Finance Business Partner

Retired; Beverley; Hybrid; GBP 100,000 - 125,000; Full time

Job summary

A public sector finance agency in Beverley is seeking an experienced finance business partner to provide critical analysis and insights. In this hybrid role, you will lead a team of accountants and work closely with senior management to support decision-making in a community serving over 350,000 residents. This position offers a chance to shape finance services and includes benefits such as participation in the Local Government Pension Scheme.

Benefits

Local Government Pension Scheme

Discounted leisure centre membership

Qualifications

• Experience in finance within a public sector organisation.
• Ability to lead a team of accounting staff.
• Capability to provide valuable insights for decision making.

Responsibilities

• Work closely with directorate management teams providing finance business partnering services.
• Lead and direct a team of accountants, supporting key stakeholders.
• Shape the finance business partner offer to add value.

Skills

Finance business partnering experience

Analysis and advice skills

Ability to work with senior management

Job description

Invest in your career and build a professional legacy within a well-respected Finance Team.

Responsibilities

Duties include working closely with directorate management teams and their directorates providing finance business partnering services. As a trusted advisor you will provide sound analysis and advice and offer valuable insights which will guide and support key decision making at the highest levels.

This influential role will really put you in the driving seat, giving you the ability to shape the finance business partner offer and adding real value to key stakeholders including elected members, executive directors, directors and senior managers/budget holders.

Finance business partnering experience will be welcomed. You will lead, direct and draw support from a team of accountants (up to 20 staff), reporting to a Senior Finance Business Partner and working as part of a wider team with other Finance Business Partners and colleagues in Corporate Finance. The team has a strong development culture and forms part of the wider finance service which covers budgets of over £1bn.

Supporting a community with over 350,000 residents, 600 services and a workforce of over 12,000 staff including over 100 maintained schools, the finance service includes a business partnering team with over 50 team members.

This is an ideal opportunity for individuals with experience of working in finance within any public sector organisation. If you have the right skills and you are looking for a new challenge, we would like to hear from you.

The council offers hybrid working, requiring you to attend the office at County Hall, Beverley for a minimum of one day per week.

Benefits

BENEFITS include the opportunity to join the Local Government Pension Scheme together with discounted leisure centre membership.

East Riding of Yorkshire Council is pursuing equality of opportunity in employment.