Salford City Council
Business Manager - Highways Construction
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Your talent for taking care of finances can help to keep Salford’s programme of infrastructure improvements on track.
Join us to ensure the smooth financial management of a depot that’s helping to drive the regeneration of Salford. Our in-house city council construction and maintenance teams will depend on your expertise and accuracy to ensure the cost-effectiveness and success of our operations.
You can ensure we are spending money in the right way to make Salford a better place. You will also be encouraged to continue to develop and grow your skills and increase your impact and career potential.
Why join us in Construction Services?
- The feeling of pride in making improvement happen.
- Seeing the difference your support makes to local streets and communities.
- Playing your part in ensuring Salford is a safer, better place to live, work and grow up.
- Large in-house technical team with deep and broad expertise.
- Strong learning culture with a focus on continuous development.
- Dedicated professional and digital skills development programmes, tools and eLearning.
- Use of AI innovation.
- Competitive package, including excellent pension.
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Your role
- Manage the cost collections and administrative finance support to the business.
- Manage contract finances ensuring the construction services causeway cost database (CPA) is set up to meet business requirements.
- Ensure accurate finance recording and reporting for depot operations.
- Ensure the support of effective analysis and reconciliation of cost data and information.
- Manage and process time sheets and payroll for depot operations.
- Identify and provide feedback on errors relating to time sheets, job notes and goods received notes.
- Ensure effective management of stock systems and stock movements.
- Co-ordinate regular stock takes and reconciliations.
- Provide monthly cost reports.
- Collate site cost information and ensure correct allocation to labour, plant and materials.
Your profile
- Experience of administrative activities at a management level within the construction industry with some experience in managing and analysing CPA systems, data and reports (or similar)
- Experience in analysing SAP systems, data and reports (or similar)
- Commercial awareness and acumen with experience in cost management
- A positive and proactive attitude and ability to work with minimal supervision.
- The ability to communicate effectively with colleagues and build good working relationships.
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