Sanctuary Personnel is looking for an experienced and dedicated Finance Manager to join our team in Slough.
The successful candidate will play a key role in managing and mobilising resources proactively to contribute to achievement of Slough Finance ambition to be “Best in Class”, to contribute to a high performance and continuous improvement culture delivering leading edge financial and commercial management underpinned by robust analysis, and promoting and embedding best practice methods and standards.
The rate of pay for this role is £355.87+ P/D.
Responsibilities:
- Help implement the council’s strategy on continuous service improvement to ensure delivery of its priorities and value to residents.
- Provide clear information to support the future development of the service to enable the council to meet its future challenges with a culture of continuous improvement.
- Contribute to the council’s strategic objectives by working actively with colleagues to build a strong and shared approach to service delivery including to service improvement plans and utilising best practice commercial and financial management skills to deliver strong business cases and value for money.
- Help changes to be embedded in a sustainable way throughout the organisation.
- Actively contribute to the integrated delivery, improvement, management and performance of the service, commissioning and managing activity within the council and externally as required and helping to ensure overall objectives are translated into effective plans and that the service is efficient and locally responsive.
- Be proactive in helping achieve tight budgetary control and prioritise use of resources and assets to support the delivery of the council’s corporate plan vision and help ensure that the council receives value for money from its expenditure.
Requirements:
- Minimum of two years’ experience in a similar role
-CCAB/CIMA qulifications and dgree in relevant field
- Ability to work flexibly, including some evening and weekend work, to meet the needs of service users
- Strong knowledge of the issues facing local government and those relevant to service/functional responsibilities, together with the legal, financial and political context of public sector management and the statutory responsibilities of this post.
- Effective presentation, communication and interpersonal skills.
