Job Description

Salford City Council

Salford Civic Centre

Chorley Road

Swinton

M27 5AW

Finance Manager

Grade: 5A \xc2\xa349,590 - \xc2\xa351,225 per annum

Working Hours: 36 hours per week

Location: Salford Civic Centre Swinton

Contract Type: Permanent

Closing Date: 20th August 2023, 10pm

Shortlisting Date: 22nd August 2023

Interview Date: 30th August 2023

About us

The Financial team is a centralised finance team working closely with the Services to provide financial advice and expertise. You will play a crucial role in supporting the objectives of the Finance Team in building relationships, maintaining value for money and coming up with new and innovative ways of working.

We currently have an exciting vacancy within our team to enable us to continue to build on our success and also bring new experience, knowledge and ideas into the team.

We work in a hybrid way, mixing working days in the office with working in a home environment. As part of this team you will be expected to work from the office as part of a team for a minimum of two days per week.

You will work alongside the Commercial Finance Manager and be responsible for the effective delivery of cost management, budget review and highlighting efficiencies across the revenue budgets of the Place and Service Reform Directorates, together with your team of highly skilled Senior Accountants, Accountants and Graduate Trainees.

About you

If you have a high performing track record of achieving solutions, you\xe2\x80\x99re looking to make a difference and want to be part of a strong team culture we would like to hear from you. We are looking for an enthusiastic individual who can operate as part of a team delivering results in support of the wider finance team. You will be proactive, dynamic, motivated and have the drive to meet strict deadlines. You will be a fully qualified accountant (or qualified through experience) who enjoys a fast moving, dynamic workload, with significant accounting and commercial experience involving funding models; management accounting; budgeting and forecasting. You will also have significant experience in business partnering across multiple finance and non-finance teams; preparing budgets and forecasts; have strong communication skills (both written and verbal); and the ability to engage with a diverse range of stakeholders using a variety of forms of communication. Previous knowledge of working in a Local Authority is not necessarily required.

About the role

The role will support the Revenue Finance team in the following key tasks:

• You will develop and maintain financial monitoring systems.
• You will support the strategic finance manager and service management team in developing budget strategies.
• You will prepare, analyse, interpret and present financial information to contribute to the preparation of accounts, statutory returns and reports on financial performance.
• You will support, advise, direct, coach and supervise more junior colleagues and undertake quality reviews of their work to ensure that standards and deadlines are met.

About your benefits

You will be welcomed into a friendly environment where your personal and professional development will be encouraged and you will have the opportunity to work and grow in a values based organisation where people are at the heart of everything we do. We promote a positive permission culture, empowering you to make a difference. Your opinions matter to us and you will have the opportunity to shape how we do things through our Salford 100 employee group and our employee led redesign approach. Your work-life balance and wellbeing are important to us so you will have access to a range of benefits including flexible working, green travel, pension and salary sacrifice schemes. In addition to this we offer a range of health and wellbeing options to suit your needs.

Continuous service commitment

New employees can now keep their service related benefits when moving between a whole host of public sector organisations within Greater Manchester, which include: Councils, NHS, Greater Manchester Fire and Rescue, Transport for Greater Manchester, as well as many others.

Diversity and Inclusion

We are committed to developing a culture which respects individuals, appreciates difference and allows everyone regardless of background to reach their full potential. We are proud to be an accredited disability confident employer and a Stonewall Diversity Champion. We understand how hard it can be to combine caring for a loved one with work so we aim to provide support and flexibility to balance family and caring responsibilities with work

Our core data protection obligations and commitments are set out in the council\xe2\x80\x99s primary Recruitment and Employment Privacy Notice which can be found at

We have made a commitment to improve the employment opportunities for people with disabilities, care leavers, carers, and ex-military personnel by way of a Guaranteed Assessment Scheme. Our application forms ask you to indicate if you meet any of the criteria within this scheme, and so to find out more and if you qualify please visit:

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