Finance Manager

Interim SEND and DSG Finance Professional
We are looking for a Finance Professional to support the SEND and Inclusion change programme within a local authority over the next 9–12 months.
The SEND and Inclusion change programme is a collection of projects to review, change and monitor SEND and Inclusion services and finances. The role is required to support the programme overall but in particular to focus on the Dedicated Schools Grant Recovery Plan including financial modelling, planning and the redesign of processes to support service decision making. The role will work closely with the education service and also alongside the existing finance staff who support the service on a day to day basis.
Areas of work will include:
The DSG recovery plan – supporting detailed monitoring and reporting progress against the plan, financial modelling of SEND services
Business Transformation of SEND services
Redesign of detailed finance processes within and in support of managing and reporting of Education services
Distilling and embedding end to end processes for improved future service provision to facilitating knowledge transfer to existing support staff in the service and in finance

Essential experience:
Recent finance experience supporting Education services – and specifically SEND services including Dedicated School Grant (DSG) funding allocation issues
Experience of working on or managing Projects
Complex financial modelling over multiple years using numerous data sources and large quantities of data
Excellent knowledge and application of Excel
Experience of initiating and handling challenging conversations with Senior Management

Desirable experience:
Experience of financial systems and reporting
Management Information System use
Qualified Accountant

Home based at present but was based in Central Warwick
Immediate start
37hours per week