Finance Manager - Lyme Regis Town Council

About the role

Job urpose

• To enure the town coucil operates in accordance with accounting procedures and statutory requirement.
• To manage ad advise on the council’s fiancial affairs.

Main Duties

• To prepare the council’s annual budget.
• To roduce monthly management reports for the management team ad council committees.
• To carry out the coucil’s year-endrocesse, including the roduction of statutory documents, working apers for audit, and asociated reorts to council.
• To maage the council’s bank reconciliation, VAT records, ad other mothly cotrol accounts.
• To monitor ad advise on the coucil’s cah flow ad financial ivestmets.
• To assist in the review of fiancial governace arrangemets, icluding fiancial regulatios and tading orders, rocuremet, isurance, asset recording, treasury, internal control ad risk management.
• To create rocedures for all financial control ystem, givig traiing in their ue, monitoring adherece to these procedures, ad liaising with the internal auditor as required.
• To review the coucil’s services to enure they are delivered efficietly, effectively ad economically.
• Maaging ad maintaining records of the council’s insurace, euring the regular revision of cover required and to procesing claim, as necessary.
• Monitor and manage debts.
• The delivery of effective, efficiet ad economic financial systems: purchae orders ad creditors, debtors, geeral ledger, ayroll, andetty cash.
• Support colleagues in delivering service secific systems, e.g. ookigs, car parking.
• The develomet and monitoring or effective office system, including use of software,

  document managemet ad records’ torage and to take the lead on procuring and managing suitable IT and IT-related systems.

• To maintain a register of asets, leases ad licences and, subject to agreement to manage the undertaking out of associated property transactions such as lease renewals and rent reviews. To head on information commuications technology (ICT), ensure the currecy of the council’s systems, ad the effectiveness of its alicatio.

• To advise on ad suport rocurement.

• Implemet and maintain performance management systems.
• Management of usiness accounts, including utilities and phone contracts.
• Maagement of data and information in accordace with the Local Government Traparency Code ad General Data Protection Regulation.
• To perform the Responsible Finance Officer (RFO) role subject to agreement. Progression to SCP 36-39 is dependant on this role being taken on.

Dimenions

• To undertake other duties commesurate with the post.
• To provide other administration uport, as directed.

Supervision

• To supervise and develop staff within the finance team.

Contacts

• Memers of the ublic
• Elected members
• LRTC staff
• External consultants and contractors
• Partner organisatio, stakeholders ad statutory authorities
• Iteral audit

General

• This job description contains the rincipal duties relating to this post ad does not describe in detail all the tasks required to carry them out.
• Duties may vary from time-to-time without changing the character of the post or the level of resposibility.

Special Notes Or Conditions

• The post holder will be expected to work occasionally at evenings and weekends.

September 2026

Further Information

Assessment Criteria

Essential

Desirable

Educational qualifications

GCSEs in English and Maths, minimum grade C

AAT, CCAB part-qualified, or equivalent

A degree or relevant professional qualification

Work-related experience

and associated vocational

training

Three years’ experience of budget preparation, monitoring and year-end closure

Experience of working on own initiative and as part of a team

Sage financial systems, and linking Sage financial systems to other systems

Financial analysis, projections and modelling

Treasury management

Experience of managing ICT

Asset management

Experience of local government finance and administration

Knowledge

Knowledge of accounting procedures and statutory requirement

IT Literate

Knowledge of business and administrative procedures.

Internal and external audit

Understanding of procurement processes

Performance management systems

Personal skills and qualities

Good writing and communication skills

Strong numerical, analytical and problem solving skills

Ability supervise and direct others

Strong team-worker.

Ability to work under pressure.

Ability to organise and prioritise own work, that of others, and ensure deadlines are met.

Instils trust, respects confidentiality, and inspires confidence.

Ability to develop strong relationships and promote the council’s interests with external organisations.

Balances assertiveness with flexibility.

Possesses a ‘can do’ attitude

Committed to diversity and equality of opportunity.

Special working conditions

Some evening, weekend and bank holiday work.

About Us

Finance Manager Full-time 37 hours’ per week SCP 30-39 (£42,123 - £51,928) with progression beyond SCP 35 being dependent upon the post assuming the Responsible Financial Officer responsibility and the postholder obtaining an appropriate level 4 or higher qualification. Lyme Regis Town Council is seeking a finance manager to manage and advise on the council’s affairs and ensure the organisation acts in accordance with accounting procedures and statutory requirements. The role involves preparing the annual budget, management reports, year-end processes, managing VAT records, bank reconciliations, managing IT systems, procurement, maintaining registers of assets, leases and licences, and managing debt. The successful candidate will have good writing and communication skills, strong numerical, analytical and problem-solving skills, be able to supervise others, work under pressure, and be a strong team-worker. For more information about the vacancy, contact deputy town clerk Adrianne Mullins at [email protected] or call 01297 445175. An application pack can be obtained from the town council's website www.lymeregistowncouncil.gov.uk/job-vacancies. The closing date for applications is midday Friday 9 October 2026. Interviews are to be held within the following two weeks