Interim Finance Manager - Capital Programme Monitoring

Your new companyYou will be supporting a large city council within the Corporate Finance Team, reporting into the Director of Finance. Your new roleYou 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 returnThe 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 What you need to do nowIf you're interested in this role, click 'apply now' to forward an up-to-date copy of your CV, or call us now.If this job isn't quite right for you, but you are looking for a new position, please contact us for a confidential discussion about your career.

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