Senior Finance Business Partner

Hays; London; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A prominent organization in London seeks a Senior Finance Business Partner to provide comprehensive financial support across various services. The role involves advising senior management on budget management, fostering collaboration between teams, and ensuring adherence to financial standards. Candidates must hold a CCAB qualification and possess relevant local government experience. This full-time position allows for in-office work three days a week.

Qualifications

• Experience in local government financial management.
• Previous experience managing staff (up to 3).
• Ability to work in a collaborative environment.

Responsibilities

• Provide financial advice and guidance to senior managers.
• Lead the business partnering team for budget monitoring.
• Produce finance reports for management and partnership meetings.

Skills

Financial Management

Collaboration

Reporting

Communication

Education

CCAB Qualification

Job description

This range is provided by Hays. Your actual pay will be based on your skills and experience — talk with your recruiter to learn more.

Base pay range

Role Purpose:

To act as Senior Finance Business Partner for a portfolio of services within the Council, providing financial advice, guidance and support to Strategic Directors, Directors, Heads of Service and other Managers.

To develop strong collaborative relationships between the service teams and the finance team, to strengthen the business partnering support model and ensure Finance is consistently consulted on decisions and wider service performance impacting budgets, promoting financial standards and best practices across the Council to ensure a financially compliant and well-run organisation.

To lead and manage the business partnering team for a defined set of Council services providing full financial support for; budget monitoring and forecasting, technical finance advice on specialist areas, budget setting and financial planning, year-end processes.

Work with senior managers to develop and evaluate options for maximising short-term and long-term opportunities and cost avoidance, including the implementation and monitoring of action plans, savings initiatives, and other risk mitigation measures impacting the overall Council's budgets.

Identify the training needs of senior managers and their staff in relation to the Financial Management and ensure appropriate training strategies are implemented.

Produce finance reports for departmental management meetings, partnership meetings and other key meetings such as Schools Forum.

Job Requirements:
1, CCAB Qualification
2, Prior experience of working with local government
3, Prior experience of management of staff - up to x3 people
4, Happy to work from office x3 days per week

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Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Mid-Senior level

Employment type

• Employment type

  Full-time

Job function

• Job function

  Accounting/Auditing

• Industries

  Hospitals and Health Care, Non-profit Organizations, and Government Administration

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