Leading Trafford:
The Experience
As Director of Finance, you will play a central role in how Trafford leads, invests and delivers. This is a role with significant statutory responsibility, corporate influence and the opportunity to shape decisions that support financial resilience, transformation and better outcomes for residents.
Your Statutory and Strategic Leadership
This role combines significant statutory responsibility with the opportunity to strengthen financial resilience, support transformation and enable confident decision-making.
You will:
- Act as Trafford’s statutory Section 151 Officer and Chief Finance Officer.
- Advise the Chief Executive, Corporate Leadership Team, elected members, Scrutiny and Audit Committee.
- Lead the Medium-Term Financial Strategy, budget setting, forecasting, savings and long-term financial planning.
- Oversee governance, assurance, risk, audit, treasury management and financial control.
- Continue to strengthen the finance function’s insight, advice and support to services.
Delivering Trafford’s Priorities
Our Corporate Plan sets a clear direction for improving outcomes, supporting inclusive growth, tackling climate change and widening access to culture, sport and heritage. As Director of Finance, you will ensure financial planning supports these priorities and enables sustainable delivery.
Leading Across Council, Place and Partnership
Trafford is a dynamic borough with the scale, complexity and profile to offer a meaningful leadership challenge. You will operate at the heart of corporate decision-making, bringing professional independence, political awareness and evidence-based recommendations to complex choices.
Working with the Chief Executive, Corporate Leadership Team, elected members and partners, you will translate ambition into sustainable delivery while leading in a way that reflects Trafford’s EPIC values: Empower, People-Centred, Inclusive and Collaborate.
Living and Working in Trafford
Trafford offers the best of both worlds: the scale, connectivity and opportunity of a major city region, alongside excellent schools, vibrant communities, green space and nationally recognised cultural, sporting and heritage assets.
Learn more about living, working and spending time in Trafford through our Explore Trafford webpages.
Why Join Trafford?
At Trafford, your advice will shape important decisions, and your leadership will help deliver lasting impact.
You will join a council with a clear sense of purpose, major regeneration opportunities and strong partnerships, working with colleagues and elected members who value professional advice, constructive challenge and long-term thinking.
- Best Companies One Star recognition.
- Real Living Wage accreditation.
- Membership of the Greater Manchester Good Employment Charter.
- Age Friendly Employer pledge.
- Carer Confident employer status.
These achievements reflect our commitment to being a fair, inclusive and supportive employer, where people are valued and enabled to do their best work.
If you are ready to bring professional authority, strategic judgement and collaborative leadership to a borough with real ambition and opportunity, we would welcome a confidential conversation.
We particularly welcome applications from people with different backgrounds, experiences and perspectives and are committed to building an inclusive leadership team that reflects the communities we serve.