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Canterbury City Council is a big business with a turnover of more than £100 million and over 900 employees. Rated an Excellent Council, Canterbury is a great place to live and work. If you thrive in a fast-paced environment where Finance is valued as key to organisational success, then, look no further! Canterbury City Council is a high performing authority with an enviable track record of providing excellent services for its residents.
We are now looking for an ambitious and highly effective Head of Finance to join our team and develop innovative solutions to new challenges. In return we will provide you with an excellent opportunity for career growth and development.
Leading our Finance function, you will be responsible for providing financial services across the Council as well as treasury management, procurement, risk management and insurance. Through your understanding of and desire to meet customer needs, you will ensure that the team provides a valued, responsive and flexible service to its customers.
You will be a creative and inspirational manager with proven experience in Local Government Finance, have strong communication, influencing and negotiating skills, be CCAB qualified and have the ability to work with people at all levels of the Council.
To apply for this exciting and rewarding role, please e-mail a copy of your CV to
executiveresponse@prospect-us.co.uk
You can download the ‘Generic’ Job and Person Specification and the Finance Team Structure Chart via the jobs page on the Prospectus website at http://www.prospect-us.co.uk/
If you would like to know more about the role, please contact Darren Meeks at Prospectus on 020 7400 6373 who will be happy to engage you in an informal discussion.
Our conditions include final salary pension scheme plus benefits, flexible working hours and relocation package (where applicable). Our staff benefits package includes flexible annual leave and working arrangements, reduced cost membership of leisure centres in the district, free car parking at work and excellent training and development opportunities.
Closing date: 5pm, Thursday 2nd February 2012.
Tel: 01304 872799
E-mail: jobs.hrpartnership @dover.gov.uk
01843 577175 24/7 answering service (will be re-directed to Dover)