Local Finance Consultant

Job title:

Local Finance Consultant

Company

Citizens Advice

Job description

Location: Blended between office and home (England and Wales). Time in office negotiableCitizens Advice is about to celebrate its 85th birthday, come and be a part of the mission to give people the knowledge and confidence they need to find their way forward – whoever they are, and whatever their problem.Working in finance to support our local offices while bringing your expertise and knowledge to help build our future services if you are passionate about helping others and have a strong background in finance, we encourage you to apply!We are looking for energetic and experienced Finance consultants who can ensure we deliver a consistent and high quality service. The role will include helping local offices to manage their finances efficiently and effectively by offering an expert consultancy and financial management service, and to support them in addressing financial challenges ahead, which may include merger and restructuring support.To applyPlease submit an anonymous CV and anonymous cover letter of no more than 2 pages that addresses how you meet the following criteria:

• Proven ability in a senior management or finance consultancy role, or other role providing professional business services.

• High level Excel (including pivot tables and macros) and financial modelling skills, and highly proficient in other Ipackages. High level competence in the use and development of PC based accounting packages (ideally QuickBooks)

• Proven ability in running financial accounting, year end closure and management reporting processes in both smalland medium sized organisations (up to £5m turnover), and sound knowledge of Standard Accounting Practices, of Charities Act, Companies Act and SORP requirements

• Excellent interpersonal skills with the personal presence and ability to establish credibility, command respect and develop positive relationships with a diverse customer base and the ability to influence, network and negotiate effectively with a range of senior internal and external stakeholders.
• Highly resilient, with strong analytical skills and proven ability to solve problems creatively, identifying and implementing solutions to non compliance and to manage the consistent assessment of risk

Do you want to work for an organisation that makes a difference, every single day, to people from all walks of life? The people that turn to Citizens Advice need help overcoming an obstacle in their lives – from debt to evictions to trouble at work – and you can be key to them getting the support they need in the quickest, easiest, and most effective way.Equity, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) is of strategic importance within the organisation and recognised as integral to all we do as a service.Central to pursuing our EDI mission is building diverse and inclusive teams in which everyone has a sense of belonging. We believe inclusion is a social justice issue – a principle that underpins all our EDI work. To that end, we particularly welcome applications from people we would like to see better represented in our organisation and sector – people of colour, LGBTQ+ people and disabled people. We follow the social model of disability. We will offer an interview to disabled candidates who indicate they wish their application to be considered under our Disability Confident Interview Commitment where they meet our selection criteria in their application. Some of our roles attract a high volume of applications and in some circumstances where it is not practicable or appropriate, we may limit the number of interviews offered to disabled and non-disabled candidates. We will provide reasonable adjustments as needed.We’re a flexible employer, so this role may suit anyone who’d prefer a flexible arrangement to help their work/life balance, many of our colleagues spend most of their time working remotely. Whilst we prefer a blended approach between a local office, if one is near you, and home we’re open to being flexible on location, occasionally a role may require you to be based in a certain location if that’s the case it will be detailed in the advert or job description. This can be discussed in more detail during your interview.The National Citizens Advice operates from offices in England and Wales, with 4 regional offices based in Cardiff, London, Birmingham and Leeds, therefore all successful applicants must be based within England or Wales.Our commitment to colleague wellbeing is reflected in us being awarded Gold in the Health & Wellbeing category, as well as Overall Winners, at the Employee Experience Awards 2022.Please be aware that Citizens Advice is not a sponsoring organisation. Therefore the successful applicant must already possess the right to work in the UK or be able to secure the right to work in the UK independently.Citizens Advice seeks to redeploy internal staff who are at risk or under notice of redundancy and will prioritise them in the recruitment process where necessary. If you have been confirmed as at risk or under notice of redundancy please ensure you indicate this in the at-risk box in your application.In the event of a high number of applications, we reserve the right to close the application early.This vacancy closes at 23.59 on the closing date.For more information about the organisation, our values and benefits please see the following link –Need help with your application, see our useful how to guides on the following page –

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Location

United Kingdom

Job date

Sat, 07 Sep 2024 01:47:47 GMT

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