  Key to this position will be strong communication skills as you will be working with a wide range of people at varying levels.

This represents a terrific opportunity to add weight to your CV in an ever changing environment.

About the Role:

Working with the Head of Treasury, your role will be to assist in the development of the organisation’s international banking processes and capabilities. You will also play a pivotal role in taking the organisation through its first year end.

About the Person:

Professionally qualified and extremely driven, you will have a strong track record of treasury accounting or banking from either an international environment or large practice. With a strong sense of best practice you will be a strong negotiator with a can do attitude. You will have highly developed interpersonal and communication skills to allow you to influence at the highest levels

The post holder reports to Finance Business Planning & Reporting across the full range of their duties and responsibilities.

The post holder will report to Finance Business Planning & Reporting across the full range of their duties and responsibilities and is required to provide hands-on business modelling expertise, primarily in Excel, supporting all of Finance including, but not limited to, recurrent month-end reporting, budgeting and business planning and ad hoc support for board presentations.

The post holder will be called upon to find long-term sustainable solutions for reporting requirements and business modelling. The role is to focus upon delivering easily maintainable reporting solutions at all levels from lab to board.

The role will require you to be the systems champion within the finance function and you will be expected to maintain up to date knowledge of system developments. Although not essential, having an accountancy qualification will be beneficial.

We are looking to move this process along quickly so please ensure you submit your CV asap

Key objectives of the role:

• Production of monthly management accounts and reporting on them to the senior members of the finance department
• Preparation of the annual budget in conjunction with the executive directors and service managers
• Analysis of the data and monitor actual expenditure against budgets; reporting on any variances
• Management of a team of 8; training individuals and supporting the function as a whole
• Liaising with department leads and providing training for colleagues as appropriate; to enable pro-active management of budgets
• Overseeing VAT, payroll and banking, rent accounting and grants
• Production of an annual review of all processes and systems within the finance function and improve them appropriately

The successful candidate will be a fully qualified accountant with senior finance experience. They are likely to have maintained extensive experience working in a variety of sizable organisations; including experience within the housing market. They will have experience of financial reporting on complex issues and have provided advice in multi-functional organisations. Management of teams in their last few roles is essential, and an understanding and capability to consistently improve and upgrade financial processes is crucial.

Key Objectives of the Role:

• Preparation and control of budgets and providing stakeholders with appropriate support and information
• Liaising with senior management; providing them with detailed financial information
• Advising on complex financial legislation and regulations
• Assisting in the preparation of internal group annual budgets according to the organisation’s requirements & statutory requirements
• Improvement of functions and processes to ensure optimum use of systems and cost efficiency
• Provide supervision and training to staff, delegating and motivating effectively
• Supporting the Head of Finance, carrying out special investigations and projects where necessary

The successful candidate will be a fully qualified accountant, with experience of budget preparation and control within a large complex organisation. They will have the motivation and capability to upgrade systems and processes in order to increase efficiencies, while working towards the core objectives of the organisation.

Having worked within a similar public sector organisation, they will also have detailed knowledge of accounting regulations within a public sector bodies. An ability to motivate and influence in order to make a positive impact on the organisation will prove invaluable in this role.

Our client is progressing well with their Foundation Trust Application.  This role presents the opportunity to play a significant role in the financial side of the application, through understanding the Trust’s strengths, the opportunities that exist and importantly the areas of risk.  Predominantly, this role will involve extensive work with the Long Term Financial Model (LTFM) and provision of financial support and analysis to the Foundation Trust board. Beyond this the work will extend to composing the finance chapter of the report.

The right candidate will be a qualified accountant, or equivalent, with substantial experience of operating within the NHS.  You should be able to demonstrate solid financial analysis and modelling skills in addition to having an excellent understanding of Monitor’s LTFM.  Extensive, hands on Excel skills will be important.  This is likely to have been gained from working on a similar process with an equivalent trust.  Strong communication skills are important to this role as you will be liaising with a broad spectrum of people, including senior management and non financial staff.

This is an excellent opportunity to play a key role in a project and it represents the chance to make a real impact on the long term success of the organisation.

Reporting into the Finance Director, you will ensure that the global operations of the organisation are compliant with donor, legal, tax and financial requirements as well as the organisation’s own financial and operating procedures. This will involve visiting overseas offices, reviewing processes and procedures, reviewing field visit and donor reports from others and may involve liaising with other parts of the organisation to carry out internal audits. You will be expected to make 6 - 8 trips per year.

