Corporate Finance Manager

Northamptonshire Children's Trust; Northampton; Hybrid; GBP 45,000 - 65,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

28 days annual leave plus 8 Bank Holidays

Local Government Pension Scheme with life cover

Employee Assistance Programme

Employee discounts

Flexible working arrangements

Career development opportunities

Subsidised car parking scheme

Job summary

Northamptonshire Children's Trust is seeking a Corporate Finance Manager to strengthen the financial health of vital children’s services. This pivotal role involves leading the corporate finance functions and managing a team of finance professionals. The position is based in Northampton and offers hybrid working arrangements.

The ideal candidate is a qualified CCAB or CIMA accountant with strong team management skills and effective communication abilities. A great benefits package is included, along with extensive learning and development opportunities.

Qualifications

• Experience of working in local government.
• Hands-on experience in year-end accounts, budget setting, and budget monitoring.

Responsibilities

• Lead the corporate finance processes.
• Provide expert financial insight across the organisation.
• Oversee VAT management and cash flow.
• Drive development of finance processes.
• Lead and develop a team of finance professionals.

Skills

CCAB or CIMA qualified accountant

Strong track record of managing teams

Effective communication skills

Knowledge of financial and accounting policies

Education

CCAB or CIMA qualification

Job description

Looking to combine your financial expertise with a meaningful cause? This is your opportunity to step into a pivotal role where your work directly supports better outcomes for children and families.

As a Corporate Finance Manager at Northamptonshire Children’s Trust, you’ll play a central role in maintaining and strengthening the financial health of vital children’s services. Established in November 2020, the Trust is dedicated to delivering the best possible opportunities for children across Northamptonshire, providing children’s social care and targeted early help services on behalf of North and West Northamptonshire Councils.

You’ll join a dynamic and supportive finance team as a senior leader, reporting to the Head of Finance and managing a team of finance professionals. Based in Northampton, this role also offers the flexibility of hybrid working.

If you’re looking for a role where your expertise truly makes a difference, you’ll find it here.

We welcome the opportunity to speak to any interested candidates so please feel free to email: [e-mail] and they can agree a mutually agreeable time to call you.

What will you be doing?

In this role, you’ll take ownership of key corporate finance functions, ensuring everything runs smoothly, efficiently, and to the highest professional standards.

You will:

• Lead the corporate finance processes, ensuring all responsibilities are delivered accurately and on time
• Provide expert financial insight, evaluating and advising on financial implications across the organisation
• Drive the development and continuous improvement of finance processes and procedures
• Oversee VAT management and cash flow across the Trust
• Lead, motivate, and develop a team of finance professionals, fostering a high-performance culture
• Work closely with senior leaders and operational teams, ensuring financial information supports effective decision‑making

This is a strategic and hands‑on role where you’ll have real influence and visibility across the organisation.

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

About you

You will be a CCAB or CIMA qualified accountant with ongoing professional development and experience of working in local government.

You have a strong track record of managing, motivating, and developing teams, ensuring objectives are met

The ability to communicate effectively with professional and technical finance staff, operational managers and external organisations is essential.

You have up‑to‑date knowledge of financial and accounting policies, with hands‑on experience in year‑end accounts, budget setting, and budget monitoring.

Most importantly, you’re someone who wants to make a difference—using your expertise to support services that have a lasting impact on children and families.

When applying please ensure your supporting statement details how you fulfil the essential criteria set out in the person specification as this will be used for shortlisting. You will need to provide a full employment history including any gaps since leaving full time education.

We are committed to continuous improvement, building a skilled, knowledgeable, and flexible workforce alongside promoting innovation and creativity whilst keeping children, young people and families at the heart of all we do.

Benefits

We really value our workforce and offer you a great benefits package including:

• 28 days annual leave, plus 8 Bank Holidays (pro rata for part time) and an additional 5 days, after 5 years
• Local Government Pension Scheme plus immediate life cover (3 times your annual salary from day one) and ill-health pension protection.
• Opportunity to purchase up to 25 days annual leave
• Employee Assistance Programme - We have an employee support programme run by Health Assured, an independent, external organisation. Health Assured is available for you and your immediate family members, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, 365 days a year and includes telephone counselling, legal advice, bereavement support and medical information.
• Employee discounts with local and national retailers, days out, finance, health and beauty, travel and eating out plus lots more.
• Flexible and family working arrangements including enhanced maternity benefits
• A permanent, supportive and inclusive management team where you will be empowered to make good professional decisions
• Extensive Learning & Development and career development opportunities
• Subsidised town centre car parking scheme

About us

At Northamptonshire Children’s Trust, children, young people and families are at the heart of all we do – in every decision we make and every action we take. Our mission is driven by the unwavering commitment to achieving the best outcomes for them. The Trust is wholly owned and funded but operationally independent from the Councils.

Our workforce are our most valuable asset and are pivotal to making the services and support we offer to children, young people and families who need us to be the absolute best we can be.

We value our colleagues and empower them to be able to do the best job of their lives every single day, working in a culture of support and kindness where achievements are celebrated and creativity is very much welcomed.

At NCT equality, diversity and inclusion are part of us and in everything we do, to enable all colleagues to develop and thrive in our organisation. We are a disability confident employer and have a commitment to care leavers who we guarantee an interview if they meet the essential criteria.

Join our dedicated team and be a part of an organisation where your work makes a real difference.