Finance Manager (Deputy S151 officer)

at  Rugby Borough Council

Job description
Rugby Borough Council is dedicated to both Community and Colleague growth. With a focus on wellbeing and personal development, we offer a range of career opportunities where you can take pride in the positive changes you help create. Join an organisation committed to the success of one of the Country’s fastest-growing boroughs and the people who make it thrive.
We have lots of exciting initiatives that are made possible thanks to our strong financial position. The Finance team plays a pivotal role, partnering across all areas of the organisation and working on a diverse range of projects.

We have a fantastic opportunity for you to join us as our Finance Manager to lead and manage our Financial Services function promoting efficiency, high performance, probity, and excellent value for money services.
In this role you will act as the Deputy Section 151 Officer, be the technical lead and support the delivery of our Transformation Agenda.
You’ll assist and report to the Chief Officer Finance & Performance in the operation and development of all financial activities of the Council, playing a crucial role in the delivery of service transformation, driving efficiency and productivity improvements and also the optimisation of income opportunities, to contribute towards the achievement of financial self-sufficiency.