You will ideally be a qualified accountant or auditor, who has previous exposure to major donors such as USAID or the EU. Ideally, you will have experience of working overseas with international NGOs or within a similar environment. You should also have strong interpersonal skills; able to establish effective working relationships with financial and non-financial managers at all levels.

This is a challenging and highly visible position across the organisation, leading on high profile projects and could be a fantastic next step in your career.

As the Head of Management Accounts, this senior management position will lead a team Finance Managers in providing financial advice to appropriate internal/external stakeholders. This covers the regular monthly financial reporting, including corporate and the production of monthly information for the board report.  In addition, as a senior member of the team, the post holder will contribute to a number of Trust wide projects and working groups, providing advice to directors and managers across the Trust.

You should be a qualified accountant with substantial post qualification experience within financial management.  Owing to the nature of the position, you need to be able to demonstrate strong knowledge of NHS finances and management accounting, preferably gained from time spent within an Acute environment.

Strong communication skills are essential to the position as you will be providing a key link between finance and the operational side of the organisation.

You would be responsible for:

• Providing comprehensive professional financial management services
• Assisting the Head of Finance in overseeing the division's budget planning and budget setting processes, helping ensure that budget outcomes facilitate and prepare the Divisional budget strategy
• Undertaking the Grant Co-ordination function within the Division and preparing and submitting grant claims
• Training and supporting budget supervisors and budget holders
• All statutory reports relating to income for reconciliation

This role does require someone who has strong financial modelling experience.You will ideally be a qualified accountant, but the client may consider qualified by experiencea and you will have Local Government experience ideally from Social Care.

You would be joining the project in the delivery phase and will therefore be accountable for the development, approval and delivery of the People-Change Management Plans.

You should, preferably, be expert in planning and delivering the following people-change management interventions:

• People-Change Management planning
• Leadership and culture alignment
• Facilitating the definition of a vision and change imperative
• Stakeholder analysis and engagement planning
• Change load assessment
• Change impact assessment
• Change readiness assessment
• Project-specific Training Needs Analysis
• Project specific communications requirements

It would be beneficial if you have been closely involved in designing and developing a robust people-change management toolkit for use throughout projects. Alternatively, or in addition, you may have become accredited to deliver according to Change First or similar people-change management models and tools. You will work for the Council in the capacity of an internal consultant therefore commercial experience may be an advantage.

This is not a project management, change leadership or HR role. We will demand an in-depth subject matter expertise of planning and delivering structured People-Change Management activities and interventions, ideally gained over at least 7 years or longer. This experience should have been gained throughout the full project lifecycle of transformation projects or programmes within large complex organisations.

Experience of working within the public sector is a bonus but a depth of skill and knowledge of People-Change management that can be transferred and applied immediately is essential.

This exciting new role will be for a 12 month interim basis and as the successful candidate you will be expected to add value from day one.

Supporting the Head of Management Accounts, you will play a vital finance business partnering role across the organisation. You will be responsible for the financial analysis of the programmes of work undertaken by the organisation globally. You will also be fully involved in management accounts, budgeting and forecasting, value added analysis to ensure optimal allocation of resources, and maintaining an effective relationship with non-finance staff to ensure financial awareness and accountability across the organisation.


This is a fantastic opportunity for a professionally qualified or part-qualified (ACA / CIMA) accountant who is passionate about working for an international charity. It does not matter if you do not have previous sector experience, but you should have some experience of budgeting, forecasting and financial analysis. You should be an ambitious self-starter, who is able to build relationships with non-finance easily and someone who can make themselves visible within the organisation. This is an excellent first role in which to gain some first-class experience within the global charity sector, whilst working and learning from some high calibre individuals.


Please be aware that applications will be assessed as soon as received and interviews and testing may take place prior to the close date. As such early application is recommended.  

Closing date: 25th January 2012.

As a key member within the international programmes team, you will be required to spend a significant amount of time in the field; providing on the ground financial support to the regional and country programmes.

