Job Description

Director of Finance

Full Time – Permanent Opportunity 

Flexible work style 

Salary – £109,269 to £131,207 (Grade 14)

Be part of Wolverhampton – a diverse and inclusive city, packed with passion, pride and endless potential.

At the City of Wolverhampton Council, we’re embarking on the next phase of our journey of transformation and change, ensuring we deliver on the Our City, Our Plan priorities and Our Future Council programme – our proactive and pragmatic response to local government financial challenges.

We’re looking for a confident and inspirational leader to engage with a wide range of stakeholders, to understand their needs and put residents at the heart of everything we do, embracing our ‘One Council’ approach and help to deliver our aspiration that Wulfrunians live longer and healthier lives.

This is an exciting time for you as a strategic thinking problem-solver to join our senior leadership team. To meet the challenges we face as a city and council, the senior leadership team has been aligned to three strategic themes – Organisation, Economy and Families.

We are looking for someone to fill the role of Director of Finance – which sits in the Organisation strategic theme – you will be responsible for a dynamic portfolio of services, putting residents at the heart of what we do while responding to the city and council’s priorities at a time when local government is facing sizeable financial challenges.

• Don’t have local government experience but have significant financial experience – we want to hear from you
• Aspiring to be a Section 151 Officer, with statutory responsibility for the Council’s financial affairs, or want to use your Section 151 Officer experience to ‘challenge’ the norm – we want to hear from you
• Want to be our strategic lead for finance but want to lead in a matrix cross cutting way for our council and city #onecouncil – we want to hear from you

The successful candidate will be accountable for leading a range of services including:

• Strategic Finance (financial advice, budget strategy, final accounts, etc)
• Internal Audit
• Procurement
• Commercial Services
• Revenues and Benefits
• The Hub (payroll, banking etc) and
• You will also be the Council’s Section 151 Officer or aspire to be the Section 151 Officer (as a minimum however, you will be required to be the Deputy Section 151 Officer)

The City of Wolverhampton Council is committed to equality, diversity and inclusion and welcomes your application irrespective of your gender, race, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, age, religion or belief.

If you would like a chat or want to come in to see what it’s like to work in our amazing council and city then please contact Mark Taylor, Deputy Chief Executive via

ma*********@wo***********.uk

Closing date: 15 October 2024

Technical & Stakeholder Interviews: 6 November 2024

Special Appointment Committee Interview: 7 November 2024

For full details of the responsibilities and requirements of this role please see Role Profile

Our working arrangements

All council roles are allocated to either a fixed, field or flexible work style. Some roles are agile which enable and empower employees to maximise their performance and productivity, whilst maintaining a healthy work life balance.  Roles with a fixed workstyle work in a fixed permanent council location.  Roles with a field workstyle are usually allocated where employees are required to be out working in the community with a minimum requirement for ‘touch down’ space at any council location.  Roles with a flexible workstyle have a flexible base location to meet the needs of the business and employees can work from a mixture of home or any council office, partner/client, or external location, as required to meet service requirements.

Please refer to the Job Description for further information on the workstyle assigned to the role you are applying for.

For more information about working for our organisation including the culture of the Council, the Council plan and vision, staff equality forums, core HR policies and much more please click here.

Diversity 

We are committed to building a workforce that is reflective of the diverse community we serve. We want to attract the best applications from people of all backgrounds and underrepresented groups because we strongly believe in adding value through diversity, inclusion, and equality. Our employees enable us to deliver services that are accessible, inclusive, and reflective of Wolverhampton residents.

Our status as a Disability Confident Employer showcases our commitment to people with disabilities or health conditions, advocating for their opportunities and potential.

We’ve received the Stonewall Gold Award, emphasising our dedication to the LGBT+ community by nurturing an inspiring, inclusive, and equal workplace.

As of March 2023, the RACE Code Quality Mark signifies our active engagement with racial equality. These recognitions validate our continuous efforts towards fostering an inclusive work environment that respects and values our diverse employees.

As part of our commitment as a Disability Confident employer, a Gold Award Armed Forces employer and our commitment to supporting care leavers – we offer a guaranteed interview as long as your application meets the essential criteria for the post.

We encourage, inspire and value an inclusive culture here at the council where employees can flourish, thrive and be themselves. We have four staff equality forums for employees to join. These help to ensure our employees have a voice, they feel empowered to speak up and where everyone is treated with respect – Learn more about the staff equality forums here

Recruitment of Ex-Offenders 

We are committed to the fair treatment of all our employees, potential employees, or users of our service regardless of offending background. The Council uses the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) for any vacancies that require a DBS check to obtain information about applicants to assess their suitability for employment in positions of trust. We do not discriminate unfairly against any individual on the basis of a conviction or any other information revealed as a result of a DBS disclosure – Learn more here

Employment Information & Support 

If you are considering applying for an apprenticeship or a role where the salary is (Grade 2-5), and would like to visit us to learn about the application, interview process and what it is like to work for the council, please click on this link to find out more – Learn more here

How to Apply

Job Types: Full-Time. Salaries: 100,000 and above.

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