Funding Operations Manager

 

Are you someone who enjoys making systems work smoothly, improving services, and ensuring things are done properly and transparently? Do you have an eye for detail, a head for numbers, and a passion for doing the right thing? If so, we’d love to welcome you to our team.

We’re looking for a Funding Operations Manager to help oversee our designated financial assistance schemes — making sure funding decisions are accurate, fair and compliant, and that our reporting to government meets the highest standards. This role plays a key part in helping residents access essential support, while ensuring the Council meets all audit, financial and reporting obligations.

You’ll work closely with colleagues across the service, supervise and support staff, and be the go to person for complex cases, funding approvals and risk related queries. You’ll also take the lead in preparing our statutory and government required reporting — providing clear data, insight and assurance that helps protect the Council’s funding and demonstrates the impact of our work.

If you enjoy combining people leadership, data analysis, governance assurance and meaningful public service, this role offers a fantastic balance.

This is an exciting new role with the opportunity to grow the role.  You will have the opportunity to be involved in the:

• The oversight and operational assurance for designated financial assistance schemes

• Ensuring that funding decisions are validated, authorised and compliant with financial regulations, audit standards and statutory requirements.

• Managing a team of Funding and Resilience Officers and a Senior Funding and Resilience Officer

 

This is a challenging role and you will need to be:

• A dynamic leader focused on delivery

• Comfortable with managing budgets and data

• Someone with a keen eye for detail

 

We are looking for someone with experience of:

• Managing a team 

• Front line customer service

• Delivering projects that improve the lives of local residents

• Authorising or approving funding decisions or financial transactions

• Working under pressure 

 

Interviews will be held week commencing 5th May 2026

For more information or an informal discussion about the position please contact Tessa Wilson – Tessa.Wilson@bromley.gov.uk

We are forces family friendly and are part of the Armed Forces Covenant Employer Recognition Scheme (Bronze Award). We welcome applications from ex-Armed Forces personnel, reservists, veterans, cadet instructors and military spouses/partners.  

We are committed to achieving equal opportunities in employment and service delivery and as a disability confident committed employer we encourage applications from people with disabilities.  As part of this commitment, we will consider reasonable adjustment to support disability employment.  We offer a generous package including competitive pay, career average pension scheme, flexible working practices and the Bromley employee benefits scheme; Cycle2Work, Salary Sacrifice Lease Car, Technology Scheme, GymFlex and a wide range of local and national discounts.