Senior Manager – Children’s Finance
Are you passionate about contributing to the best start for children and young people?
Covering an area of 354 square miles with 344,000 residents, the local authority is located at the heart of the North West of England. With strong urban and rural communities. Chester, the borough’s city, is a site of historical importance as one of the UK’s best‐preserved walled cities.
Cheshire West and Chester Council is a place where everyone can Thrive – through their core values of Teamwork, Honesty, Respect, Innovation, Value for Money and Empowerment. Join a committed and dedicated finance team as a Senior Manager for Children’s Finance.
You will be responsible for overall financial management and business partnering support for a gross budget of £335m (including DSG) across the following service areas –
- Children’s Social Care
- Early Help & Prevention
- Education & Inclusion
The postholder will lead a team of staff with responsibility for providing a wide range of financial services, including the provision of specialist and strategic advice and information and support to key transformation programmes, using a business partnering approach. The role will involve working in close partnership with the Children’s Services Leadership team, Senior Finance Officers, Schools and Members.
It is a hugely exciting time to take on responsibility for the financial management of the Children & Families function, with a number of significant transformation programmes underway to deliver as part of our 2024-28 MTFS.
You will be a CCAB Qualified Accountant with extensive finance business partnering experience at a local authority or similar, with Children’s Service experience being highly beneficial. However, we are happy to speak with candidates across the public sector disciplines.
We are looking for a passionate and resilient manager, who can build strong working relationships across finance, children’s services and external partners in order to deliver results and ensure the financial sustainability of children’s services.
If you would like to find out more about the role or explore an application please contact Will Thomson – willthomson@ivyrockpartners.com – 07392 653 878
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