Assistant Finance Manager WCC617531

Job Details:

Salary range: £40,005 - £54,135 per annum   
Work location: Westminster City Hall, 64 Victoria Street, Westminster, SW1E 6QP   
Hours per week: 36   
Contract type: Permanent 
Closing date: 3 November 2024
Contact details for an Informal Discussion: Jesant Halai, Finance Manager Adult Social Care, via email: JHALAI@WESTMINSTER.GOV.UK

About Us:

THE EXTRAORDINARY STORY OF THE CARRICK YARD INVESTMENT 

The Finance Team in Westminster City Council is a world of extraordinary stories, where we go above and beyond for our residents – in all sorts of pioneering ways. Our work has the ability to have profound impact on residents’ lives. By being smart and courageous with the council’s finances means we can achieve more for our residents. 

Take the Carrick Yard housing development in Luton Street. When a big international building firm couldn’t find a sales partner, we stepped in to create a joint venture partnership and underwrite any unsold units to protect our investment. Then when we felt a big banking partner would be overcharging the venture for financing the development, we decided to finance it ourselves. The result? 171 homes are now under construction, leading the redevelopment of the Church Street area, whilst the council is projecting a potential return on investment of almost 14% – far in excess of anything that can be achieved on cash deposits in current market conditions. 

And why does this success matter? Because it allows us to invest even more in public services that are the lifeblood of our communities. 

Please view the extraordinary story of the Carrick Yard Investment here.

The Role:

As Assistant Finance Manager, you can make your own powerful contribution to Adult Social Care in Westminster – where our passionate, caring and committed professionals do brilliant work every day. Through the difference you make to effective financial management, you’ll play a crucial role in making sure we use public funds more efficiently than ever. Ultimately, it’s all about our mission to support the most vulnerable in our community, by enabling independence and changing lives for the better. We’ll look to you to be a champion of service improvement, outcome-based commissioning and value for money. 

You’ll join a small team of finance professionals led by the Strategic Finance Manager for Adult Social Care. The accurate financial information and advice you provide will help us to make informed decisions for the benefit of the whole community. You can expect to work on a range of projects at any given time, while delivering regular activities including closedowns and external returns. With a collaborative spirit, you’ll liaise with – and influence – budget and service managers. You’ll be instrumental in making sure their plans, projects and initiatives have the financial and commercial input needed to be successful. 

Please refer to the Job Description for more information. 

About You:

Ideally, you’ll be an AAT member who’s either fully or part-qualified with CCAB, CIMA or an equivalent body overseas. You’ll certainly have some experience of supporting a service – from contributing to budget setting, management and monitoring, through to developing integrated costings systems. 

Experience of financial modelling, research and analysis, and the production of reports that are accessible to various audiences, would all equip you to make an impact from day one. Some knowledge of project, programme and change management techniques would also help to set you apart. 

You’ll certainly bring to the role a flair for time management and delivering to deadlines. Crucially, you have a proven ability to develop good working relationships with budget holders and stakeholders. Your way with people enables you to gain a better understanding of services, so you can forecast and challenge effectively. 

What We Offer:

Westminster is an amazing place. We are home to more than 200,000 residents from all backgrounds, over 50,000 vibrant and vital businesses and three-quarters-of-a-million people work in Westminster. Westminster City Council’s strategy is to work towards a Fairer Westminster. A Fairer Westminster is one in which our communities are at the heart of our decision-making and help to determine the city’s future. By working directly with our communities and other partners, we can build a more inclusive city that celebrates our diverse communities, and where residents, workers and visitors from all backgrounds will feel welcome and safe.   
 
At Westminster City Council, we pride ourselves on being an inclusive workplace and employer of choice. We encourage and welcome applications from people from all backgrounds and aim to have a workforce that, at all levels, represents the communities we serve. We champion equality, diversity, inclusion and wellbeing and aim to create a workplace where everyone feels valued, has a sense of belonging and is empowered to be their best, that is the Westminster Way. To find out more about how we do this visit  https://www.westminster.gov.uk/health-and-social-care/public-health-strategy-policies-and-reports/equality-duties  
 
As a forward-thinking Council we appreciate that people work in different ways, therefore our staff benefit from working a range of flexible working patterns as well as Agile working.  
 
The Council is a Disability Confident Employer. If you have declared a disability in your application, we guarantee an interview if you meet the essential criteria of the job. If you are invited for interview, you will be asked if you need any reasonable adjustments in order to attend, and we will make these wherever possible.