Overview
Reference: REQ0232
Description: Stroud District Council is seeking an Accountancy Manager & Deputy S151 Officer. If you’re an experienced CCABqualified accountant with strong leadership skills and a passion for public service, this is an exciting opportunity to make a real difference for our residents, communities, and services.
About the Role
As our new Accountancy Manager & Deputy S151 Officer, you will be responsible for the overall control and monitoring of the Council’s financial position, providing high-quality, proactive and efficient advice to all of the Council’s services, ensuring robust financial governance and insightful reporting.
You will act as a key advisor to senior leaders and elected Members and will deputise for the S151 Officer, undertaking statutory responsibilities and helping to steer the organisation through a complex and everchanging financial landscape.
This role offers the chance to lead technical accounting functions, drive improvements, and support strategic projects. The successful candidate will be:
A qualified accountant – CCAB or equivalent
Will have significant management level experience in a finance environment
Possessstrong communicationand presentation skills, including interpreting financial data to individualswithout a financial background
Willpossessa high levelof skill in dealing with technical accounting issues
A good knowledge of accounting codes of practice
People management experience (including leading, motivating, directing, inspiring and developing others)
An understanding of administrative processes and systems necessary to fulfil legal requirements.
Excellent communication skills both written and verbal
Ability to manage complex individual and team workloads
Ability to work in a politically sensitive environment
This roleis responsible formanaging and directing all aspects of the finance team’s work including budget setting and monitoring, accounts production, treasury management and financial systems and willbe responsible forleading the team to continue to deliver and develop.
About us
Stroud District Council is a great place to work. We are a friendly, welcoming team, passionate about the work that we do to make a positive difference for the communities we serve. We place our communities at the heart of everything we do, and work to continuously improve the services we provide for our residents, tenants and businesses. We care about each other too and are known for our positive approach to flexible working, our family-friendly policies, and our commitment to the health and wellbeing of our staff and to equality, diversity and inclusion.
If you would like an informal discussion about the role please contact Lucy Clothier, Strategic Head of Finance and S151 Officer, at lucy.clothier@stroud.gov.uk
INTERVIEW DATE: Friday 20th March
In exchange for your expertise, experience and enthusiasmwe provide a range of staff benefits. Please click here for more information:https://www.stroud.gov.uk/jobs-and-careers/benefits-of-working-for-us
A local government reorganisation is planned for Gloucestershire, which may result in changes to structures and services. Potential changes are provisionally timetabled for April 2028. We are committed to supporting all employees through this transition and ensuring continuity of employment wherever possible. Joining us now means you’ll be part of shaping an exciting new chapter for local government.
It is important that our staff reflect the diversity of our community, and we therefore welcome and encourage applications from people of all genders and sexual orientation, those from Black, Asian and other minority ethnic backgrounds, and people with disabilities.
Responsible recruitment practices for safeguarding are in place within the Council’s HR policies and processes. This is part of our commitment as a Council to safeguard the welfare of vulnerable adults, young people, and children.
Stroud District has an energy unlike any other place.It’s green and dynamic, climate conscious and motivated, creative and collaborative, and unapologetically ambitious.To find out more about what makes our place, our people and our businesses so special, please follow the link to our dedicated website:Stroud District – The Natural Place
Region:
Location: Ebley Mill – Stroud
Salary: *GBP*58,852 per annum
Package: Excellent pension scheme – Flexi Working Scheme – Hybrid working approach – Employee Wellbeing Offer – For more information please see the benefits section on our website
Contractual hours: 37
Basis: Permanent
IMPORTANT: Before applying for this role, please make sure you have the right to work in the country where the role is based. Unless it clearly stipulates within in the job advert above that the hiring company is looking to or able to sponsor applicants it is deemed that the hiring employer will only consider applications from those able to comply with and work in the country where the role is based.
