Finance Business Partner £ dependant on experience Braintree, Essex Contract: Temporary 6 months Full-time hours Start Date: Immediate You will deliver high quality financial advice and support to services and the corporate organisation. You will provide comprehensive and innovative support to senior managers, working collaboratively with services and other staff across the finance function. Duties will include: Responsibility for the provision of financial and management accounting support to a range of services, including preparation of revenue budgets, closure of accounts, financial monitoring and control, forecasting, and financial planning To provide financial advice to service managers, including commenting/advising on the adequacy of financial procedures, processes, and any service based financial systems. To advise and support on the identification, assessment and reporting of the financial implications of decision reports prepared by managers for member/ senior management consideration. Working with service managers, undertake investigations, analytical reviews, and other financial projects to ensure resources are being used to best effect, including assistance with any bids or claims for external funding. Constructively challenge the status quo regarding existing budgets and assumptions. To provide financial advice and support on service and corporate based projects, working groups' comprising officer and/ or me...