Job Description:

Job Title: Group Director of Financial Control
Salary: £114,816 - £137,178
Type: Permanent, Full Time
Location: Greater Manchester (Hybrid working)

Sellick Partnership are delighted to be supporting a progressive devolved authority in Manchester in their search for a Group Director of Financial Control to join their senior leadership team.

This is a unique opportunity will play a pivotal role in the future of the organisation as this strategic leadership role will be responsible for shaping and leading financial control across multiple organisations.

Reporting to the Group Chief Financial Officer, you will play a key role in ensuring a high-performing and future-fit financial control environment that supports effective decision-making, transparency, and long-term financial sustainability across the Group.

Key responsibilities of the role:

• Lead the Group's financial control, treasury, statutory reporting, and transactional finance functions
• Develop and implement a consistent financial control framework across the three organisations
• Oversee the production of statutory accounts and manage relationships with external auditors
• Drive finance transformation initiatives across systems, processes, and operating models
• Build strong collaborative relationships across the Group to ensure alignment and shared standards
• Provide strategic financial leadership across a complex, politically-led environment
• Support the delivery of the strategy and wider organisational priorities
• Act as a senior corporate leader, contributing beyond finance to the success of the Group

Essential experience:

• CCAB, CIMA or equivalent professional accountancy qualification
• Significant senior leadership experience within financial control, corporate finance, or a related core finance function
• Proven experience operating within large, complex, multi-organisation environments
• Strong track record of delivering transformation across financial systems, processes, and operating models
• Excellent stakeholder management and influencing skills, with the ability to build trusted relationships across organisational boundaries
• Experience advising, influencing, and constructively challenging senior executives and political stakeholders
• Demonstrable commitment to inclusive leadership and developing high-performing teams
• The client is open to candidates for both private sector and public sector backgrounds

Desirable experience:

• Experience leading ERP, finance system implementation, or major finance system improvement projects

Benefits of the role include:

• Opportunity to work at the heart of one of the most advanced devolved regions in England
• Strategic leadership position with responsibility across three major public sector organisations
• Ability to shape financial stewardship and long-term sustainability across the Group
• Hybrid working arrangements
• Significant opportunity to influence at executive and political levels
• Be part of a collaborative leadership community committed to delivering positive outcomes for Greater Manchester

Our client is looking for the right individual who has the right skill set and personal drive to take ownership of this role and thrive. The client is open to candidates for both private sector and public sector backgrounds. This is a unique opportunity to make a real impact in a high profile role and organisation.

How to apply

If you believe you have the necessary skills and experience for the Group Director of Financial Control role, please apply now, or contact Abigail Day at Sellick Partnership.

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