Finance

The Finance Division of the Customer and Support Services looks after the financial services of the city council and is the lead district for the Greater Manchester Police Authority (GMPA). The City Treasurer, John Spink, has a statutory duty to ensure that proper financial arrangements are in place for the conduct of all the Council's affairs.

We support the city council's directorates by providing financial advice, guidance and assistance through accountancy and audit and risk management units to ensure the council makes the best use of its resources whilst also providing key financial processing services on their behalf such as payroll, invoice payments, billing and debt recovery and e-trading.

The Finance Division is responsible for the overall management of the council’s net revenue budget of £218m, capital programme of £122m and Housing Revenue Account of £37m gross expenditure.

The managerial responsibilities and services provided by the Finance Division are as follows:

  • John Spink, CPFA
    The City Treasurer
    • Roger Bell, CPFA
      Assistant Director (Police)
      • GM Police Authority - Accountancy and Audit
      • Professional Training Coordination
      • Directorate Complaints
      • Computer Audit
    • Chief Internal Auditor
      • Internal Audit
    • Geoff Topping, CPFA
      Assistant Director (Accountancy and Exchequer)
      • Accountancy
      • Billing and Debt Recovery
      • e-Trading
      • Invoice Payments
      • Payroll
      • SAP Team

The Finance Division is based at Salford Civic Centre in Swinton and also has outstationed accountancy teams in each directorate.

Who to contact

Name
John Spink 
Address
Civic Centre
Chorley Road
Swinton
SALFORD
M27 5AW 
Telephone
0161-793 3230 
Email
john.spink@salford.gov.uk

This page was last updated on 31 March 2009

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