Director of Finance (Deputy S.151 Officer)

Overview

In this role, you will help shape the council’s financial strategy and sustainability as a member of the Senior Leadership Team. You will oversee how we deliver finance function and enable transformational change across the organisation. You will provide commercial insight, challenge and high‑level influence to steer financial decisions in support of services and communities. You will drive financial resilience and strategic direction, balancing risk, governance and performance. This is a career‑defining opportunity to lead financial stewardship in a large, complex public sector organisation.

Responsibilities

• Set strategic direction for finance and financial governance
• Safeguard financial sustainability and resilience
• Lead financial planning, reporting and risk management across the organisation
• Influence, challenge and inspire senior stakeholders to drive transformation
• Support redesign of service delivery and enhance financial decision‑making across departments

Key requirements

• commercial awareness
• strategic insight
• influence and stakeholder engagement
• financial governance
• strategic financial planning
• transformational change leadership

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