Job Details

Job introduction

We are seeking a proficient and professional Senior Finance Officer to provide financial support to the Families, Children and Learning & Health and Adult Social Care Directorates.

Interview date: Monday 16 September

For an informal discussion, please contact Sophie Warburton on 01273 292709 or Steve Williams on 01273 293437

About the role

Do you enjoy working with numbers and spreadsheets and are you looking for an opportunity to use your skills and experience in accountancy?

We have an exciting opportunity for an enthusiastic, self-motivated, hardworking and reliable individual to join our Finance Team as a Senior Finance Officer.

You will be part of the Health, Adults, Families Children & Learning finance team, providing accountancy support to these pressured and high profile directorates. This will include providing financial monitoring information, financial advice, supporting budget setting, and the implementation of service plans. The role will link to budget managers within the service directorates and help to fulfill the business partnering function of the team. The team is in the Financial Services section within Finance & Resources directorate, which is part of the ORBIS partnership with East Sussex and Surrey County Councils.

Key principal accountabilities of this role include:

- To develop realistic forecasts and projections for expenditure and income during the year, in consultation with budget holders, and recommend action to budget holders to control actual or potential variances from budget.
- To assist in the delivery of training programmes or other relevant support to budget holders and/or systems users as required.
- To develop and maintain good working relations with budget holders and senior managers and provide a robust challenge to all aspects of financial management, performance and control to assist them in improving financial performance, value for money and service outcomes.

 

***Important Information***
As part of the application process we require you to answer some additional questions to support your application called 'Branching Questions'. These questions form part of the application process under Questionnaire 1 which you will find when you apply.  

Additional information

Your starting salary will be pro rata if the above position is part-time or term-time only.

Work Permits: we may be able to obtain a Work Permit for this post but this is subject to meeting the requirements of the UK Border Agency's Points-based Immigration System.

From 6 April 2011 the Home Office has placed a permanent restriction on the number of migrant workers that all Tier 2 (General) Sponsors can recruit. Due to the restrictions we cannot guarantee that individuals that meet the requirements of the Points-based Immigration System will be issued with clearance to obtain work permits.

Company information

Please note that this post is subject to a Basic Disclosure Criminal Records Check.

We welcome applications from all sections of the community but particularly encourage applicants from a BME or White Other background as well as those who identify as, LGB, male or trans as these groups are currently under-represented in our Directorate workforce.

As part of Brighton & Hove City Council's ongoing commitment to redeployment, please note that this vacancy may be withdrawn at any stage of the recruitment process, without prior notice if a suitable redeployee (internal employee at risk of redundancy) is identified.

Files

• Job Description & Person Specification
• Cover Letter
• Maximise your chances - Branching Questions guidance
• Our Values