This will include: 

• assuming the role of country finance manager / director for temporary periods, to cover resourcing gaps and ensuring adequate financial management is maintained  
• line manage country finance and grants staff as required
• work alongside existing/ new country finance directors and their teams to build capacity, where a need has been identified
• be involved in financial capacity building via training, mentoring and other methods as required 
• assessing the strength of country finance teams and work with the country director and regional finance staff to deliver improvements.

This is an exceptional opportunity for a professional qualified accountant, ideally with some relevant international NGO field experience, to join one of the global leaders in the sector. You will be passionate about development and should be ambitious self-starter who has a strong track record of delivery. You should be able to build relationships quickly and in difficult circumstances, whilst being willing to work in a number of challenging international locations. This role will have c70% international travel.

Please be aware that applications will be assessed as soon as received and interviews and testing may take place prior to the close date. As such early application is recommended. 

As a member of the international programmes finance team you will be required to provide financial support to regional and country programmes.

This will include:

• analyses for management reporting purposes
• assisting in the review of the annual and quarterley plans and budgets
• monitoring the effectiveness of the programmes' controls and risks
• providing direct guidance and assistance on accounting issues and funding.

This is a fantastic opportunity for a professionally qualified (ACA / CIMA) accountant who is passionate about international development, It does not matter if you do not have previous sector experience or if you are coming recently qualified straight from practice, however it would be useful to have either good Spanish or French for one of the posts. You should be an ambitious self-starter, who is able to build relationships with non-finance staff easily and be someone who can make themselves visible within the organisation. 

Please be aware that applications will be assessed as soon as received and interviews and testing may take place prior to the close date. As such early application is recommended. 

As the Head of Finance, reporting into the COO and managing a Finance Officer, you will be required to work closely with the leadership team in setting the strategic direction of the organisation, whilst also being hands-on, and driving forward the organisation from a financial management perspective. You will help prepare the organisation for expected future growth and ensure that the right financial controls are in place, both in London and in Africa.

We are therefore looking for an outstanding professional qualified accountant (ideally ACA), who has a creative and entrepreneurial attitude and proven experience in financial control and management. You can come from either the private of charitable sectors, but you should have some experience gained outside of audit, and should also be comfortable producing both statutory accounts and the budgeting process.

This is a new, challenging and highly visible position within a growing, dynamic charity and will be a position suitable for an individual who is willing to develop this role to suit the organisation’s needs. There will be scope for the right individual to grow with the position, and for the role to take on wider responsibilities for the operations and governance of the organisation, and/or to develop into a Director of Finance position in the years to come.

Your role within the team, based in East London, will be to co-ordinate a lot of the Programmes’ activities, working closely with the Senior Officers running the project to ensure that accurate records are kept, information is collated and easily accessible, and all relevant stakeholders are informed and updated. The expectations of the Programme Lead are high and the assignment will suit someone who responds well to working under pressure. The client is looking to develop a stronger PMO ethic and work methodology and this post will be integral to ensuring this happens.

As a result, the relevant candidate will be one who can demonstrate a thorough understanding of Project Management principles, and so will be either MSP trained or Prince 2 Qualified (Practitioner). You are likely to have worked within the PMO of a large organisation – either Public or Private sector – and you’ll be able to demonstrate good career progression to date and a good academic record. You will need exceptional communication skills and a highly organised approach – in addition you will be willing to learn and keen to grow within the role.

If all these criteria match what you have done and what you are looking for, then please apply today with a CV and covering note.

Your role within the team, based in East London, will be to co-ordinate a lot of the Programmes’ activities, working closely with the Senior Officers running the project to ensure that accurate records are kept, information is collated and easily accessible, and all relevant stakeholders are informed and updated. The expectations of the Programme Lead are high and the assignment will suit someone who responds well to working under pressure. The client is looking to develop a stronger PMO ethic and work methodology and this post will be integral to ensuring this happens.

As a result, the relevant candidate will be one who can demonstrate a thorough understanding of Project Management principles, and so will be either MSP trained or Prince 2 Qualified (Practitioner). You are likely to have worked within the PMO of a large organisation – either Public or Private sector – and you’ll be able to demonstrate good career progression to date and a good academic record. You will need exceptional communication skills and a highly organised approach – in addition you will be willing to learn and keen to grow within the role.

If all these criteria match what you have done and what you are looking for, then please apply today with a CV and covering note.

Central Bedfordshire Council is committed to equal opportunities.

