Financial Reporting Manager
Sutton
£506.33/day umbrella rate
Start date: ASAP
Full time: 36/hrs a week
3-6 months contract.

Hatched recruitment is working closely with the local authorities and we are looking for an Interim Financial Reporting Manager in the Sutton area. Must have local authorities experience.

Role Profile - Details Specific to Job Family
These roles provide a broad service that set policy and provides advice to support and assure all of the council's day to day activities. They gather information required by other groups to make strategic decisions and translate this into corporate policy and strategic advice. They have little or no direct accountability for outcomes; however, what they are
accountable for is the quality of advice they provide to business leaders. At the lower levels, these roles tend to focus on research and analysis and the interpretation and implementation of policies. At the higher level, role holders set strategy, develop policy and provide assurance across the Council more broadly.

Role Profile - Details Specific to Grade
Roles will focus on interpreting and applying policies to support local needs. Thinking ifocused on specific parts of the Council rather than the Council as a whole and is usually limited to the annual business planning cycle. Will operationalise plans and deploy resources to meet these plans and objectives
Lead professionals delivering a capability to ensure the effective, cost efficient delivery of a support service.

Brief Description of job role and department
The Shared Finance Service ambition is to add value, inspire success and this role is part of the Shared Finance Service (SFS) collectively responsible for delivering SFS activities to realise this ambition. The role provides direct support to the Head of Financial Reporting & Control and may be required to deputise as required.
The post holder is required to support the Head of Financial Reporting & Control to maintain the integrity of financial records and accounts for Kingston and Sutton. The post holder will take responsibility for leading and managing the annual closing process and in year financial reporting to senior officers. The post holder will also provide leadership to the systems and control functions. The post holder will work as part of the Senior Leadership Team of the service to provide inspirational leadership and drive cultural change to ensure the service reflects the INSPIRE values and achieves excellent outcomes.

Essential Knowledge and/or Experience

• CCAB (or equivalent) qualified
• Detailed knowledge & experience of closing the financial accounts for a large Local Authority, including liaison with Internal and External Auditors.
• Experience of leading or contributing to the production of Local Authority statement of accounts
• Knowledge and experience of financial reporting requirements for a Local Authority
• Experience of identifying and delivering service improvements or digital innovation to reduce costs and achieve better outcomes