Finance Manager

Key responsibilities of the Finance Manager will include:

• Provide strategic financial leadership and expert advice to support robust decision-making and long-term financial sustainability
• Lead finance business partnering across designated directorates, ensuring high-quality financial planning, monitoring, forecasting and performance management
• Support the development and delivery of the Council's Medium-Term Financial Strategy
• Lead financial input to major transformation programmes, service redesign, capital investment and strategic initiatives
• Provide oversight and assurance for capital programmes, external funding, grants and investment activity
• Build and maintain effective relationships with internal and external partners, representing the Finance Service in key committees, boards and partnership forums

Required experience/qualifications for the Finance Manager position:

• Professional Accountancy qualification
• Recent Local Government experience
• Ability to work on site in the Southwest at least 3 days per week