£ 40000 Per year
Finance Business Partner
Permanent
Job Description
- To act as lead Finance Business Partner for a defined set of services within the Council, providing financial advice and support to Directors, Heads of Service and other budget holders.
- To provide full financial support to a defined group of council services including (but not limited to)
- Budget monitoring and forecasting
- Technical advice in specialist areas (e.g. Dedicated Schools Grant, HRA,)
- Provision of accurate and timely reports on relevant financial issues and performance
- Providing data analysis and options appraisal to enable decision making
- Budget setting and financial planning
- Yearend processes including providing specified notes to the accounts.
- Staying informed of financial regulations and legalities relevant to the service area and Public Sector Finance
Required Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities
- Fully qualified CCAB accountant or AAT/part qualified or equivalent with significant experience.
- Demonstrable knowledge of accounting principles, policies and practices including experience of year end closure of accounts
- Experience of working in large complex organizations and supporting the financial management of significant budgets
- Ability to work on own initiative to identify and resolve financial problems and issues.
- Ability to communicate complex financial information in an easy-to-understand format. This includes writing reports and providing graphical representation of information.
- Ability to present to small audiences and explain financial issues verbally to non-finance professionals
- Ability to build constructive relationships with budget holders, managers, and other customers.
- Experience in identifying, supporting, and implementing system or process improvements,
- Ability to evaluate, interpret and analyze financial and other quantitative information
- Ability to use standard office IT systems such as Excel and Word and experience of using corporate financial management systems
- Ability to plan and manage own work to meet regular and adhoc deadlines
- Ability to develop and support more junior staff, challenging poor performance and celebrating good performance
- Understand and commitment to Equality and Diversity, applying its principles to all activities
Reference no: 98001