Corporate and Technical Finance Manager

Leicestershire County Council; Leicester; Hybrid; GBP 63,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

A local government organization in England is seeking a Corporate and Technical Finance Manager. You will manage the finance team, ensure compliance with accounting standards, and provide strategic financial advice.Key requirements include a CCAB qualification and substantial experience in local government financial management. This role offers a competitive salary and a hybrid working arrangement.

Qualifications

• Considerable post qualification experience working in local government financial management.
• Proven track record in managing effective finance services.
• Understanding of Local Authority financial accounting.

Responsibilities

• Manage the Corporate and Technical Finance Team.
• Coordinate the production of the Council’s Financial Statements.
• Assist in interpreting financial implications of government policy.

Skills

Financial Management

Local Authority Accounting

Team Leadership

Stakeholder Engagement

Financial Systems Knowledge

Education

CCAB or equivalent qualification

Job description

Organisation: Leicestershire County Council

Work Location: County Hall, Glenfield, LE3 8RA

Worker Category: Hybrid Worker

Salary: £63,027 - £69,342 per annum

Working Hours: 37

Contract Type: Permanent

Closing Date: 30 November 2025

Interview Date(s): Week Commencing 8th December 2025

Following the promotion of the existing postholder an excellent opportunity has arisen as the Corporate and Technical Finance Manager at Leicestershire County Council.

About the Role

The role manages the Corporate and Technical Finance Team; that coordinates the production of the Council’s financial statements and Medium Term Financial Strategy, provides a Systems Accountancy and Reporting function, Treasury Management, Banking, and a financial advice service including Taxation.

A key element of the role is the management of the production of the Council’s financial statements, ensuring compliance with accounting standards and legislation and all key deadlines are met.

Main duties and responsibilities include:

• Co-ordinating the production of the Council’s Financial Statements; including information for reports, publications, statistical returns and benchmarking, and leading on the provision of information to the external auditor.
• Co-ordinating the production of the Medium Term Financial Strategy.
• Co-ordinating the corporate monitoring of the Revenue Budget and Capital Programme, including leading on capital financing and accounting.
• Assisting the Head of Finance in interpreting and providing advice on the financial implications of government policy and legislation and the provision of financial information or advice to Members, Chief Officers in the strategic planning process.
• Managing the development and maintenance of accounting systems ensuring the accuracy and integrity of the general ledger system, including the chart of accounts, the reconciliation of the Council’s main bank accounts and system control accounts.
• Develop and support continuous financial improvement initiatives including the promotion of standardised and consistent compliant financial processes across the Council.
• Manage the corporate banking, treasury management and taxation requirements of the Council, including contract management with providers and specialist advisors.
• Develop effective working relationships internally and with external partners/bodies representing the Council’s interests at meetings. Provide strategic advice and financial information ensuring a consistent approach to delivering Council priorities.

The nature of the work may involve the jobholder carrying out work outside of normal working hours.

About You

To apply for this post, you must evidence that you meet the following criteria in your application:

• CCAB or equivalent qualification and membership of the relevant body.
• Demonstrate that you have considerable post qualification experience working in local government financial management and understanding of Local Authority financial accounting.
• A proven track record in managing and delivering effective finance services, especially corporate financial services, which meet organisational strategic outcomes and performance management targets, including leading, developing and motivating a team of financial accountants.
• Experience of innovative thinking at a senior level in a complex multidisciplinary organisation and providing advice accordingly, including developing effective working relationships with finance professionals and non-financial professionals to ensure business and financial objectives are met.
• Experience and knowledge of how financial systems can support efficient service delivery and continuous improvement.
• Demonstrates an appropriate level of influence and persuasion and is able to argue own case and can communicate technical financial information to non-finance specialists in an easily understandable way, both in written form and face to face.
• Works co-operatively across team, service, organisational and partnership boundaries to improve performance and a customer-focused approach with a focus on effectiveness and efficiency of service delivery.

You must also have an understanding of, and commitment to, equality, diversity and inclusion.

In addition, we also expect you to share our commitment to our values and will ask you to evidence when you have demonstrated them as part of the selection process.

Reasonable adjustments will be considered for applicants with a disability.

Interested in Flexible Working?

We are keen to support employees to balance their working life with other commitments. Therefore, wherever possible, we will consider working arrangements that suit an individual\'s personal circumstances whilst still meeting the needs of the Council. If you would like to discuss the possible flexible working options that might be applicable to this role, please contact the person named below. This may include requests for term-time working, part-time hours, compressed hours, flexible start and finish times, home/remote working, etc.

Every role within the Council has a defined working style which determines where they can work. The worker category applicable to this post is detailed in the above advert. You can find out more about our worker categories in the Our Working Styles page on our career site.

For more information or an informal discussion, please contact:

Jason Firth, Head of Finance

Telephone: [phone]

Email: [e-mail]

How to Apply

Leicestershire County Council is an inclusive organisation which is on a journey to embed and celebrate equality, diversity and inclusion at every level. We warmly welcome and encourage applications from people of all backgrounds, as having a diverse workforce with different perspectives and ideas is fundamental to our values and enriches the services we offer our communities. We particularly welcome applicants from Ethnically Diverse and LGBTQ+ communities and people with disabilities to create a balanced workforce and one that reflects the communities we serve. Applicants with a disability who meet the criteria listed in the \'About You\' section above will be offered an interview under the Disability Confident Employer Scheme.

To apply for this job, please click on the apply button. You will need to upload a supporting statement as part of your application which explains how you meet the criteria listed in the \'About You\' section above. For more information, see the How to Apply section on our career site.

We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications for the role. Therefore, if you are interested, please submit your application as early as possible.

If you have any technical issues when trying to apply for this post or you want to request an application pack in an alternative format, please contact our Employee Service Centre by telephoning 0300 3030222 (select option 2) or raising a ticket via our online portal: https://emss.org.uk/support.

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