Finance Business Partner - Adult Social Care

TN United Kingdom; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 44,000 - 55,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a Finance Business Partner to join their Adult Social Care team in London. This permanent role offers a unique opportunity to lead financial support for service departments, providing expert advice and guidance while driving efficiencies in service support. The ideal candidate will possess strong analytical skills and a proactive approach, ensuring value-for-money outcomes within a complex organization. With a competitive salary and a hybrid working model, this position is perfect for those looking to make a significant impact in local government finance.

Qualifications

• Experience in Local Government finance is essential.
• Proven ability to analyse and challenge budget decisions.

Responsibilities

• Support the Head of Finance in delivering high-quality financial support.
• Lead on budgeting, forecasting, and closing accounts.

Skills

Data Interpretation

Information Analysis

Attention to Detail

Budgeting

Financial Modelling

Communication Skills

Education

CCAB Part Qualified or Qualified Accountant

Tools

Financial Software

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Finance Business Partner - Adult Social Care, London Borough of Enfield

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London Borough of Enfield, United Kingdom

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Other

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EU work permit required:

Yes

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Posted:

07.05.2025

Expiry Date:

21.06.2025

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Job Description:

A permanent opportunity has arisen for an experienced and CCAB part qualified or qualified accountant to join this Council as the Finance Business Partner for Adult Social Care.Leading on all the Adult Social Care finance requirements, the role will support the Head of Finance in the provision of high quality, flexible, professional finance support to service departments.

Key duties will include:

Support and deputise for the Head of Finance and Finance Manager to deliver financial support, advice, and guidance to the relevant service area.

Lead on the delivery of specific finance tasks supporting the annual financial cycle, including budgeting, forecasting, and closing the accounts.

Conduct sensitivity analysis, review and challenge budget decisions, perform options appraisals, and lead on detailed calculations underpinning new funding and grants requests. * Provide financial input to procurement processes and take responsibility for scoring financial sections.

Proactively seek opportunities to improve financial support and identify efficiencies in service support.

The role requires an ambitious self-starter with a proactive approach to work. The ideal candidate will possess excellent data interpretation and information analysis skills, strong attention to detail, and the ability to work under strict deadlines. Additionally, you should have excellent IT and communication skills, experience in analysing and challenging budget decisions within a complex organisation to achieve value-for-money outcomes, and experience in financial modelling and assessing the viability of new initiatives and service models. You will also need to have previous Local Government finance experience.

The role is a permanent position offering a salary of £44,000 to £55,000. The role is being offered on a hybrid basis with circa 2 days a month in the office.