Are you ready to take your finance career to the next level with a role that impacts the public of Greater Manchester and offers continuous growth opportunities within the finance team and across the wider organisation?

Join our Revenue Finance team at TfGM, where you will play a key role in supporting senior management to meet the organisation’s strategic financial objectives.

Your Role

This senior role will lead on managing the Metrolink revenue budget, a key directorate within TfGM. Metrolink is the largest light rail network in the UK, connecting people and places across the GM region. Working closely with the Metrolink management team and other stakeholders, you will provide advice and support on a broad range of finance matters.

You will manage a small team, working collaboratively with the wider revenue reporting team to deliver an excellent service to our internal and external customers. This is a pivotal role within the team, that will support strategic decision-making through insightful financial analysis, robust reporting, and proactive business partnering.

For more info see Job Profile below.

Who are we?

TfGM is at the forefront of transforming transport across the region. We’re leading the development of the Bee Network, integrating buses, trams, and soon rail stations into a seamless public transport system. Our work is central to improving connectivity and accessibility for everyone in Greater Manchester.

As part of the Finance, Commercial and Corporate Services directorate, you’ll have opportunities to collaborate with teams across Commercial Services, Legal, and Procurement, broadening your experience and helping shape the future of transport in the region.

What you’ll bring

What you do and how you do it is important whatever type of role you work in at TfGM and even small behaviours and actions can have a really big impact. At TfGM, our behaviours bring to life our values of Deliver, Care and Adapt.

We’re looking for someone who embodies these values and brings:

• Proven experience partnering with senior managers and directors on revenue management, including budgeting, forecasting, and variance analysis.
• Strong leadership skills and the ability to thrive in complex financial environments.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with a collaborative and inclusive approach.
• A degree-level education and a relevant professional qualification (e.g., ACA, ACCA, CIMA, MCIPS).
• A commitment to ongoing professional development.

Experience in transport or public sector finance, particularly involving local and central government funding, is desirable but not essential.

What we can offer you

This is a permanent role with a salary of £57,770 - £65,024.

As part of the Finance team, we are committed to continuous personnel development and will support you via a relevant course or by giving you a wide breadth of different experiences to expand your knowledge, providing opportunities to further your career.

At TfGM we encourage candidates to discuss flexible working options at any stage of the recruitment process. We are happy to #talkflexibleworking to help colleagues maintain a healthy work life balance.

Our benefits include:

• Generous annual leave starting at 28 days (plus bank holidays), increasing with service, with options to buy more.
• Free travel on buses across Greater Manchester, plus rail or Metrolink travel to and from work.
• Local Government defined pension scheme with life cover of 3x salary and options to boost your contributions.
• Enhanced family-friendly leave policies, including those supporting fertility treatment, alongside flexible and hybrid working and a special leave policy to support a range of unexpected events. Please note that qualification criteria may apply, including a requirement to have been employed with the organisation for a minimum specified period of time.
• Discover more benefits including wellbeing support, Personal and Career Development, Flexible working, financial support and more on our website

What's next?

If you believe you have the skills and experience required, we’d really like to hear from you. To apply please submit your CV and also provide a covering letter providing clear examples of how your experience meets the requirements of the role, all appointments will be based on merit. Our short-listing process is anonymised, so please do not include your name or contact details on either of these documents. If any personal details are included these will be visible to the hiring manager.

Internal candidates - check with your line manager before applying for a secondment, to make sure you can be released from your substantive role.

We embrace AI to enhance our operations and to innovate our services. However, we value human talent and are looking for passionate individuals to join our organisation. Please ensure you personally complete your application and read all the instructions carefully to maximise your chances of success.

Applications that rely too heavily on AI may be rejected during shortlisting, however we understand that AI may be used as a reasonable adjustment, if using AI to support your application, please give a brief explanation why to help ensure fair selection process.

If you have completed the GM Elevate (Leadership Development) Programme, please indicate this within the ‘About You’ or ‘Supporting Statement’ section of your application

Priority Recruitment Scheme for ‘At Risk’ NHS GM Colleagues
If you are currently employed by a Greater Manchester NHS organisation and have been formally identified as ‘at risk’, please indicate this within your application for the role. If you select ‘Yes’ and provide evidence that your experience meets the essential criteria described in the job advert and role profile, you will be guaranteed progression to the next assessment stage. Please ensure your application clearly demonstrates how you meet these essential requirements, as the guarantee only applies to candidates who meet them.

TfGM is proud to be an equal opportunities employer that encourages and celebrates diversity. We want to recruit and retain a workforce that reflects the communities we serve and welcome individuals from all backgrounds by committing to providing a fully inclusive and accessible recruitment process. We will offer support and reasonable adjustments if required and we also have a Guaranteed Assessment Scheme which you can find out more information on here.

For this opportunity, you must be able to prove you have the right to work in the UK - if in doubt please visit the following link Employers' right to work checklist - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk). Please note we are not a licensed sponsor.

Please note we may close the advert early if we receive a high volume of applications.

NOTE TO AGENCIES we will be accepting direct applications only for this role. No fee will be paid if a candidate is hired for this position as a result of an unsolicited agency or search firm referral CV.