Summary: The Interim Corporate Finance Manager will support a large city council's Corporate Finance Team, focusing on capital programme monitoring for a duration of six months. The role involves leading the review and challenge of capital bids, financial monitoring, and ensuring compliance with statutory regulations. The successful candidate will work closely with project managers and various teams to enhance governance and financial processes. This position offers a competitive daily rate and primarily remote working arrangements.
Key Responsibilities:
- Lead on reviewing, supporting and challenging capital bids and (green book) Business Cases
- Lead on reviewing and challenging delivery of capital schemes (mainly the financials). Work closely with the Project Management Office and support improving and developing the Capital Programme and governance
- Lead on collating and reviewing the regular financial monitoring, preparing the updates to Cabinet. Ensure narratives and explanations from project managers stand up to scrutiny
- Lead on capital closedown and budget setting of the capital programme (Statement of Accounts accounting will be undertaken by another team - this role feeds in spend and financing from the year)
- Link in with the Final Accounts team (Capital Assets) to help produce Statement of Accounts information so some knowledge of the requirements or interface with final accounts will be useful.
- Monitor and produce capital financing data for Prudential Indicators
- Lead on preparation/admin for the Capital Board (Member board overseeing capital projects) and Officer Capital Group
- Actively ensure compliance with all statutory regulations, local and corporate guidelines, policies and procedures and support managers to deliver such processes across the business.
- Working with appropriate Service Heads, to ensure the delivery of effective forecast planning and that long-term plans are produced and acted upon.
- Lead on data cleanse of capital accounting records
- Co-ordinate and guide capital monitoring in Directorate Finance teams.
Key Skills:
- Experience in a local authority within capital accounting, planning and budget monitoring
- Experience in a larger council environment
- Experience in setting out clear processes and procedures
- Experience of drafting a capital strategy
- Understanding regular reporting of the capital programme and ability to review and assess business cases
- Proactive approach to improving processes and guidance
- Ability to work with project managers to ensure good governance
Salary (Rate): £750.00 Daily
City: West Midlands
Country: United Kingdom
Working Arrangements: remote
IR35 Status: outside IR35
Seniority Level: Mid-Level
Industry: Finance
Interim Corporate Finance Manager - Capital Programme Monitoring - 6 months
Your new company
You will be supporting a large city council within the Corporate Finance Team, reporting into the Director of Finance.
Your new role
You will be working on the following tasks :
- Lead on reviewing, supporting and challenging capital bids and (green book) Business Cases
- Lead on reviewing and challenging delivery of capital schemes (mainly the financials). Work closely with the Project Management Office and support improving and developing the Capital Programme and governance
- Lead on collating and reviewing the regular financial monitoring, preparing the updates to Cabinet.
Ensure narratives and explanations from project managers stand up to scrutiny - Lead on capital closedown and budget setting of the capital programme (Statement of Accounts accounting will be undertaken by another team - this role feeds in spend and financing from the year)
- Link in with the Final Accounts team (Capital Assets) to help produce Statement of Accounts information so some knowledge of the requirements or interface with final accounts will be useful.
- Monitor and produce capital financing data for Prudential Indicators
- Lead on preparation/admin for the Capital Board (Member board overseeing capital projects) and Officer Capital Group
- Actively ensure compliance with all statutory regulations, local and corporate guidelines, policies and procedures and support managers to deliver such processes across the business.
- Working with appropriate Service Heads, to ensure the delivery of effective forecast planning and that long-term plans are produced and acted upon.
- Lead on data cleanse of capital accounting records
- Co-ordinate and guide capital monitoring in Directorate Finance teams.
What you'll need to succeed You will need experience in a local authority within capital accounting, planning and budget monitoring.
The capital programme is vast and therefore, someone with experience in a larger council environment may suit best.
Experience in setting out clear processes and procedures
Experience of drafting a capital strategy.
Understanding regular reporting of the capital programme and can review and assess business cases.
Someone that is not afraid of getting stuck in and will help improve processes and guidance.
Need someone who can work with project managers to ensure good governance is adhered to during the life of the project.
What you'll get in return
The role is well rewarded with between £600-750 p/day for the right skill set.
Remote working in the main
Will gain experience of working on an interesting capital programme with large values
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