Please refer to www.centralbedfordshire.gov.uk for further information on our vision, value and priorities, and living and working in Bedfordshire.

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Role: Senior Finance Manager (Financial Planning & Analysis)

Salary: £42,483 to £45,325 pa, plus £5,772 market rate supplement      

Location: Bedford

Following a departmental restructure, a number of critical vacancies have been created for outstanding individuals committed to making a real difference to the finance function as it continues to make significant improvements in contributing to the strategic objectives and priorities of the Council.

As the Senior Finance Manager, you will be responsible for providing effective & consistent financial information, advice and support that enables managers throughout Central Bedfordshire Council to make decisions in the best financial interest of the Council, and for ensuring that the financial systems and processes are in line with Local Authority accounting standards. 

Reporting into the Head of Financial Performance & Support, additional responsibilities will include:

• Leading in the development, implementation and management of the Council’s Annual and Medium Term Financial Plan and Financial Strategy
• Developing budget consultation processes in conjunction with the Head of Financial Performance and Support
• Acting as the client for the development, implementation and management of the Council’s major financial systems
• Developing comparative performance monitoring (benchmarking) and analysis

To succeed, you will be a professionally qualified accountant with experience of devising financial processes as a means of delivering annual and medium term budgets and strategies within a large, complex environment. You will have previously devised financial processes whilst your advanced IT skills will ensure you are comfortable with complex financial systems, and you will be an exceptional communicator able to engage clearly and confidently at all levels.

For further information, please contact Maurice Goldstone on 020 3031 9630 or visit www.allenlane.co.uk/centralbeds. To apply for this post, please send a copy of your CV demonstrating your suitability for the position to mauricegoldstone@allenlane.co.uk by midnight on Sunday, 11th December.

Central Bedfordshire Council is committed to equal opportunities.

Please refer to www.centralbedfordshire.gov.uk for further information on our vision, value and priorities, and living and working in Bedfordshire.

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Position: Head of Financial Control 

Salary: Location: Bedford

Following a departmental restructure, a number of critical vacancies have been created for outstanding individuals committed to making a real difference to the finance function as it continues to make significant improvements in contributing to the strategic objectives and priorities of the Council.

As the Head of Financial Control, you will lead and manage the financial control function ensuring an effective and ‘fit for purpose’ financial control environment and budget monitoring framework to enable effective decision making, and lead on the production and submission of statutory accounts.

Reporting into the Chief Finance Officer and with responsibility for a sizeable function including Treasury Management, Insurance, Accounts Payable, VAT and Income Management, your additional responsibilities will include:

• Being accountable for a service budget ensuring that the Council receives value for money from its expenditure
• Working in partnership with other senior managers to ensure that services operate co-operatively across organisational boundaries to achieve Council’s objectives
• The Annual Statement of Accounts with full supporting documentation and liaise with external audit to ensure satisfactory sign off
• Scrutinising proposals for major capital spend, assessing the risks and opportunities of proposals

To succeed, you will be a professionally qualified accountant with substantial post-qualification experience and a proven track record of managing resources and complex financial/commercial initiatives in a large and complex organisation, ideally in local government. You will have detailed knowledge of public sector SORP and IFRS regulations and be able to lead by example and provide direction and motivation for individuals, teams and partners with highly developed oral, written, presentation and report writing skills.

For further information, please contact Maurice Goldstone on 020 3031 9630 or visit www.allenlane.co.uk/centralbeds. To apply for this post, please send a copy of your CV demonstrating your suitability for the position to mauricegoldstone@allenlane.co.uk by midnight on Sunday, 11th December.

Central Bedfordshire Council is committed to equal opportunities.

Please refer to www.centralbedfordshire.gov.uk for further information on our vision, value and priorities, and living and working in Bedfordshire.

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Role: Senior Finance Manager (Sustainable Communities)

Salary: £42,483 to £45,325 pa, plus £5,772 market rate supplement      

Location: Bedford

Following a departmental restructure, a number of critical vacancies have been created for outstanding individuals committed to making a real difference to the finance function as it continues to make significant improvements in contributing to the strategic objectives and priorities of the Council.

As the Senior Finance Manager, you will be responsible for leading the provision of a proactive financial advice and policy development service for Sustainable Communities, directing the team to ensure accurate and timely professional finance support across all levels, including the medium term financial plan, financial management, and financial statutory reporting requirements.

