Description
My London based Local Authority are looking for a Capital Manager to be the financial lead on capital accounting in the Authority and assume responsibility for capital accounts and provide financial information for management and decision making for the Council's capital programme. The Capital Manager will also provide key information in respect of capital for council's Business Planning in relation to capital. To undertake and present complex financial analysis to assist decision-making, and for the purposes of financial accounting, grant claims, government returns, recharges, pricing, etc.
Experience the Capital Manager requires;
- Full professional membership of CIPFA or equivalent (ACA, ACCA, CIMA)
- Experience of complex budgeting and monitoring processes and financial analysis for a diverse range of different activities, including trading functions
- Experience of advising and/or training managers on financial issues
- Experience of supervising staff
- Knowledge of local government finance, accounting practice and the regulatory framework
- Good understanding local authority expenditure, income and funding for a range of services, and the associated pressures and risks
- Understanding of the role of support services
- Understanding of the principles of value for money
- Experience of developing processes to improve financial management
- Experience of developing and maintaining models for funding allocation
- Broad and detailed knowledge of modern commercial and public sector practice in business planning, budgeting, monitoring and financial management.
- (Minimal Revenue Accounting) and Impairment
Accounting.