Job Description:

Finance Manager - Housing (Interim)

A Central London Local Authority is looking to appoint an Interim Finance Manager to support within Housing Finance. The Council are working with Spencer Clarke Group to fill the role.

About the role: Based in Central London (Hybrid - 2/3 days per week in office):

The role is expected to support Housing General Fund reporting, Temporary Accommodation, homelessness and demand-led pressures, financial controls, forecasting and medium-term financial planning.

What's on offer:

Day rate: £500 per day, inside IR35.

*please submit your CV with the rate you require

6 months minimum / ongoing.

Hybrid working - 2/3 days per week in the office.

Contract type: Contract (37 hrs a week)

Responsibilities:

1. Lead financial support for allocated Housing service areas, including budget monitoring, forecasting, reporting and advice.
2. Support senior managers with Housing General Fund, Temporary Accommodation and wider Housing pressures.
3. Provide financial input into budget setting, MTFP planning, savings delivery and year-end / closedown activity.
4. Maintain strong financial controls, challenge assumptions and support clear financial decision making.
5. Support finance staff where required, ensuring deadlines are met and outputs are accurate.

About you:
You will have the following experience:

• A qualified member of one of the CCAB accountancy bodies, preferably CIPFA, ACCA, ACA or CIMA.
• Strong post-qualification experience within Local Government finance or an organisation of similar scope and complexity.
• Recent Housing finance experience, ideally across Housing General Fund, Temporary Accommodation, homelessness pressures, HRA and/or housing budgets.
• Confident challenging budget holders and translating financial information into clear recommendations.
• Able to attend the office 2/3 days per week in Central London.

How to apply

Once your CV is received, if you are successful you will be contacted.

Due to the extremely high number of applications, it may not be possible to contact every applicant. As such, if you are not contacted please assume you have not been successful on this occasion.

About Spencer Clarke Group

Here at Spencer Clarke Group, we pride ourselves on connecting you with the best career opportunities; our experienced Consultants provide extensive market knowledge and career advice along the way.

When you join us, you will receive:

• Access to a wide range of temporary and permanent opportunities
• Free DBS checks
• Post Placement Aftercare
• Loyalty reward scheme and regular competitions for our agency professionals

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We offer a market leading referral scheme of up to £300 so if you know of someone who may also be looking for an exciting career opportunity, ask them to email their CV to Brad on remembering to include your details as well.

*T's & C's apply.