Head of Finance - Manchester
Are you a strategic finance leader with a passion for driving business performance?
Do you want to make a real difference to the travelling public of Manchester?
Come and join Transport for Greater Manchester and take the reins as our Head of Finance. You will be at the heart of our financial strategy, guiding us through a period of transformation.
Your Role
You’ll provide excellent leadership to our Finance team as well as:
- Lead and manage the full spectrum of finance activities, from budgeting and forecasting to financial reporting.
- Drive financial planning to support operational excellence and long-term business strategy.
- Partner with senior leadership colleagues to provide data-driven insights and recommendations.
- Oversee financial risk management and ensure regulatory compliance across the transport sector.
- Lead and continue to build the finance team to support and advise into TfGM’s expanding range of activities
- Optimise financial processes to improve efficiency and cost-effectiveness, .driving continuous improvement
Who are we?
TfGM plays a pivotal role in shaping the future of transport across Greater Manchester, influencing millions of daily journeys. Working here means directly contributing to the development of an integrated and sustainable transport network that transforms the region.
Working at TfGM offers a unique blend of public service, innovation, and the chance to make a tangible difference to a major UK city-region.
What you’ll bring
What you do and how you do it is important whatever type of role you work in at TfGM and even small behaviours and actions can have a really big impact. At TfGM, our behaviours bring to life our values of Deliver, Care and Adapt.- Proven experience as a senior finance professional, preferably in the transport or logistics sector.
- A strategic mindset with strong analytical, forecasting, and budgeting skills.
- Professional accounting qualifications (ACA, ACCA, CIMA, CIPFA or equivalent).
- Strong leadership abilities with a track record of managing high-performing finance teams.
- Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills.
What we can offer you
TfGM works closely with local authorities, government bodies, and private sector partners to deliver complex projects. This gives you the unique opportunity to collaborate across sectors and gain valuable experience in cross-industry work.
As part of the finance team at TfGM, you’ll be directly involved in funding and supporting large-scale transport projects that improve infrastructure across Greater Manchester. From managing the financials of new tram lines to funding innovative green transport initiatives, you'll be at the heart of transformative projects that benefit the entire region.
Working at TfGM offers a unique blend of public service, innovation, and the chance to make a tangible difference to the people of Greater Manchester.
Our benefits include:
- A competitive salary depending on skills and experience
- 28 days holiday per annum (plus bank holidays)
- Flexible and hybrid working options to promote and support a good work/life balance
- Free bus, rail or Metrolink travel to and from work within the Greater Manchester boundary
- Local Government Defined Benefit Pension Scheme which includes life cover of 3x your salary and options to increase your pension contributions
- Commitment to learning and personal development and upskilling with reimbursement of professional fees, where essential to the role
- We promote good physical and mental health and can provide additional support to staff via our employee assistance programme when required
What's next?
To apply please submit your CV and also provide a covering letter providing clear examples of how your experience meets the requirements of the role, all appointments will be based on merit.Our short-listing process is anonymised, so please do not include your name or contact details on either of these documents.If any personal details are included these will be visible to the hiring manager.
TfGM is proud to be an equal opportunities employer that encourages and celebrates diversity. We want to recruit and retain a workforce that reflects the communities we serve and welcome individuals from all backgrounds by committing to providing a fully inclusive and accessible recruitment process.We will offer support and reasonable adjustments if required and we also have a Guaranteed Assessment Scheme which you can find out more information on here.
For this opportunity, you must be able to prove you have the right to work in the UK - if in doubt please visit the following linkEmployers' right to work checklist - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk). Please note we are not a licensed sponsor.
Please note we may close the advert early if we receive a high volume of applications.
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