Location: Bedfordshire
Contract: Temporary (9-months initial)
Rate: £525.00 per day umbrella // £461.88 per day PAYE inclusive // £412.14 per day PAYE exclusive
Start Date: ASAP
Contact: greg.waite@servicecare.org.uk
*Hybrid Working*
Job Description
Service Care Solutions are currently recruiting on behalf of a Local Authority in Bedfordshire for a Senior Finance Manager to join their Adult Social Care Finance team on a temporary basis. This critical role will provide strategic financial leadership and drive robust financial management across Adult Social Care services-an area of high complexity and importance within the Council's overall budget.
Main Responsibilities
- Serve as a senior leader within the Finance function, contributing to strategic and operational planning across the Council, with a particular focus on Adult Social Care.
- Lead financial decision-making processes relating to payments, grants, reserve requests, and budget reporting.
- Manage and support a dedicated finance team-ensuring delivery of key priorities, effective performance management, and professional development.
- Take full ownership of the Medium-Term Financial Planning (MTFP) process for Adult Social Care, including demand projections, funding analysis, risk mitigation, and development of business cases for savings and pressures.
- Provide timely and insightful financial reporting to senior management and Cabinet-offering challenge, ensuring accuracy, and driving actions to address variances.
- Ensure financial governance and compliance are embedded within all activities, while identifying opportunities for service improvement and digital transformation.
- Fully qualified accountant (CCAB or equivalent), with substantial post-qualification experience.
- Significant finance experience within Adult Social Care in a local authority or public sector setting is essential.
- Proven leadership experience, with the ability to manage and develop teams in a complex and pressurised environment.
- Deep understanding of public sector funding, cost drivers, and regulatory frameworks related to Adult Social Care.
- Strong communication and analytical skills, with the ability to convey complex financial information clearly to both finance and non-finance audiences.
- Confidence and credibility to influence senior leaders, elected members, and multidisciplinary teams.
Service Care Solutions also offers a £250 referral bonus! So, if you know of anyone who would be perfect for this position and they are placed into work, you will receive £250 for the referral once their probationary period has been completed.