Finance Manager

Salary: £360 – £420 per day

Venesky-Brown’s client, a public sector organisation in Glasgow/Edinburgh, is currently looking to recruit a Finance Manager for an initial 5 month contract on a rate of £360 – £420 /day (inside of IR35). Due to the current circumstances this role will be a hybrid of working at home and in the office.

Responsibilities:

• Holds managerial responsibility for the provision of professional financial and management accounting function within the organisation in order to support and develop the core management functions of the Board to the organisation meets its statutory obligations and strategic objectives.
• This includes advising staff and managers on key finance issues including corporate governance, statutory legal compliance, risk management, financial planning, business case production and the overall management and performance of the finance function.

Essential Skills:

• Educated to degree or equivalent standard and CCAB Qualified and an in depth detailed knowledge of accounting procedures, standards, related legislation and financial policies.
• Demonstrable CCAB qualification experience in Financial Management, in particular financial accounting.
• Demonstrable experience in managing a department within a multi-dimensional organisation.
• Experience and expertise in finance and strategic staff management/leadership.
• High level of interpersonal and communication skills, both oral and written.
• Ability to translate complex financial issues into non financial terms – high level of technical financial skills.
• Conveys financial concepts clearly and persuasively.
• High level of IT literacy with a working knowledge of Microsoft Office packages.
• Facilitation, influencing and negotiating skills.
• Ability to work as part of team and previous experience of working in a multi-disciplinary team.

If you would like to hear more about this opportunity please get in touch.