Location: London
Contract: Temporary (3-months initial)
Rate: £505.24 per day umbrella // £444.52 per day PAYE inclusive // £396.64 per day PAYE exclusive
Start Date: ASAP
*Hybrid Working*
Contact: greg.waite@servicecare.org.uk
Job Description
Service Care Solutions are currently recruiting on behalf of a Local Authority for a Senior Finance Business Partner to join their Place Directorate on a temporary basis. The postholder will provide financial management support and advice to the service managers across the core financial cycle of budget setting, budget monitoring and closing of the accounts.
Main Responsibilities
- Provide high quality senior finance business partner support to revenue and capital budget managers to:
- Provide high quality professional advice and support to budget managers, delivering useful insights and translating business intelligence into business success
- Support core financial processes and activities for revenue and capital budgets, including financial planning and budgeting, financial management and monitoring activities, and financial year end processes
- Support and challenge services to manage key financial risks and play their part in protecting the financial health of the Councils
- Add value to the Councils as an effective business partner
- Work collaboratively with Strategic Finance Business Partners (SFBPs) to ensure key financial risks to the Council are appropriately reflected in medium term financial plans and finance resource is targeted towards the management and mitigation of these risks
- Work collaboratively with the Financial Planning & Major Projects Team to develop and manage the capital programme and capital budgets related to the service area being supported
- CCAB/CIMA Qualified Accountant with extensive experience
- Experienced in a senior role in a Local Authority finance enviornment
- Experience of working with Place services within Local Authority finance is highly desirable
- Experience of budget setting, budget monitoring and supporting closure of accounts
- Great communication skills with the ability to work well on own initiative as well as part of a team
Service Care Solutions also offers a £250 referral bonus! So, if you know of anyone who would be perfect for this position and they are placed into work, you will receive £250 for the referral once their probationary period has been completed.
