A high-profile London Borough is looking to recruit an Assistant Finance Manager to join their corporate accounting team. The Assistant Finance Managers will report into the Finance Manager and work closely with budget and service managers to ensure plans, initiatives and projects have appropriate financial and commercial input. They provide financial information and support as well as supporting multiple projects and ensuring the councils continuous drive for service improvements.

• Experience supporting tax (VAT, CIS & SDLT) functions in an organisation.
• Run monthly VAT compliance checks & producing monthly VAT return report with commentaries
• Experience managing, setting, and monitoring budgets for services including development of integrated costings systems and methodologies and working with budget holders to re-balance overspends.
• Experience in commercial and financial management in a complex environment, financial modelling, contributing to research and analysis, preparing reports that are clear and accessible to various audiences, looking for opportunities to demonstrate best practice.

To be suitable for the role you need to be working toward an accounting qualification with proven experience of working in a complex organisation, with the ability to be relationships. Experience within the public sector is desirable but not essential.

The council offer a hybrid working arrangement and excellent benefits including flexible working, an enhanced maternity packages, generous annual leave and an exceptional pension.

The council prides itself 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 well-being and aim to create a workplace where everyone feels valued, has a sense of belonging and is empowered to be their best.