Strategic Finance Manager

We have an exciting opportunity for an enthusiastic individual who would like to join our Financial Services Team as a Strategic Finance Manager. Lincolnshire County Council has a culture and track record of efficient and effective financial management. The Council is reporting a balanced financial position for 2024/2025, delivering services within our financial envelope. Become a key member of our team, delivering for Lincolnshire and support the Council to continue to take the necessary decisions to promote financial sustainability for Lincolnshire services. You will be joining our team as we launch our new workforce strategy, a strategy which puts our people at the heart of our service. We are creating a learning environment which encourages continuous personal and professional development. This will ensure we have the right people with the right skills to support the Council to move forward in the challenging financial climate. The Role As a Strategic Finance Manager, you will build relationships to deliver effective strategic financial planning and performance management, assessing financial risk and influencing actions to mitigate the risk across the diverse range of activities/services. This role will provide effective financial planning, modelling, and monitoring into teams that manage the highway network, maintaining the infrastructure to meet the transportation and economic needs. Teams that shape and control the environment including effective and efficient waste disposal, flood management and public transport systems and promote the cultural offer of the County. People who provide leadership in business support, skills and inward investment priorities and the Lincolnshire Fire & Rescue service who are dedicated to making our communities a safer place to live, work and visit. You will create and continuously evolve a sound and compliant financial control environment to ensure the effective management of resources in accordance with statute, the rules and regulations of the Council and the commissioning strategies. Through use of influencing skills, and the provision of evidence based, technical financial advice and guidance, you will contribute to the delivery of services within the financial resource available, presenting options to resolve problems, minimise risk and exploit opportunities. You will use your excellent technical and people skills and your extensive experience to create, structure and oversee delivery of opportunities for implementing alternative service solutions, maximising the benefits and efficiencies to the council and delivering the best outcomes for the people and place of Lincolnshire. As Strategic Financial Manager, you will be part of the extended Financial Services leadership team. As such you will support the implementation of the workforce strategy ensuring development of a structure which encourages professional development and provides opportunities to improve skills to meet the needs of the service.

To succeed in this role, you will have a blend of excellent technical and people skills and a passion for continued professional development. You will demonstrate excellent leadership skills with experience of creating a learning environment to encourage continuous improvement. Your ability to listen, interpret, influence, and challenge respectfully means that colleagues see you as trusted partner and involve you in supporting them to drive their services forward. The successful candidate will be experienced in balancing multiple responsibilities, prioritising based on urgency and service/customer need adapting quickly to the changing environment. You will hold a CCAB/CIMA qualification. You will be able to think innovatively and utilise your expert analytical skills to methodically breakdown complex financial problems and articulate potential solutions clearly and without jargon. You will be a role model, reflecting the Councils values and behaviours, helping the team to develop in a dynamic environment and to respond positively and creatively to changing expectations, Disability Confident About Disability Confident A Disability Confident employer will generally offer an interview to any applicant that declares they have a disability and meets the minimum criteria for the job as defined by the employer. It is important to note that in certain recruitment situations such as high-volume, seasonal and high-peak times, the employer may wish to limit the overall numbers of interviews offered to both disabled people and non-disabled people. For more details please go to Disability Confident.

The team work on a hybrid basis, with, on average, two days of the week spent connecting in the office and three days of the week home based. This role would be expected to work within these arrangements. Rewards and Benefits Along with a competitive salary we are offering; -

• A Contributory pension
• Comprehensive benefits package including excellent discount schemes and cycle to work
• Sodexo Discounts and Benefits Scheme
• Flexible working policies
• Career progression opportunities
• A generous leave entitlement with the option to buy more
Further details can be found here Rewards and benefits - Lincolnshire County Council Next Steps