Senior Financial Accountant

About the role

This role forms a crucial part of the Finance Management Team, and you will be key to making operational finance decisions. Reporting to the Head of Finance, areas of responsibility will include: assume day to day management of the Financial Control team with direct responsibility for three and a wider team of eight lead on the delivery of Statement of Accounts and be pivotal in transforming processes ensuring a strong internal control environment provide expert financial advice to the Finance Team and across the organisation develop, review and improve strategies, policies and procedures support the Head of Finance in writing and reporting on the Treasury, Capital and Investment Strategies for both councils Work with the Systems team to ensure smooth and timely reporting from the finance system as well as enabling self-service for managers for budget management and forecasting. About you You will: be a fully qualified Accountant (ACCA, CIMA, ICAEW, CIPFA) with significant finance experience, supporting service teams within the public sector or a similar multi disciplined sector have corporate financial management experience, able to deliver Statement of Accounts to tight deadlines and liaise effectively with external auditors, providing explanations and answering queries be an excellent communicator with experience of reviewing business cases and financial appraisals providing expert advice and recommendations be comfortable dealing with people at all levels and working in a complex and sometimes challenging operating environment be an experienced team leader, personable and patient with the ability to motivate and provide a positive environment focus on delivery and strive for excellence and continual improvement of the finance service. At Babergh and Mid Suffolk District Councils we are passionate about building communities that people want to live, work, visit and invest in. We serve around 200,000 residents across our two districts and are well known for our collaboration and partnership working across public, private and voluntary sectors. We believe that the heart of Suffolk is an incredibly special place to live and work, with: 60 conservation areas two National Landscapes many picturesque market towns It is no surprise we are ranked among the top 50 places to live in the UK (United Kingdom).