My Local Government client is looking for a permanent Finance Manager, with a background in adults, to join the team. Reporting into the Finance Business Partner, you will be a CCAB qualified accountant with a background in local government finance as well as adults and public health. As a Finance Manager, your role will be to provide financial advice and guidance to managers to improve business performance and the delivery of the corporate vision, priorities and values. In addition to this you will take a proactive approach in managing and delivering timely financial and management accounting services including budgeting, medium- and long-term financial planning, project support, forecasting, in-year financial reporting (including the closure of the annual accounts) and control. Day to day you will be responsible for duties including: - Lead on the co-ordination and production of the in-year monitoring reports, ensuring key monthly financial monitoring tasks assigned are achieved to a high quality, consolidating service finance business partner reports on a monthly basis and producing clear, high quality, easy to read corporate financial positions reports (both on a monthly exception and quarterly detailed basis).- Lead on the collation of detailed revenue budgets including growth and transformation cost/efficiency programmes for inclusion within the council''s budget and in line with the MTFP.- Update and publish the annual budget monitoring timetable each year, briefing