About the Team and the Role

Warwickshire County Council (WCC) are seeking an ambitious and motivated individual to join our thriving Finance function and help support the Council through an exciting and challenging period of change. You will be joining a Finance team that has been nominated twice in the last three years in the prestigious Public Finance Awards ‘Public Sector Finance Team of the Year’ category. Finance is at the heart of everything we do at WCC and we want you to play a pivotal role in enhancing this offering.

The Finance Projects team within the Finance function has a vision to “work collaboratively to enable, inspire and assure brilliant and responsible decision making to deliver optimum impact for Warwickshire”. The team have identified and delivered a number of projects over recent years including the migration of the ERP to the Cloud, implementation of new invoice scanning technology, supporting new funding schemes to support the Council’s climate change aspirations and exploring the use of automation and AI in financial services, amongst many other.

Similarly, the Finance Systems team are responsible for maintaining and developing our key financial systems, including our Unit4 Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) tool. Over the last 24 months we have moved our ERP to the Cloud and have developed new forecasting and data reporting tools, but we are keen to further maximise the use of our ERP and utilise its functionality to support improved decision making.

We are looking for a Finance Projects and Systems Service Manager to lead these two teams and help the Council in delivering against its Council Plan and associated Strategic Priorities. You will need the right balance between technical accountancy expertise, alongside an ability to engage and build relationships at all levels of the organisation and with external stakeholders. The successful applicant will be able to demonstrate a proactive attitude and a desire to lead and deliver transformative change, with a focus on embracing new technologies to improve processes.

If this sounds like you and the challenge you’ve been looking for, we’d welcome a conversation!

For further information please see the Job Description and Person Specification below;

Finance Projects and Systems Service Manager

Working for Warwickshire – This is the difference you make 

Warwickshire County Council is a place where everyone feels?valued, included, safe, supported,?and?welcome. Our people are at the heart of this vision, could you be one of them!? 

At Warwickshire County Council we are committed to ensuring Warwickshire’s economy is vibrant and supported by the right jobs, training, skills and infrastructure.  Our people vision for Warwickshire County Council is a great place to work where diverse and talented people are enabled to be their best.  

Your future matters to us, we provide a generous pension scheme which includes an employer contribution rate of typically around 19 percent per month, to help support your financial security during retirement. The scheme also offers a valuable package of benefits for members and their dependants. To find out more please visit:

Warwickshire Pension Fund homepage – Warwickshire Pension Fund'   

The benefits we offer include agile working, a valuable part of the pay and reward package for employees working in local government, generous annual leave entitlement, plus bank holidays and an additional day at Christmas, and access to Vivup benefits and discounts platform.  

Click here to view the benefits at Warwickshire County Council. 

Additional Information 

The Fluency Duty is outlined in the Code of Practice on the English language requirements for public sector workers. The Fluency Duty for this role is Required. You must be able to speak and provide advice in accurate spoken English to the public. 

To discuss the role please contact Stephen Robbins (stephenrobbins@warwickshire.gov.uk)  

Closing date:   13^th January 2025           
Interview date: TBC

Should you require application forms in an alternative format / language or any adjustments to be made throughout the application process or upon appointment, please contact hrandpayroll@warwickshire.gov.uk and we will make every effort to meet your specific requirements. 

Warwickshire County Council is committed to equality of opportunity for all employees and is keen to address areas of under representation in its workforce. See?more