Director of Finance & Corporate Resources

Job Description

Huntingdonshire District Council (HDC) is passionate about providing high quality services to our communities, residents and businesses and this means we need to employ and retain the most talented and dedicated people. Situated within the heart of the Cambridge-PeterboroughGrowth Area, Huntingdonshire is a beautiful district that boasts thriving market towns and many attractive villages, each with its own identity. We are an innovative and forward-thinking Local Authority whose residents are at the heart of our decision making.Our Corporate Resources functions ensure we have the right support as an organisation to deliver effective services to our residents and partners. As Director youll be responsible for ensuring delivery of those support services across the council that helpus to achieve our best ambitions as a District.The services under your remit include Human Resources, Finance; Procurement; H&S; Risk & Audit; Facilities; Commercial Estates; Elections & Democratic Services. You will have expert service managers running eacharea, and you will come with a background in leading large services, along with strong leadership skills, drive and resilience.As the strategic lead for our Finance and Corporate Services functions youll enable and get the best from people through showcasing effective leadership and innovation. Working collaboratively, youll ensure the Corporate resources constantly deliver, lookingat ways to transform and simplify our approaches, so our efforts are directed where we make the most difference.As the Section 151 Officer for the council you will have a key role in contributing to corporate management and leadership, advising the Council on financial strategy, providing sound financial advice to elected members and leadership, ensuring that we maintainstrong financial management underpinned by effective financial controls. To be considered for the role, it is essential that you are a fully professionally qualified CCAB Accountant or equivalent.Please note that this is a politically restricted post.Should you wish to have an informal conversation with Jo Lancaster our MD prior to making a formal application please contact the recruitment team, whose contact details can be found on our website.We want to employ staff who embody our icare values (Inspiring, Collaborative, Accountable, Respectful, Enterprising) all of which support our ultimate purpose of putting our customers first.TO APPLY A full job description along with details of how to apply can be downloaded from our website, search Current Vacancies at Huntingdonshire District Council.Closing date for completed applications is 27th April 2022 at midday and interviews will be held in our offices in Huntingdon on 16th May 2022.Please note that the official closing date is as above and will be the correct date. Some third party websites may have different dates so please always refer to the HDC website for the official closing date to ensure you do not miss out on applying.For many of our roles (and where it is possible) we are currently working remotely and anticipate in the future returning to a hybrid office model on a flexible basis. This will still include work from home and flexi-time opportunities in order to providea good work life balance whilst still ensuring that teams benefit from in person interaction. Candidates should therefore be within commutable distance of our offices in Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire or able to attend meetings as required if further afield.As an employer who values diversity of thought, we seek to employ candidates from a range of backgrounds in order to make our organisation more innovative. We are seeking candidates who are looking for their next career opportunity and are a supportive employer,enabling our staff to work in an environment that produces high standards of work in an employee-led environment.Equality, diversity and inclusion is at the heart of our recruitment and along with our values we are committed to creating an inclusive working environment, where diversity is valued and there is equality of opportunity. We therefore welcome applicationsfrom all sections of the community and we offer a range of benefits, including flexitime, to encourage a work life balance.Our benefits include:

• A highly competitive Local Government Pension Scheme Pension
• An array of services, networks and training to support your health and wellbeing such as Mental Health First Aiders and access to our Employee Assistance Programme which includes financial guidance, wellbeing support and family counselling, amongst otherservices.
• Generous holiday entitlement dependent upon length of service
• Heavily discounted gym membership at our One Leisure Centres and Training Shed One Leisure
• Tailored learning and development on an individual basis including access to Bookboon which has over 1500 resources dedicated to development
• Career progression opportunities including apprenticeships of all levels
• Enhanced policies in many areas
• Flexi time & hybrid working (role permitting)
• Cycle to work scheme
• Occupational Health Programme
• Digital Parking Permit
• Long Service Award