About the Role

Priority Candidates will be considered in the first instance

Wigan Town Hall
Library Street
Wigan
WN1 1YN

Salary: Grade 14, £58,344 - £62,434 per annum

37 hours per week

Your role:

An exciting opportunity has arisen to be a key part of Wigan’s award winning and innovative finance team. You will be responsible for the provision of strategic financial advice and support to our Adult Social Care and Health Directorate, working in partnership with the service to enable the delivery of transformation plans that support the budget strategy and ensure the effective use of resources.

Reporting to the Assistant Director of Finance, you will manage and lead the adult social care part of the Council’s finance function, ensuring a strong relationship model of financial support.

About you:

You will be an experienced finance professional with a strong knowledge of local government and adult social care finance able to support the delivery of key transformation and efficiencies.

You will have a proven ability to build trusting relationships with key stakeholders at all levels and possess excellent communication and leadership skills.

The successful candidate will also be a highly motivated team player with a strong alignment to our TeamWigan values and behaviours be positive, accountable, courageous and kind.

You must hold a full accountancy qualification and be able to evidence full CCAB membership.

About us:

Wigan Council has been voted ‘Overall Council of the Year’ at the APSE (Association for Public Service Excellence) Awards. We are signed up to the Greater Manchester Continuous Service Commitment ensuring that your service will be continuous or 'unbroken' between the supporting organisations.

Wigan Council is an amazing and rewarding place to work. You will be joining our high performing and valued finance team at an exciting time as the Council embarks on a new era for change through Progress with Unity that sets out our key missions and the principles for how we work in partnerships with the community, businesses and other public services to improve opportunities and outcomes for our residents in a way that supports financial sustainability.

Here at Wigan, we are proud to support flexible working patterns, when the service can accommodate this. We also take a blended approach to where we work, depending on the work we do. This may include working from home (My Place), the office (Our Place) or the community (Your Place). We like to thank our employees for their hard work and commitment by giving them the opportunity to access a range of exclusive rewards and benefits click here to find out more about working for #TeamWigan.

Wigan Council prides itself on equality, inclusion and promoting diversity within the borough and aims to recruit a workforce that reflects our diverse communities. We invest in training and developing our staff, in a positive learning environment, and aim to be a consciously inclusive employer. We welcome applications from everybody in the community and would particularly encourage applicants from our underrepresented groups to apply. At Wigan, it is really important to us that applicants demonstrate our Team Wigan behaviours, and we do all we can to make sure that everyone feels like they belong. We have guidance in place to ensure that all applicants are treated fairly and consistently at every stage of the recruitment process.

To be appointable in this role you must be able to prove you have the right to work in the UK. If this right to work is on a temporary basis, please contact the recruiting manager to discuss further, prior to submitting an application. If you are unsure, please visit the below link to check you qualify to apply. Please note, at present we are not a licenced sponsor. Prove your right to work to an employer: Overview - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)

For further information, please contact Leon Bergman on 01942 489 467 or e-mail L.Bergman@wigan.gov.uk

Interview date: Monday 23rd September 2024