Welcome

Thank you for your interest in this role at the Council and for the Borough.

This is a fantastic and rewarding opportunity at an important time in our improvement journey. You will have a vital role to play in helping build an excellent finance team within a very special organisation.

In Surrey Heath we give a high priority to good governance, and delivering excellent public services for our residents and businesses. We pride ourselves on being a responsive Council, listening to our residents’ views and delivering a wide range of services tailored to meet their needs. We are also committed to being a more open, transparent and trusted organisation and the way we manage our finances is an important element of this.

In the summer we were excited to have our Local Government Association Peer Challenge. The independent peer team found that, “staff are friendly, enthusiastic, and proud to work for Surrey Heath”, “The culture in Surrey Heath is very positive with a happy workforce who see the Council as a great place to work”, “There is a trusted relationship between members and officers” and, the Council is genuinely committed to learning and development and invests in its people”, “the Council has worked hard to improve governance at Surrey Heath in recent years”:

There is so much more that we want to do and achieve including strengthening budget management across the organisation, recruiting to an expanded finance team, putting new finance processes and systems in place, and delivering our new Medium Term Financial Strategy that will progressively reduce the Council’s reliance on reserves.

You will be joining an organisation committed to delivery and supporting your shared success.

I hope through my letter and in the pages on this microsite we are able to give you a flavour of what Surrey Heath has to offer. If this excites your interest, I’d be delighted to receive your application.

Damian Roberts

Chief Executive