Interim Finance Manager - Broster Buchanan Ltd : Job Details

• Initially 3 - 6 months contract
• Ideally Yorkshire based, but if you have local gov experience remote is possible
• Must have local authority finance experience

LOCAL AUTHORITY FINANCE MANAGER (INTERIM) - REMOTE Got actual local government finance experience? Good.Because we're not interested in corporate refugees who think council tax is something you pay at a hotel reception desk.For someone with local government finance experience this could be a remote role (mostly) - because the experience is the most critical element they will be flexible on location rather than compromise on someone who isn't able to hit the ground running.What you'll need:

• Proven experience managing finances in a local authority setting - i.e. a local council or potentially a combined authority. 
• The ability to translate financial jargon into plain English that won't make non-finance people want to weep.
• A healthy relationship with Excel that stops short of naming your spreadsheets.
• You'll be fully qualified, CIPFA would be great, but if not ACA / ACCA or CIMA would work if you have the right experience

What you'll do:

• Keep our financial ship from sinking while navigating the choppy waters of budget constraints and service demands.
• Produce reports that people might actually read.
• Bring order to financial chaos without becoming the department villain.

This is a 6-month contract because:

They need someone good right now (well in a few weeks at least!)

If you've worked within local authorities you'll appreciate that the permanent recruitment process moves at a pace that will mean interim cover is essential to keep things moving through year end and into the new financial year.

If you can tell your CIPFA from your Section 151 and don't mind occasionally working with people who think "balancing the books" means arranging them neatly on a shelf, please send your CV.