Dear Nicola Gradon,

Thank you for your information request, received on the 16 September
2024.

Reference 8017 has been applied to your request which will be looked into
and a response provided within 20 full working days.

Should you have any queries in the meantime, please contact the Freedom of
Information Team at [1][Braintree District Council request email]

Kind regards,

Lucy Day

Performance & Improvement Assistant

Braintree District Council | Causeway House, Bocking End, Braintree, CM7
9HB

 01376 552525| [2]www.braintree.gov.uk

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Dear Nicola Gradon,

I am writing regarding your information request received by Braintree
District Council on the 16/09/2024, case reference 8017.

Your request for information has been processed under the Freedom of
Information Act (FOIA). The Act enables access to information held by the
Council, subject to exemptions contained within the Act.

The Act does not require the Council to create information to respond to a
request if the requested information is not held, nor to give an opinion
or comment.

Please find our response to your request below:

Please provide a full organisational chart, including all departments, job
titles, and clearly showing line manager names of everyone in your Finance
Department.

Please find attached our Finance structure chart

Please note we publish our organisational structure chart on our website
at the following
link: [1]https://www.braintree.gov.uk/homepage/25...

We also publish details of our corporate management team on our website at
the following link:
[2]https://www.braintree.gov.uk/council/cor...

Specifically the names of the people in the below positions or the
equivalent;

Director of Finance – Suzanne Bennett

Executive Director of finance – N/A

Assistant Director of Finance – N/A

Section 151 officer - Phil Myers

Head of finance - Phil Myers

Head of treasury – N/A

Head of internal audit – N/A

Strategic Director of Finance & Investments -N/A

Director of finance & Property Finance operations – N/A

manager Head of finance – Phil Myers

children services Head of finance – Information not held

adult social care Head of finance – Information not held

housing Head of audit – N/A

Head of payroll Payroll manager – N/A

Senior finance manager – N/A

property Senior Finance manager – N/A

adult social care Senior finance manager – Information not held

schools finance Head of finance – ECC

schools finance Senior finance business partner - Information not held

Head of internal audit - N/A

Several of the positions above are not positions at Braintree District
Council, as we are not responsible for children services, social care
and/or schools.

This information may be held by Essex County Council and I respectfully
refer you to the Freedom of Information Officer for Essex County
Council.  

To send Essex County Council an FOI please view their website at the
following link: 

[3]https://www.essex.gov.uk/about-council/r...

Right of internal review: If you are dissatisfied with the handling of
your request please contact us in writing, within 40 days of the receipt
of a full response, at: Emma Wisbey Legal and Governance Manager,
Braintree District Council, Causeway House, Bocking End, Braintree, Essex,
CM7 9HB. Or e-mail: [4][Braintree District Council request email]

Right to appeal: Should you remain dissatisfied with the outcome of any
internal review, you have a right of appeal under S50 of the Freedom of
Information Act to appeal against the decision by contacting the
Information Commissioner, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow SK9 5AF. Or
e-mail: [5][email address]

Kind regards,

Lucy Day

Performance & Improvement Assistant

Braintree District Council | Causeway House, Bocking End, Braintree, CM7
9HB

 01376 552525| www.braintree.gov.uk

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