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Finance

We aim to deliver class-leading, digitally-enabled financial services. It’s about making finance simple for the council and our customers, allowing us to focus on professional advice for senior leaders, elected members and budget managers.

This page provides information to support our budget managers and staff. We are currently in development of an ambitious programme of change and this will be the start of many new initiatives.

Budget manager information

This area is designed to support you in your role as a budget manager. As a council our financial position is under significant pressure, with services currently operating in a shortfall. It is vital that we all take immediate action to manage budgets responsibly and help restore financial stability.

Learn the budget basics, what our current budget issues are and our change of approach to address this.

Budget manager role

Discover what the roles and responsibilities a budget manager has and what support and guidance is available.

Essential spending - guiding principles

As a budget manager, consider these essential principles when making spending decisions.

Business partnering

What business partnering is and how you can work with representatives to manage your budget effectively.

The financial recovery plan

Find out how we plan to tackle the budget shortfall and the spend control process you need to follow for any purchases.

Finance guidance

Finance policies and procedures

Search for policies and procedures to check you are following the correct finance processes and guidelines.

Finance manual of guidance

Our finance manual of guidance provides advice in all areas of financial control for managers responsible for budgets.

Closure of accounts

Find out what processes need to be followed to complete the closedown of tasks and critical functions each year.

Learn what a purchase card is, when and what you can use them for and how to apply for one.

Finance templates, forms and checklists

Templates, forms and checklists to help you complete finance related requests.

Financial management systems

East Riding Financials (Masterpiece)

Maintain vendor details, process financial transactions and produce financial reports.

Procure to Pay (cProc)

Manage vendors, create and approve orders, and pay for products and services.

SmartData (Royal Bank of Scotland)

Track and manage your service area’s purchase card transactions.

Electronic banking system (eReturn)

Electronic banking system, used by internal departments for making payments.

Sundry debtor invoice request

Fill in this online form to request an invoice to be raised for payment for goods or services, known as a sundry debt.

Employee confidential helpline

Speak to fully qualified counsellors and support specialists at any time, 365 days a year.

Use code 107574 to access the online resources.

More about the employee assistance programme

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