About Southwark:
We are the largest local authority social landlord in London, managing 55,000 homes lived in by 40% of Southwark’s residents. We are home to over 18,300 businesses including iconic London venues and social enterprises and we have a young, diverse and growing population.
At Southwark we are committed to making our borough just and fair and are taking positive action to tackle inequalities. Our residents and communities are our greatest asset and the passion we have for Southwark is shared by millions of Londoners who enjoy our outstanding cultural offer, use our hospitals and attend our universities. Our refreshed borough plan and focus on Southwark Stands Together, (which is our work with Southwark’s communities and the council’s staff to tackle racism, injustice and inequality) underpins all that we do.
The role
We are looking for a compassionate and ambitious leader to build on our success in delivering value, innovation and excellence through partnership. This is a broad strategic role and you will work closely with the Strategic Director, the corporate management team to deliver Southwark’s strategic plan and objectives and also the Strategic Director’s vision. Ultimately, alongside the Strategic Director, you would lead the Council’s financial planning, financial reporting and financial governance frameworks.
If you have a track record of achieving results, experience of working at a Senior level with external strategic partners and stakeholders, we would like to hear from you. As a fully qualified accountant, you’ll demonstrate the highest level of professional expertise and leadership in developing financial strategies to support the Council in the delivery of its Future Southwark vision. This will involve navigating the Council’s finances through a challenging fiscal period. You will be the Council’s deputy S151 Officer as well as being accountable for the safe delivery of insurance and internal audit / fraud activity.
You’ll need extensive experience and leadership of a major finance function, a sophisticated grasp of business planning and budgeting; and evidence of achieving your objectives, while also developing and managing high-performing teams. You will maintain effective commercial management skills as applicable to local authority activity.
You will additionally bring experience of adaptability and leading through a background of change and uncertainty. You'll set high professional standards, demonstrate personal and professional credibility and have excellent communication, negotiation and influencing skills.
You will be able to find a full Job description and Person Specification attached.
Application process: Please upload your full CV with a support statement demonstrating how you meet the person specification, no more than 4 side of A4!
Additional salary details
This role attracts an additional benefit to the value of £3503pa, which can be taken as cash or invested in another benefit.
Benefits and more information:
In your role, we want you to feel supported, challenged and rewarded. You will benefit from our family-friendly policies including flexible working, home working, and a local government pension scheme, plus many other staff benefits. You will join a motivated, driven and supportive team that strives for excellence and values its members. You will also be part of a successful and high-achieving development team that is making a real difference to the lives of residents in the borough. For more information about the wide variety of benefits you can take advantage of please visit our Staff Benefits page.
Guaranteed Interview Scheme:
As part of our commitment to inclusion, we offer guaranteed interviews for specific groups of people. To qualify, you'll need to meet the minimum requirements for the role, and identify with one of the below criteria:
• Members of the Armed Forces and veterans
• Are currently in care, or have previously been in care
• If you consider yourself to be disabled or if you have a long-term health condition
Recruitment timetable
Closing date: Friday 5 January 2024, mid-day 12 noon
121 conversation with the lead profile - (tbc)
Interviews: Wednesday 10th January 2024
SWCINT
We are an organisation who is passionate about our people and understands that richness of diversity is a requirement to provide the best possible services to our communities. This is demonstrated through our council-wide ambitious commitment to tackle racial inequality in our communities and workforce through our Southwark Stands Together programme. We particularly welcome applications from members of the Black, Asian and ethnic minority communities to increase representation at senior management level in the Council.
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