Main purpose of the post: Business Support Manager

To lead, manage, deliver and support a council wide expenditure control process which ensures the council meets its financial objectives in a consistent and highly effective manner. To embed the governance and oversight arrangements and to ensure compliance with the spending controls through to service directorate delivery

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Responsibilities: Business Support Manager

• Lead on and deliver council-wide finance transformation projects, as instructed by the Corporate Director of Finance.
• Work with the Corporate Director of Finance to embed a robust governance arrangements for controlling spending across the council.
• Be responsible for publicising and advising on processes for monitoring and scrutinising all spend across the council to ensure prudent expenditure and value for money for Lambeth residents.
• Build relationships and be able to work flexibility with a range of stakeholders across the council to embed awareness of and compliance with the new process, more consistent ways of working and high quality outputs.
• Engage with service directorates to ensure a consistent approach across the council to procuring and commissioning services.
• Track and develop clear reporting on the councils spend on a monthly, quarterly and annual basis, ensuring transparency for the public and internal grip on performance against allocated budget.
• Produce and maintain guidance for service directorates on ensuring effective spend controls are in place.
• Coach service directorates in good practice in producing and planning directorate expenditure.
• Hold and lead workshops to support service directorates to publicise and embed good spending practices.
• To take personal responsibility for the good use of the councils resources appropriate to the job level and work area.
• To ensure that all actions comply with the Councils policies on diversity and equal opportunities and health and safety.
• To undertake other duties which might be reasonably requested from time to time.

Detailed knowledge of current issues affecting local authorities

Detailed knowledge of business planning processes and methodology

Relevant Experience

Experience of delivering complex projects. Business Support Manager

Track record of building relationships with a wide range of stakeholders, including those at a senior level and the ability to challenge, coach and advise

Experience of working in a complex and political environment

Experience of working in multidisciplinary teams where influence, negotiation and persuasion are needed to achieve successful outcomes

Experience of supporting and delivering projects and programmes, including workshop and meeting facilitation

Experience of devising and maintaining performance reports, digests, dashboards and other tools