09 Oct
London Borough of Sutton
Sutton
Job description
About the Role
Sutton Council is seeking a candidate to fill the role of Senior Finance Officer in its shared finance service with Kingston Council.
Whilst this role sits within the shared service, its focus is on Sutton Council only.
The role will focus its support on the capital programme and the council's revenue and capital budget setting processes.
The successful candidate will take responsibility for :
- Delivering support to budget managers to support core financial processes and activities, including planning and budgets, financial management and monitoring, and year end processes
- Supporting the Strategic Capital Finance Business Partner to maintain accurate and useful capital working papers that safeguard financial resources and provide open, transparent governance over capital budgets
- Preparing journals, virements and reserve movements
- Assisting the Strategic Corporate Finance Business Partner in the completion of statutory returns or ad hoc requests for information.
About Us
This role is part of the Financial Planning and Business Partnering team that supports Sutton Council only, within the shared finance service.
The team has 17 positions that combine to deliver revenue and capital financial planning and business partnering services.
The aim of the shared finance service is to add value and inspire success and we do this by :
- Translating business intelligence into business success by delivering clear professional advice and insight
- Safeguarding the financial health of our Councils
- Empowering our customers to manage their finances
- Learning, improving and exceeding; supporting each other to develop our talent and achieve more.
About You
The successful candidate will have :
- Part or fully qualified in relevant professional qualification (e.g. CIPFA, CIMA, AAT etc) or demonstrable equivalent experience of operating at that level
- Capability to use digital tools and software to deliver effective finance support
- Experience of working in a customer-focused environment and achieving successful outcomes in the delivery of services that meet customer needs
- Strong numerical and analytical skills with the ability to provide detailed and accurate information at pace with little oversight
- Strong communication skills, verbally and in writing, with the ability to discuss, analyse and present finance concepts and processes in a range of ways
- It is desirable that candidates will have an understanding of capital finance.
Our Offer To You
As an organisation that values and nurtures talent, we’re committed to helping you fulfil your potential and will offer you a supportive, friendly and collaborative environment to grow and develop your career and skills.
We’re constantly striving to improve our ways of working so putting your ideas across - however big or small - will be fully encouraged and supported by your colleagues and our dynamic and experienced management team.
In addition, we offer a modern and flexible working environment for our staff, supported by our IT infrastructure, including Google Chromebooks and Google Apps.
Our Flexible Working - Smarter Working Scheme embraces new ways of working.
It provides improved work life balance for our staff as it allows staff to work from a variety of locations and staff are not required to work within the office 5 days a week.
Employees have access to a wide range of benefits, some of which include :
- Generous annual leave entitlement plus bank holidays (pro-rata if part-time working hours apply)
- Flexi-time (Please note, this applies to roles at grades 1-9 only)
- Three volunteering days per year in Sutton or Kingston
- Comprehensive learning and development programme
- Local and national discounts for shopping, eating out and leisure activities
- Interest free season ticket loans
- Local Government Pension Scheme
- Car parking scheme
- Bicycle loan facilities and cycle to work scheme
- Zip car scheme
- Free eye tests and contribution towards glasses
- Confidential wellbeing and counselling support
- Subsidised gym membership
▶️ Senior Finance Officer (Capital and Corporate)
🖊️ London Borough of Sutton
📍 Sutton