Tameside Metropolitan Borough Council
Senior Finance Manager
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Tameside Metropolitan Borough Council
Senior Finance Manager – Adult Services & Public Health
Salary: £51,356 to £54,495
Location: Ashton-under-Lyme
About the Role
Join Our Finance Team - Build your career. Shape our borough. Grow with us.
Tameside Council is transforming its Finance Service to create a modern, ambitious, and highly skilled function. We are building a team that is strategic, forward thinking, and committed to continuous improvement, and we are looking for talented people who want to grow with us.
We are seeking an experienced and values-driven Senior Finance Manager to lead financial support for our Adult Services and Public Health portfolios. This is a pivotal role within the Council, helping to ensure the delivery of vital services that support some of our most vulnerable residents and improve population health outcomes.
Working closely with senior leaders, commissioners, and operational teams, you will provide expert financial advice, challenge, and insight across a complex and high-demand service area. You will play a key role in medium-term financial planning, budget management, and transformation programs, ensuring resources are used effectively to deliver sustainable, high-quality services.
You will also work in partnership with a range of external stakeholders, including health partners and regional bodies, supporting integrated approaches to service delivery and funding. With a strong focus on financial resilience, governance, and innovation, you will help shape services that are responsive, preventative, and outcome-focused.
This role is ideal for a collaborative and strategic finance professional who is passionate about making a real difference in communities and thrives in a dynamic, people-focused environment.
If you're passionate about high-quality financial management and want to work in an organization where your development truly matters, this is your opportunity to apply for a key role in the finance team.
Why Choose Tameside?
A Culture of Learning, Growth, and Progression
A cornerstone of our People Plan is Learning & Growth, and our Finance Development Pathway is designed to support every colleague from Apprentice to Head of Finance to build a meaningful and fulfilling career.
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Here, your career progression is not left to chance. We provide:
- Clear development pathways showing how your role can evolve over time from exploring and expanding your skills to moving sideways for broader experience to progressing into more senior positions.
- Supported qualifications, including AAT, CIPFA, and leadership & management programs.
- A strong culture of development through My Performance conversations, shadowing, mentoring, and structured skills-building.
Opportunities to Move Up and Move Across
Career development isn’t always linear. Our Finance Development Pathway supports:
Moving Up
Progress to the next career step with the right experience and qualifications supported by a wide range of learning and development options.
Moving Sideways
Voluntary rotational opportunities (every two years) let you broaden your experience, expand your knowledge across finance disciplines, and build a stronger professional profile.
Growing in Your Current Role
Take on new learning opportunities, join employee networks, become a Wellbeing Champion, shadow colleagues, or develop specialist interests.
A Supportive, Value-Driven Organization
Our STRIVE values Supportive, Team-focused, Respectful, Innovative, Valued, Empowering shape how we work.
We offer:
- Competitive salary and Local Government Pension Scheme
- 36-hour working week and flexible working
- Access to eLearning, leadership programs, coaching, and a wide array of short courses
- A culture where your contribution is valued and your ideas are heard
The Role
As a Senior Finance Manager, you will be an existing CCAB/CIMA Qualified Accountant with sustained membership who will lead a professional team delivering strategic financial planning, governance, assurance, and value for money outcomes. You will influence major decisions across the Council, strengthen financial integrity, and support organizational transformation.
Key Responsibilities
- Lead, motivate, and develop your finance team, embedding a high-performance culture.
- Oversee the annual revenue budget, MTFS, financial planning, and year-end accounts.
- Provide strategic financial advice to senior officers and elected members.
- Drive improvements, transformation, and innovation in financial management.
- Provide objective challenge and ensure strong financial governance.
- Build strong relationships across services and support long-term planning.
- Provide expertise in dedicated roles that support a number of functions including Treasury Management, Capital Finance, VAT, PFI, Financial Systems Improvements, All Age Commissioning, Adult Services including Client Finance, Public Health, Neighbourhood and Operational Services, Growth, and Regeneration.
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Development & Progression
The Development Pathway provides a structured route to becoming a future Head of Finance, including:
- Leadership & management qualifications
- Strategic leadership development
- Opportunities to mentor future finance professionals
- Exposure to policy and regulatory interpretation
- Projects linked to innovation and service transformation
Our Commitment to Your Progression
To support genuine progression opportunities, all vacancies up to Senior Finance Manager level are initially ringfenced to the Financial Management service, giving internal colleagues priority to step up when ready.
We also recognize that many internal colleagues study alongside their role, so vacancies remain open for up to six months to allow near-complete qualifications to be achieved.
At Tameside, your growth matters, and we back it with real opportunities.
This post is classified as being in a professional job category. As such, the grade for the job has a professional grade development bar, which employees can progress through subject to meeting the following criteria:
- Relevant professional qualification for the job role at Level 6 or above AND a management qualification, AND
- Minimum of 2 years post-qualification experience in the role, AND
- Maintained membership of a regulated body where this is a requirement to practice in the role where applicable, AND
- Professional standards practiced to the highest expected level
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Please use the following link to apply:
For a confidential discussion, please contact:
- Email: brian.gallagher@penna.com
- Phone: 07716 098175
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