Are you ready to help shape our council’s financial future?

As Accountancy Manager, you’ll lead a respected team of professionals across finance and insurance services. You’ll serve as Deputy Section 151 Officer – working with our Assistant Director of Finance (S151) – and use your financial expertise to deliver a comprehensive and professional accountancy service for Breckland, helping ensure we make the most of our resources to deliver the best possible services to our residents, businesses and visitors.

Working closely with our Corporate Management Team, you’ll play a major role in supporting the Council’s priorities with the Finance Team, ensuring we continue to be financially resilient as a Council while being solution focussed to make the most of the resources we have at a time of significant change.

About you:

We are looking for a fully qualified CCAB accountant with experience in leading a finance service and team and you will be supported by our Assistant Director of Finance (S151).

You will have a full understanding of financial regulations and keep up to date with technical accounting changes and how these impact the organisation, be able to work with a wide range of external stakeholders and partners, have strong management and leadership skills, be highly organised, able to meet tight deadlines and prioritise, constantly look for better ways of doing things and have strong communication and interpersonal skills.

You will take responsibility for producing the annual statement of accounts, the medium-term financial plan and associated budgets, treasury management and investments, be part of the Senior Management Team and be responsible for leading and developing the finance team.

Collaborative; Ambitious; Results Driven; Empowering; Supportive

A bit about us:

At Breckland Council we have embraced the Government's agenda to modernise local government.

Our approach is to lead change rather than follow it, we achieve this by developing our employees to their full potential, providing them with the relevant knowledge, equipment and authority to carry out their duties.

We are a dynamic and innovative organisation that is always testing and learning as we seek to continually improve. Never one to stand still in response to the emergence of new opportunities, changing customer demands, and ongoing funding challenges, we have exciting plans for how we deliver the best possible services to our residents and businesses.

Breckland as a district is a special place nestled in the heart of rural Norfolk, spanning over 500 square miles of beautiful countryside and forest, with 5 Market Towns and c.140k residents. We care, we listen, and we support people and businesses within our district. We are innovative in our approach, coming up with ways to meet the needs of the local communities that we serve.
Through our actions, we want to make things better.

But, we know that we can’t do it alone. We are a collaborative organisation and we work together with others to make a greater impact. We are also an organisation where our employees can grow and develop and are empowered to achieve and succeed. We are proud of our area, and through driving investment and enabling opportunities, we can maximise its full potential. We want to inspire aspiration to live, work, visit, or do business here: we want our district to be one of choice.

We offer excellent conditions of service including a local government pension scheme, an attractive holiday package (30 days plus bank holidays), essential user car allowance and free car parking, remote-enabled working arrangements, as well as an amazing flexible office space. Commitment to talent development, on the job learning and upskilling; training and professional memberships, to keep knowledge and skills up to date.

If you would like an informal chat regarding this role please contact Alison Chubbock by emailing alison.chubbock@breckland.gov.uk

Closing date – 9 am, Monday 7th April 2025

Equal Opportunities
We are committed to being an Equal Opportunities employer, recognising the benefits of sustaining a workforce which reflects the diversity of the community we serve. We welcome applications from anyone who feels they meet the requirements of our vacancies - these are listed as essential requirements on the person specification.