Finance Business Partner

South Kesteven District Council; Grantham; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

A local government authority in Grantham seeks a finance professional to provide expert financial advice and leadership for the finance team. This role involves supporting the Assistant Director of Finance and enhancing financial practices across the organization. Candidates should have experience in financial advisory roles and be committed to achieving value for money for residents.

Qualifications

• Expert financial advice to service areas and corporate management.
• Leadership and technical expertise to support financial practices.

Responsibilities

• Provide expert financial advice and undertake complex modelling.
• Ensure financial best practices are embedded across the organization.
• Support Assistant Director of Finance in performance improvements.

Job description

Hours: 37 Hours per week

Salary: SK14-16 (£40,278 to £44,304 per annum)

Contract: Permanent

Responsibilities

• Be a key part of a forward thinking and innovative finance team that will: Provide expert financial advice to service areas, Corporate Management Team and members including undertaking complex modelling of innovative approaches
• Help and enable service to deliver outcomes on a business like & commercial basis, achieving value for money for residents
• Demonstrate leadership and technical expertise to support the embedding of financial best practice across the organization
• Identify outcome focused solutions which will support the ambitions of the Council as set out in the Corporate Plan
• Support the Assistant Director of Finance and Senior Accountants, working in a modern, forward thinking and dynamic financial team that will support the development and embedding of a commercial culture across teams and provide proactive value-adding financial support working with service areas across the council
• To ensure that Finance provide an efficient, effective and modern service, guiding and managing the operation and activities of the team in accordance with relevant statutory requirements and the policies of the Council
• To support the Assistant Director of Finance, and Senior Accountants in delivering performance improvements and the actions set out in the relevant service plans for the areas you are business partnering, and improvement plans relevant to the services described above including performance indicators and measures relevant to the service areas

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This role is not politically restricted.