Senior Financial Consultant

Chartered Institute of Public Finance and Accountancy; Greater London; On-site; GBP 75,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

4-day work week

Hybrid working

Generous pension scheme

Health benefits

Job summary

CIPFA, the Chartered Institute of Public Finance and Accountancy, is expanding its CIPFA Advisory department and seeking a Senior Financial Consultant. You will work with high profile public and government bodies to understand financial and non-financial challenges and improve financial resilience, data reporting, and service delivery.

You will define business needs, develop technical requirements and partner with the Advisory and Policy teams to deliver bespoke solutions and strengthen CIPFA's

Qualifications

• Significant experience in the public sector finance role or as a public sector consultant.
• Ability to define business needs, develop technical requirements and propose practical, value-adding solutions.
• Strong networking and relationship-building across senior public sector stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Support design, development and delivery of the wider CIPFA Advisory services strategic plan.
• Provide input to corporate initiatives across Policy and Marketing and act as an external voice at events.
• Develop external relationships with key public sector organisations and senior stakeholders.
• Lead and deliver advisory projects on-time, on-budget and within scope.

Skills

Public sector network

Stakeholder management

Business analysis

Requirements gathering

Job description

About Us

At CIPFA, we're driven by a singular purpose: to transform lives through exceptional public financial management. As a leading international accountancy body, we champion integrity, transparency, and efficiency in the use of public funds. We believe that every pound spent should deliver tangible improvements to public services, creating a better future for individuals and communities worldwide. Join us in shaping a world where public money truly makes a difference.

About the Role

CIPFA is expanding its CIPFA Advisory department and looking for a Senior Financial Consultant. This is an exciting opportunity for anyone looking for a new challenge and working with high profile public and government bodies. You will be key in helping the team and the wider public sector understand their financial and non-financial challenges, answering the 'so what' question and helping the sector and market improve its financial resilience. You will work as part of a wider Advisory team. We are currently focused on helping the sector with their financial and operational challenges, service improvement (Transformation) and property services. By working with the wider CIPFA Advisory and Policy team, you will help clients assess their financial resilience and develop bespoke data requirements as well as collecting, validating, analysing, and disseminating data and reports to customers across the full range of CIPFA Solutions products.

About You

You’ll be highly motivated, comfortable challenging conventional thinking, and always looking to introduce smarter ways of working. You’ll be confident defining business needs, developing technical requirements, and proposing practical, value-adding solutions. You will already have significant experience either working within the public sector in a finance role or supporting the public sector as a consultant. Crucially, you’ll bring a well-established network of contacts across the public sector, enabling you to build strong relationships and help expand CIPFA’s reach and support to public sector organisations. You’ll also share our values of being accountable, open, fair-minded and supportive, and will be comfortable acting as a trusted adviser to senior stakeholders.

Key tasks include but not limited to:

• Supporting the design, development, and delivery of the wider CIPFA Advisory services strategic plan.
• Providing CIPFA Advisory input to corporate initiatives across all service delivery areas including Policy and Marketing.
• Providing an external voice for CIPFA Advisory services at conferences, seminars, and workshops.
• Providing support and advice on the development of CIPFA Advisory approaches, ensuring they are relevant, and market driven.
• Build, manage and develop external relationships with key individuals and organisations across the public sector.
• Working with Chief Executives, Directors of Finance, Politicians, Non-Executive Directors, and senior staff across the public sector to grow the presence and impact of CIPFA.
• Supporting the development of integrated Advisory solutions that are appropriate and fit for purpose for the public sector.
• Effectively prepare proposals for support and presentations.
• Identifying and negotiating schedules, milestones, and resources required to meet project objectives.
• Responsibility for the effective delivery of projects on-time, on-budget and within scope meeting or exceeding the stakeholder expectations.

Our Employee Offer

In exchange for helping us to make a difference we offer:

• Reward – Giving you fair pay and generous benefits, which includes completive salary, generous pension scheme, holiday scheme, family friendly benefits and more!
• Wellbeing – Empowering you to work flexibly, balancing your personal and professional live through our permanent 4-day working week (work 4 days, get paid for 5) and hybrid working, alongside with a range of health benefits, such as access to an Employee Assistance Helpline and the opportunity to join our Health Cash Plan.
• Purpose – Connecting the work you do with its social value and impact through paid volunteering days and charity and community work.
• Growth – Enabling you to develop your skills and knowledge through access to training opportunities, paid professional membership subscriptions, and career break options.
• Culture – Our culture is one of respect. We give you a sense of belonging, supporting you to work with autonomy, openness, and collaboration.

We know that not all people come from the same background, or think the same - so why should we? At CIPFA, we want to be a great place to work where a diverse group of people from all backgrounds can turn up and thrive. When we hire, we want you to feel empowered to bring your best self to work.

Please let us know if you need any reasonable adjustments throughout the recruitment process.