Finance Business Partner

Working on behalf of a Local Authority, Aatom Recruitment has an opportunity for a Finance Business Partner on a 3 month contract with a possibility of an extension.

This position will be a total of 36 hours per week, with hours from 09:00am – 17:30pm.

Job Purpose:

To support a solution-focussed, innovative financial management function that enables the effective allocation of resources to outcomes to ensure value for money for the public purse.

To support the provision of professional and evidence-based management information to support the long-term sustainability of the Council and its trusted partners.

Job Specific Accountabilities:

• Proactively support colleagues to ensure the provision of reliable, effective and timely financial support and advice that contributes to the achievement of their objectives.
• Represent the Senior Finance Business Partner as and when required in internal and external scenarios and to display the behaviours and values expected in a positive and professional manner.
• Support the provision of proactive, solution-focussed advice and guidance to the organisation to enable innovation and commercialism within the realms of the Council’s procurement and finance procedure rules.
• Be an effective team member seeking out development opportunities to support succession planning so that the team is operating to the expected standard of a high performing, excellent, finance business partnering function.
• Support the delivery of the council’s financial sustainability and resilience by working with the team to provide insight and intelligence to predict and model demand management.
• Organise effective evidence to support the team in demonstrating that taxpayer’s money is allocated and spent according to the council’s priority outcomes, minimising the overlap and duplication of spend and activity via an outcomes-based budgeting process.
• Support the delivery of the business plan by demonstrating achievement of key objectives on time and to the required standard.
• Support the achievement of the council’s commercial activity in conjunction with the commercial and commissioning team, to deliver income generating ideas and projects to ensure the council’s ambition for sustainable income and growth.

Knowledge, Skills and Experience:

• A formal accountancy qualification or equivalent professional knowledge gained through significant experience working as a finance specialist.
• Able to think and act across and outside organisational boundaries.
• Able to drive change.
• Able to sustain successful partnership working, across the Council.
• Able to inspire others with a compelling vision of the future, engage others in that future and motivate them to make the required contribution.
• Able to be a key Business Management advocate for change and have the personal courage and resilience to cope with ambiguity, uncertainty.

To get more information about this role and how to apply please contact Sohail 07949635423

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