Finance Business Partner

East Riding of Yorkshire Council; Beverley; Hybrid; GBP 40,000 - 55,000; Full time

Job summary

A local government authority in Beverley is seeking an experienced Finance Business Partner to support decision-making and provide insights to key stakeholders within the council. The role involves leading a team of accountants and offers hybrid working with opportunities for professional development. Ideal candidates will have experience in finance, specifically within the public sector. Benefits include joining the Local Government Pension Scheme and discounted leisure centre membership.

Benefits

Participation in Local Government Pension Scheme

Discounted leisure centre membership

Qualifications

• Experience working in finance within any public sector organisation.
• Ability to shape finance business partner offers and add value to key stakeholders.
• Proven leadership skills managing a team of accountants.

Responsibilities

• Provide finance business partnering services to directorate management teams.
• Lead a team of accountants and collaborate with other Finance Business Partners.
• Support decision making at the highest levels within the council.

Skills

Finance business partnering experience

Analysis and advice

Team leadership

Job description

The job itself

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

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 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.