The role
About Southwark:
Southwark is a large, ambitious and progressive council with a ‘can do’ attitude and enviable reputation. As a Council, we are successful, passionate and forward thinking. We are committed to our ‘Fairer Futures for All’ promise, which ensures that our residents and businesses are central to everything we do. If you want to make a difference at a local level, apply to Southwark Council today.
The Role:
The Financial Control & Processing Team is part of Exchequer Services Division within the Finance & Governance directorate.
The team is responsible for the financial control, delivery and management of key services including SAP accounts payable, SAP accounts receivable, payable functions relating to Adult Social Care through MOSAIC, the SAP master data and user management functions and services and the banking functions for both internal and external customers.
About you:
You will be the principal operational and strategic lead responsible for delivering Financial Control & Processing for the Council.
You will be an inspirational and operational leader and be able to drive forward strategic change, work on your own initiative and able to inspire confidence in staff and customers. You will have experience and knowledge of relevant aspects of local government finance including local authority accounting and financial administration.
You will be responsible for the implementation and refining of FC&P strategy to delivery key transformational change working alongside other Council departments, including a comprehensive review of the current ERP (Enterprise Resources Planning) system.
You will lead the FC&P team in modernisation delivering transformational change to a ‘digital first’ corporate approach.
For an informal discussion, please contact angelo.iuliano@southwark.gov.uk
Additional salary details
This role attracts JNC benefits to the value of £2,724 Per annum.
Recruitment timetable
Application closing date: 11:59 PM on Monday 10th October 2022
Interview date: w/c 24 October 2022
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 initiative. 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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