Reporting into the Head of Financial Management, additional responsibilities will include:

• Leading the financial support for specific projects within the service
• Advising the Director on the allocation of resources
• Proactively reviewing financial implications of new legislation and regulations
• Taking a commercial approach to decision making in the department
• Deputising for the Head of Financial Management as required

To succeed, you will be a professionally qualified accountant with experience of leading a team in the provision of sound financial advice within a large, complex environment. You will have a proven track record of delivering excellent financial management services and of successfully managing projects to time and budget. You will be a creative individual and an exceptional communicator able to engage clearly and confidently at all levels.

For further information, please contact Maurice Goldstone on 020 3031 9630 or visit www.allenlane.co.uk/centralbeds. To apply for this post, please send a copy of your CV demonstrating your suitability for the position to mauricegoldstone@allenlane.co.uk by midnight on Sunday, 11th December.

Central Bedfordshire Council is committed to equal opportunities.

Please refer to www.centralbedfordshire.gov.uk for further information on our vision, value and priorities, and living and working in Bedfordshire.

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Role: Financial Controller

Salary: £42,483 to £45,325 pa, plus £5,772 market rate supplement      

Location: Bedford

Following a departmental restructure, a number of critical vacancies have been created for outstanding individuals committed to making a real difference to the finance function as it continues to make significant improvements in contributing to the strategic objectives and priorities of the Council.

As Financial Controller, you will manage and nurture a sizeable team in the development, production and management of the Council’s final accounts and statutory financial reporting requirements, and ensure that the Council’s financial systems and processes are robust and fit for purpose.

Reporting into the Head of Financial Control, additional responsibilities will include:

• Leading on the authority’s capital accounting arrangements in the development and maintenance of strategic capital management plans
• Ensuring the development and maintenance of financial controls
• Acting as the Council’s main point of contact with the external auditors
• Overall responsibility for the co-ordination of all grant claims
• Supporting and assisting the Head of Financial Control in the construction, development and delivery of the service’s business plans and objectives

To succeed, you will be a professionally qualified accountant with substantial experience of statutory reporting ideally within a local authority environment. You will be an exceptional communicator able to engage with senior finance and non-finance professionals alike as well as the external auditors, whilst your technical finance and IT skills will also be of the highest level.

For further information, please contact Maurice Goldstone on 020 3031 9630 or visit www.allenlane.co.uk/centralbeds. To apply for this post, please send a copy of your CV demonstrating your suitability for the position to mauricegoldstone@allenlane.co.uk by midnight on Sunday 11th December.

Central Bedfordshire values a diverse workforce and welcomes applications from all sections of the community.

This role will include :

• Data gathering across several sites
• Manipulating data
• Reporting information to project managers
• Adapting to various ad hoc requests

The successful candidate will be required to work closely with colleagues at all levels, as such excellent communication skills are key.  Strong IT skills are also essential; particularly Word and Excel and the successful candidate will be proactive, logical and be able to demonstrate good attention to detail.  Previous experience or a strong interest in the NHS would be an advantage.

This role will include:

• Budget setting
• Month end management accounts
• Managing a team of two staff
• Engaging with clinicians
• Providing financial input to business cases and board reports

You will have experience at the band 8a/8b level within an acute trust in a finance manager capacity.  You will have exceptional communication skills and the ability to inspire confidence from colleagues at the most senior level.  You will be bright, proactive and professional and you will have a track record of working to tight deadlines under pressure.  You will have high standards and you will be skilled at engaging clinicians.

Key Responsibilities:

Finance:

• Process day to say transaction on Sage50, including processing invoices and payments
• Reconciling bank and supplier statements
• Basic reconciliations of other nominal ledger accounts as required

Membership:

• Liaise with members by telephone, email and face-to-face and deal with queries
• Administer the application and renewal process including: sending out timely renewal notices, sending out the new member packs
• Maintain a clear membership accounting system showing accurate membership revenue on a monthly basis
• Prepare monthly reports and statistics on membership for the Director as well a committee

The successful candidate will:

• Have sound knowledge of Sage 50
• Experience of using databases
• Have sound communications skills
• Have the ambition and drive to progress their career in finance

If you are interested in this position or require more information please contact Chloe Reader on 0203 031 9639 or email chloereader@allenlane.co.uk