Tameside Council
Location
Tameside, Greater Manchester | United Kingdom
Job description
Contract Type: Permanent
Salary: SMT1 £89,961
Hours: 36 Hours per Week
Base Location: Tameside One, Market Place, Ashton-under-Lyne, OL6 6BH
Closing Date: Sunday 31 March 2024
Assessment Date: Technical Assessment Centre - 11/12 April 2024 (TBC), Stakeholder Interview Panel - 18/19 April 2024 (TBC)
Are you looking for a new challenge? One that stretches you professionally and you know will really turn the dial on delivering better outcomes for residents? If you are CCAB/CIMA qualified with leadership and management experience in similar organisations to Local Authorities, look no further.
Tameside is one of the ten local authorities that make up Greater Manchester. We are nestled between the buzz of Manchester City Centre and the beauty of the Peak District, both on our doorstep.
With an Inclusive Growth Strategy designed to support regeneration across our nine towns and an ethos of continuous improvement and driving out value for money for our residents and businesses has seen the Council set out on a journey to improve and transform over the last 2 years. Levelling Up Fund grants have been received for Ashton-under-Lyne, Stalybridge and Denton and offer the successful candidate a unique opportunity to help deliver strategic regeneration on a District-wide scale.
As the lead for the financial management culture in the authority, you will support Senior Leaders and Elected Members in setting the Medium Term Financial Strategy (MTFS), with a focus on better outcomes aligned to our new Corporate Plan. You will embed self-service and upskill the organisation, ensuring all the opportunities of business partnering are taken.
You will lead of team of around thirty finance professionals, covering business partnering and the corporate finance function. You will collaborate closely with the Assistant Director for Exchequer Services, the Assistant Director for ICT & Digital, the Assistant Director of STAR Procurement and the Head of Assurance as part of the Resources Leadership Team. You will be a crucial member of our Assistant Directors Delivery Group and attend Senior Leadership Team as and when required.
The Council is in a reasonable financial position and has the opportunity to remain so. Holding reserves for transformation and digital investments to drive transformation presents you with the opportunity to demonstrate real organisational returns on investment, underpinned by sound decision making with a fully formed awareness of risk and reward.
It is critical that you ensure the MTFS is delivered. Establishing a financially sustainable future will involve embedding our new culture of financial accountability across the organisation. This will need clear financial management balancing challenge and support; honesty and transparency; resilience, drive, and tenacity aligned to judgement. Building highly productive and positive relationships across the Council will be key.
Whilst the role needs to work across the Council as a trusted advisor and “hold up the mirror” through constructive challenge, you will have to work more closely with certain Directorates from time-to-time based on need, such as Children’s Services. You will have a significant corporate profile, licence to operate across the council and visibility across Greater Manchester, attending the GM Treasurers’ meetings on behalf of the Director of Resources as required.
You will have an evidenced record of success, but you do not need to have Local Government experience. We are looking for ability, drive and transferable skills. If you are in Local Government – brilliant – but it is not a prerequisite of the role. We need you to be strong on governance and probity, an excellent communicator who can demonstrate strong judgement at senior level and be a credible leader.
The role represents a real opportunity for someone who is looking to set themselves up as a Section 151 Officer for the future.
This position is subject to Standard DBS Procedures.
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Ref No: DPT489
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£89.96k per annum
