Finance

The Finance division of the Customer and Support Services directorate looks after the financial services of the city council and is the lead district for the Greater Manchester Police Authority (GMPA). The Chief Financial Officer, Neil Thornton, 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 procurement team co-ordinates the purchase of goods and services for the council to achieve value for money.

The Finance division is responsible for the overall management of the council's net revenue budget of £228.5 million, capital programme of £152 million and Housing Revenue Account of £40 million gross expenditure.

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

Neil Thornton
Chief Financial Officer
- Nikki Bishop
  Head of Audit and Risk Management
- Bob McIntyre
  Head of Financial Services
  - GM Police Authority - Accountancy
  - Professional Training Coordination
- Tony Hennessy
  Exchequer Manager
  - Billing and Debt Recovery
  - e-trading
  - Invoice Payments
- Ian Simpson
  Payroll Manager
- Sharon Robson, MCIPS
  Head of Procurement
- Dianne Blamire
  Community Health and Social Care Principal Group Accountant
- Paula Summersfield
  Children's Services Principal Group Accountant
- Chris Hesketh
  Corporate Team Principal Group Accountant
- Joanne Hardman
  Customer and Support Services/Chief Executive/Sustainable Regeneration Principal Group Accountant

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

Who to contact

Name: Neil Thornton
Address: Civic Centre
Chorley Road
Swinton
Salford
M27 5AW
Map to this location
Telephone: 0161 793 3230
Email: neil.thornton@salford.gov.uk