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About the Role

As Strategic Finance Manager, you will contribute to the delivery of treasury management for Westminster City Council, the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea, and the London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham. You will ensure cash, borrowing, and investment activities are managed correctly, lead the development and implementation of Treasury Management and Annual Investment strategies, and provide strategic oversight of cash flow, liquidity, investment, and borrowing requirements. You will also lead the identification, assessment, and management of treasury risks, oversee investment counterparties, monitor financial markets, and provide professional advice to senior colleagues.

Responsibilities

Lead the development, review, and implementation of the Councils’ Treasury Management and Annual Investment strategies and policies.
Ensure compliance with relevant codes, guidance, and governance.
Provide strategic oversight of cash flow, liquidity, investment, and borrowing requirements.
Lead the identification, assessment, and management of treasury risks.
Oversee investment counterparties and financial institutions.
Monitor the financial markets, economic developments, and changes in legislation.
Provide high-quality professional advice to senior colleagues.
Ensure robust reporting of treasury activity and performance.
Lead the preparation of reports for senior managers, audit committees, and other bodies.
Support the effective governance of the three Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS) funds.
Assist with the preparation of committee and local pension board reports, governance policies, regulatory compliance, Member training, and implementation of decisions.
Assist with the implementation of LGPS investment pooling requirements.
Ensure that the decisions of each administering authority are implemented and monitored effectively.
Provide professional leadership and develop the capability, resilience, and succession planning of staff.
Build collaborative relationships across the three Councils and with external advisers, financial institutions, and professional bodies.
Drive efficient processes, appropriate use of technology, and the highest standards of treasury management and pension fund governance.

Requirements

Well-developed experience of working in a senior finance role with a large and complex organisation, preferably in local government or the wider public sector.
Ability to provide high-quality financial advice and support to key stakeholders.
Ability to explain complex issues clearly and support effective decision-making.
Deep understanding of financial planning, financial management, and corporate finance.
Understanding of the challenges and opportunities facing large organisations.
Ability to analyse complex information and develop effective governance, controls, policies, and procedures.
Superb interpersonal skills to build positive relationships with a diverse range of colleagues and stakeholders.
Ability to deliver complex projects and programmes to demanding deadlines.
Strong knowledge of the local authority treasury framework.
Ability to analyse complex financial information, investment proposals, market data, and risk exposures.
Excellent strategic judgement and risk management skills.
Highly developed writing talents to produce authoritative strategies, policies, committee reports, and briefings.
Confident presentation and influencing skills to advise senior officers and elected Members.
Ability to challenge external advisers and financial institutions.
Inspirational leader and manager with strong organisational, project, and change management skills.
Ability to manage competing priorities.
Ability to respond effectively to changing legislation and financial markets.
Ability to drive improvements to the way we work.

Skills

Financial planning
Financial management
Corporate finance
Treasury management
Investment strategies
Cash flow management
Liquidity management
Risk management
Financial market monitoring
Strategic judgement
Organisational skills
Project management
Change management

Location

Westminster City Hall, 64 Victoria Street, Westminster, SW1E 6QP

Work Type

Permanent
36 hours per week

Experience Level

Senior finance role
Negotiable depending upon experience

Education Level

CCAB/CFA/IMC or an equivalent professional qualification

Salary/Compensations

£81,615 to £113,460 per annum

Benefits

Flexible working patterns
Agile working

About the Company

The Finance Team in Westminster City Council is a world of extraordinary stories, where we go above and beyond for our residents.
By being smart and courageous with the council’s finances we can achieve more for our residents and wider society, especially when working closely with other council departments.
Our approach to responsible procurement and the way we work collaboratively with our suppliers can bring significant benefits, including huge reductions in environmental impact.
Westminster is an amazing place. We are home to more than 200,000 residents from all backgrounds, over 50,000 vibrant and vital businesses and three-quarters-of-a-million people work in Westminster.
Westminster City Council is one in which our communities are at the heart of our decision-making and help to determine the city’s future.
By working directly with our communities and other partners, we can build a more inclusive city that celebrates our diverse communities, and where residents, workers and visitors from all backgrounds will feel welcome and safe.
At Westminster City Council, we pride ourselves on being an inclusive workplace and employer of choice.
We encourage and welcome applications from people from all backgrounds and aim to have a workforce that, at all levels, represents the communities we serve.
We champion equality, diversity, inclusion and wellbeing and aim to create a workplace where everyone feels valued, has a sense of belonging and is empowered to be their best, that is Our Westminster Way.
As a forward thinking Council we appreciate that people work in different ways, therefore our staff benefit from working a range of flexible working patterns as well as Agile working.

Equal Opportunity

Westminster City Council is committed to supporting Care Leavers into the workplace. Care Leavers seeking their first job and who wish to be considered under our scheme, will automatically be invited to interview should they meet the essential criteria for the role.
The Council is committed to achieving diverse shortlists to support our desire to increase the number of staff from underrepresented groups in our workforce.
We especially encourage applications from a Global Majority (GM), people who are Black, Asian, Brown, dual-heritage, indigenous to the global south, and or have been racialised as 'ethnic minorities' (formerly known as BAME, Black, Asian and multiple ethnic) background and, while the role is open to all applicants, we will utilise the positive action provisions of the Equality Act 2010 to appoint a candidate from a global majority background where there is a choice between two candidates of equal merit.
If you are from a Global Majority background you can self-declare this to the hiring manager as part of our positive action commitments.
The Council is a Disability Confident Employer. If you have declared a disability in your application, we guarantee an interview if you meet the essential criteria of the job.
If you are invited for interview, you will be asked if you need any reasonable adjustments in order to attend, and we will make these wherever possible.