Your newpany
Your new role
As Finance Partner and ideally a qualified Accountant (ACCA/CIPFA/CIMA/ACA), you will be undertaking the provision of financial advice and guidance to managers to improve business performance and the delivery of the Cabinet’s vision, priorities and values for the education sector across the council region.
This will include being able to identify, develop and support opportunities and initiatives to transform the delivery of financial services across the Council as well as the implementation of business process improvements alongside providing financial advice and guidance for managers in allocated service areas. This will ensure you can acquire and maintainprehensive service-specific knowledge and support policy development as appropriate. You will be developing capital and revenue business cases and options appraisals in support of strategic business objectives, enabling you to identify, investigate and support the reduction of cost pressures as well as additional ie-generation opportunities and/or savings. You will achieve success by undertaking process and service benchmarking and ensuring you provide financial support to specific revenue and capital projects. The ability to develop and maintain effective working relationships to support cooperative ways of working, effective decision-making and management of financial resources, as well as coaching and mentoring where needed, is a fundamental aspect of this role.
What you'll need to succeed
You will ideally hold a professional accountancy qualification or demonstrablemitment to studying for a qualification, and have experience of improving the financial performance of services, including budget setting and the use of benchmarking and other analytical approaches. As well as this, you will be well-versed in providing financial advice, guidance and analysis to non-financial managers - demonstrating well-developed interpersonal and relationship management skills, with the ability to work both independently and also as part of a multidisciplinary team. As an excellentmunicator of financial information and concepts, you will also have experience ofpleting business cases and option appraisals and providing financial support to projects. With a good working knowledge of relevant financial, legal and technical policies,
regulations and procedures within a local authority context. Your well-developed ICT skills and a track record of using financial systems and software packages and an open and collaborative working style and effective business partnering skills willplement your ability to proactively understand and resolve business performance issues. In this role you will be managing multiplepeting priorities and working to delivery deadlines. Having experience of working in a localernment environment and a detailed understanding of current issues in relation to localernment finance, and the local, regional and national efficiency agenda will ensure you are successful in this post.
What you'll get in return
With excellent benefits, a collaborative and inclusive working environment, flexibility and a knowledgeable and friendly team around you.