Strategic Finance Lead:  Adults & Health

Are you an ambitious, passionate, and enthusiastic finance professional who wants to be part of a transformation journey?

Camden is building somewhere everyone can thrive, by making our borough the best place to live, work, study and visit. We want to make it a better borough, making radical social change a reality, creating a place where everyone has a chance to succeed and where nobody gets left behind.

The Finance service in Camden has an ambitious vision to ensure consistent delivery of a high-quality, value-added service with excellent financial controls.
We will do this through an exciting journey of continuous improvement, change, challenge and innovation. To be successful we’ll need to constantly adapt to meet the needs of the organisation. The first phase is almost complete and involved the realigning and increasing the capacity of the Finance department, we are now looking to bed in new refreshed ways of working.

The strategic  Finance  Lead for  Adults and Health will lead a team of 9 business partners to support the financial management and support the setting of the strategic direction for Health and Adult Services, which has recently received an excellent rating by the Care Quality Commission. In this pivotal role, you will lead the council’s annual budget setting and quarterly financial reporting, while providing expert advice on all aspects of strategic finance, planning, and emerging legislation. You will manage vital relationships with departments and external bodies to ensure the council’s financial priorities are met and play a key role in major contract, procurement, and commissioning decisions. Supporting elected members and officers with insightful financial guidance will be an essential part of your role.

You will also oversee the council’s overall funding position and collaborate with strategy teams to deliver and monitor the Medium-Term Financial Strategy (MTFS) as it relates to Adults & Health. As a champion of the Finance Business Partnering model, you will be required to deputise for the Head of Finance when required.

You must be a qualified Accountant with previous experience of providing a finance business partnering service within social care. The ability to influence and build relationships with stakeholders and manage a high performing finance team is also essential.

Camden offers hybrid working arrangements and excellent benefits including flexible working, an outstanding pension scheme and access to our incredible staff networks.

We want Camden Council to be a great place to work and to ensure that our communities are represented across our workforce. A vital part of this is ensuring we are a truly inclusive organisation that encourages diversity in all respects, including diversity of thinking. We particularly welcome applications from Black, Asian and those of Other Ethnicities, LGBT+, disabled and neurodiverse communities to make a real difference to our residents so that equalities and justice remains at the heart of everything we do.

For a confidential discussion or to see the job description please contact Will Ryan on willryan@ivyrockpartners.com or 07909 030 965. To apply please send through a CV alongside a supporting statement, this should be no more then 2 pages and should say why you are interested in the role and highlighting your relevant experience.

The closing date for applications is Monday 14th July
Interviews will be on the 28th and 29th July.