Job Introduction
About Us
Bradford Children and Families Trust was established in April 2023 to enhance the quality and delivery of Children’s Services across our district. Our purpose is clear, to ensure that our promise to improve the lives of children and young people in Bradford becomes a reality. It’s a tough ask. It requires dedication, determination, and resilience – but under a new Chief Executive, Senior Leadership team and an unswerving drive to deliver the best outcomes, we are confident that we’ll achieve our ambition – and you, yours. We have already made significant strides towards becoming more financially viable and driving continuous improvement in service delivery, but there is more work to be done.
So, if you’re up for the challenge we’d love to hear from you!
About The Role
The Trust has a hybrid model of working, with staff being expected to work two to three days in the office each week, with the remaining days being worked from home, subject to the needs of the service.
We are looking for a confident and skilled Principal Accountant to work in our Finance Team. Our objective is to deliver a first-class financial service to Directors and their managers, with a view to ensuring the delivery of a balanced budget, and excellence in terms of service delivery and financial decision making.
Reporting to the Finance Business Partner, your role will consist of working with managers and budget holders to manage and monitors budgets; produce and maintain forecasts; support and manage the activities of the Finance Business Partnering Team.
Key Responsibilities
- Support the Finance Business Partner to provide a comprehensive, professional financial support service to managers and budget holders.
- To prepare financial reports for Directors and their management teams.
- To ensure the provision of accurate, timely and relevant information, linking it to performance information to support business needs.
- To identify business solutions whilst ensuring principles of best value, value for money and risk management are embedded in service delivery.
- To develop and promote more effective ways of delivering the financial service to meet the needs of business users.
- To promote the finance function by making an effective contribution to the Finance Business Partnering Team.
About You
You will be a qualified (ACCA/CIMA/ACA) accountant and with experience of business partnering and stakeholder engagement, you will have relevant experience in a financial management environment and knowledge of the current and emerging Government legislation & statutory regulations and other key operational initiatives and directives affecting the public sector. Strong interpersonal skills are also a requirement for this role.
Benefits:
- Generous employer contributions in a Local Government Pension Scheme
- Competitive salary and pay progression structure
- Supportive carer and parental policies
- Enhanced maternity, paternity and adoption leave
- Access to Occupational Health and confidential counselling services
- Supportive staff networks
- Access to Blue Light Card discounts
- Professional development/support
- Career progression
- Enhanced annual leave entitlement
- Hybrid working options subject to service need
Next Steps
The closing date for this role is 16th March 2025 with interviews taking place during week commencing 24th March 2025. For any queries, please contact Raj Singh (Mob: 07582 102780) or Carol Harris (Mob: 07484 951502).
Interview Location: Sir Henry Mitchell House, 4 Manchester Road, Bradford, BD5 0QL