Head of Finance £73604.00 - £78051.00 Full Time (Hybrid) Are you an experienced finance leader looking for a role with real impact? The West Midlands Pension Fund is seeking a highly skilled and strategic Head of Finance to lead the Fund’s finance function, ensuring the delivery of high-performing, customer-focused financial services. About the role Reporting directly to the Director of Finance, Resources and Transformation, you will provide leadership across all aspects of finance – including financial reporting, fund and investment accounting, cashflow and treasury management, budget setting and monitoring, and oversight of pension contributions. You will play a pivotal role in shaping and delivering the Fund’s finance strategy, ensuring robust financial planning to support over 340,000 members and 800 employers, and aligning services to the Fund’s wider corporate strategy. Working closely with the Senior Leadership Team, you will help ensure the Fund continues to deliver long-term value, resilience, and best practice in financial management. What the day will look like responsibilities include: Lead and manage the Fund’s finance function, ensuring excellence across business finance, pension finance, fund accounting, and treasury. Oversee the production of the annual Statement of Accounts, budgets, and financial reporting, ensuring compliance with statutory deadlines and accounting standards. Drive strategic financial planning, monitoring, and resource optimisation in collaboration with senior colleagues. Maintain a strong control environment, ensuring robust policies, governance, and risk management. Lead, inspire, and develop a high-performing finance team with a strong customer-focused culture. Act as a key liaison with auditors, advisors, and other stakeholders, representing the Fund at the highest levels. About you We are looking for a qualified finance professional (CCAB or equivalent) with significant experience of senior leadership in finance. You will bring: A proven track record of leading finance teams and driving performance in complex, high-value environments. Strong expertise in financial reporting, budgeting, and treasury management. Experience of managing external audit processes and delivering statutory accounts. Strategic vision, with the ability to translate financial planning into long-term organisational success. Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills, with the credibility to influence at senior levels. A collaborative, innovative, and resilient approach to leadership. Experience within pensions or a similar regulatory environment would be an advantage, though not essential. Why choose the West Midlands Pension Fund? At West Midlands Pension Fund, we manage one of the largest UK pension funds, with assets of over £21bn. We are committed to delivering high-quality, sustainable services to our members and employers. This is a unique opportunity to take a senior leadership role in a respected organisation, where your expertise will directly contribute to the financial security of thousands of people. We offer a flexible working environment, professional development opportunities, and the chance to make a real difference in public sector pensions. How we support our colleagues In addition to our comprehensive benefits package, we encourage a diverse workforce. Plus, our agile, inclusive environment allows you to manage your wellbeing and work/life balance. You also have 24-hour access to an employee assistance programme. As a new employee of our Senior Leadership team, you will receive a robust interactive 8-week induction plan providing you the opportunity to engage with key stakeholders across the fund. You will also be enrolled onto a range of professional training courses including an introduction to the LGPS and team building to encourage collaborative working, allowing you to thrive in your new role. For more information, please email WMPFRecruitment@wolverhampton.gov.uk or to apply for this post please visit the following website:- www.wmjobs.co.uk For full details of the responsibilities and requirements of this role please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification. Our working arrangements All council roles are allocated to either a fixed, field or flexible work style. Some roles are agile which enable and empower employees to maximise their performance and productivity, whilst maintaining a healthy work life balance. Roles with a fixed workstyle work in a fixed permanent council location. Roles with a field workstyle are usually allocated where employees are required to be out working in the community with a minimum requirement for 'touch down' space at any council location. Roles with a flexible workstyle have a flexible base location to meet the needs of the business and employees can work from a mixture of home or any council office, partner/client, or external location, as required to meet service requirements. Please refer to the Job Description for further information on the workstyle assigned to the role you are applying for. For more information about working for our organisation including the culture of the Council, the Council plan and vision, staff equality forums, core HR policies and much more please click here. Diversity We are committed to building a workforce that is reflective of the diverse community we serve. 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