Senior Finance Business Partner - Alconbury Weald, Huntingdon, United Kingdom
Our Benefits
We value our colleagues in Cambridgeshire County Council and have developed a number of benefits in addition to the basics like annual leave, sick pay, pension and mileage…
* A comprehensive wellbeing package to cover all aspects of wellbeing, both in and out of work, which can also be accessed by your family
* Buy up to 4 weeks additional annual leave (pro-rata) through our salary sacrifice scheme
* Take your bank holidays flexibly to better suit your personal circumstances
* Make Additional Voluntary Contributions (Shared AVCs) to your pension with tax and National Insurance savings
* Access to development opportunities, apprenticeships and qualified coaches to support your personal and professional growth
* Paid volunteering hours each year so you can make a positive impact on our community during your normal working day
* Access to Peer Support Groups through our IDEAL staff equality, diversity and inclusion network
* Opportunities to nominate and receive Employee Recognition Awards
* An Our Cambs Rewards account, giving you access to in-store and online discounts as well as our Car Lease and Cycle to Work schemes
Take a look at our Employment Benefits Brochure attached to this advert to find out more.
About the role
The Finance Service at Cambridgeshire County Council plays a pivotal role in safeguarding public funds and ensuring value for money for local taxpayers. We are a diverse, well‑regarded team at the heart of organisational decision‑making, supporting leaders across the Council with high‑quality financial insight and stewardship.
With Local Government Reorganisation underway in Cambridgeshire, we are entering a period of significant change. This brings both challenges and opportunities, and we are strengthening our team to provide the focus and capacity needed to support this transformation
We are recruiting a Senior Finance Business Partner to lead the financial elements of the Council’s business planning and budgeting processes, and to play a central role in shaping the funding and financial framework for local government reorganisation. The role will also oversee our long‑running and successful finance apprenticeship programme.
You will report to the Strategic Finance Business Partner for Corporate Finance and work closely with the Head of Finance, senior leaders, and directors across the organisation. There is an expectation of at least one day a week on site.
Interviews are expected the week commencing 2 March 2026.
For more information or to chat about this opportunity please contact Stephen Howarth at
About you
We are seeking a committed and self‑motivated finance professional who can bring both energy and expertise to this role. Alongside strong technical skills, you will be able to build constructive relationships across the Finance Service and the wider Council, supporting a robust business planning process and helping to deliver the financial elements of local government reorganisation.
You will be a fully qualified accountant, or otherwise qualified by experience, with the confidence to work proactively, manage a varied workload, and collaborate effectively with peers and senior stakeholders. Experience within a local authority environment would be an advantage, but we welcome applications from finance professionals with transferable skills who are operating at, or aspiring to operate at, this level.
About us Cambridgeshire is a great place to work and live with a diverse population, an urban centre in Cambridge, historic Isle of Ely, Huntingdon and St Ives as well as more rural landscapes.We are proud to serve the diverse communities of Cambridgeshire and want our workforce to be reflective of this diversity, which we believe benefits our employees, the organisation and our communities. our jobs and careers section to find out more about our wide range of learning and development opportunities; apprenticeships; our wellbeing package; staff benefits; our commitment to equality, diversity and Inclusion.