Finance Business Partner (Capital & Treasury)

Stevenage Borough Council; England; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 64,000; Full time

Job summary

A local government council in the United Kingdom is seeking a Senior Capital and Treasury Accountant. This role is pivotal in managing the council's financial strategy and providing expert advice. Candidates should possess CCAB qualifications and experience in local authority finance. The position offers a competitive salary, flexible working options, and extensive benefits, contributing to an innovative finance team.

Benefits

Pension Scheme

Flexible working

Generous holiday allowance

Learning and development opportunities

Cycle to Work scheme

Employee Assistance Programme

Qualifications

• CCAB Qualified rigorously validated.
• Extensive experience in financial processes within Local Authorities.
• Proficient in current local government issues.
• Skilled at preparing capital information for statutory accounts.
• Ambitious to grow within local governance.

Responsibilities

• Lead Capital and Treasury functions for council funds.
• Provide guidance and support to service managers.
• Research financial implications for strategic decisions.
• Monitor quarterly capital budgets with service managers.
• Maintain strategy for medium-term financial planning.
• Produce Treasury Management Strategy.
• Manage working capital and cash forecasting.

Skills

CCAB Qualified

In-depth knowledge of financial processes

Knowledge of local government issues

Proven track record in capital and asset preparation

Experienced finance business partner

Job description

Overview

Job Reference 000415

Function Finance And Estates Salary £60,262 to £63,407 pa - pro rata for hours worked. This includes a market forces supplement of £4,030. Status Full Time. Job Type Permanent. Hours Of Work 37. Location Stevenage - Hybrid.

About The Role

This is an opportunity to have a role within a finance team with huge variety, working across a number of different areas of finance at a council with some unbelievable projects coming up. For instance, the exciting SG1 project is a new development to include thousands of new homes, a 39,000 sq. retail and commercial space as well as large swaths of pedestrian and landscape areas.

Notwithstanding the town is home to three international, sector-leading organisations in Airbus, MBDA and GSK. Dont be surprised when you see on the news that Mars rovers, space satellites and more are designed and built there!

We are looking for a proactive professional report to the Head of Technical and manage an Accountant. You will play a critical role as the senior capital and treasury accountant, responsible for providing lead expert advice, managing, maintaining, and reporting on the councils capital and treasury strategy.

Key Tasks Include

• Lead on all Capital and Treasury functions for the councils general fund (GF) and housing revenue accounts (HRA)
• Providing technical advice, guidance training and support to service managers to enable delivery of the councils approved capital programme.
• Research financial implications in order to support decision making, including financing changes, taxation, and leasing issues.
• Play a lead role in quarterly capital budget monitoring in liaison with the service managers challenging forecasts where appropriate.
• Maintaining and advising on the strategy for the medium term financial plan including, revenue costs of decisions, borrowing and prudential code implications.
• Lead on producing the councils Treasury Management Strategy and treasury reporting.
• Manage the councils working capital requirements, ensuring cash forecasting is current and fit for purpose, and treasury investments and borrowing are manged and reported.

About You

The successful candidate will have

• Be CCAB Qualified
• Have a comprehensive in-depth knowledge of financial processes and procedures in a Local Authority or similar organisation
• Have knowledge of the latest issues affecting local government
• Have a proven track record of preparing capital, and asset information for statutory accounts and maintaining and reconciling fixed asset registers.
• Are an experienced finance business partner
• Ambitious to progress career within a Local Authority

Our Benefits

• Pension Scheme: We offer a career average pension scheme, providing generous benefits upon retirement, as well as a lump sum and pension for dependants
• Flexible working: available upon request, subject to operational requirements.
• Part time and Job share opportunities - all our full-time vacancies are open to job share unless otherwise stated.
• A variety of different types of paid and unpaid leave covering emergency and planned leave, maternity, paternity, adoption and parental leave.
• 25 days holiday rising to 31 days (depending on Local Government service)
• An extensive range of learning and development opportunities
• Employee Assistance Programme 24/7 Confidential advice and support on personal, work, family and relationship issues
• Season ticket loans and discounts for public transport
• Cycle to Work scheme
• Stevenage Credit Union: secure savings, free life insurance and access to cheap loans.
• Employee Discounts: via monthly paid membership of the Civil Service Sports Council (CSSC)
• Discounted Health and Fitness membership
• Trade Unions: For a small fee, all employees have the opportunity to join a Trade Union.

How to Apply

For more information please contact Andreas Efthymiou, on / D [phone]

Closing date for receipt of applications: 05 October 2025

Please note that if we receive a large volume of applications for this role, we reserve the right to close this vacancy ahead of the published closing date

Stevenage Borough Council (SBC) is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staff, volunteers and recruitment candidates to share this commitment. SBC shall take all reasonable steps to employ staff who are safe to work with children, young people and vulnerable adults. For posts identified with regular contact with these groups applicants will be required to undertake a Value Based Interview. The council supports the legislative requirements for employing and maintaining safer staff and the guidance specified by Hertfordshire Safeguarding Adults Board

Stevenage Borough Council is committed to Equal Opportunities for All.