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Finance Business Partner - CONTRACT - LONDON
A leading UK FTSE 100 provider of cutting edge IT solutions and services are looking to hire a talented Finance Business Partner. The successful Finance Business Partner will work onsite at a large council, where the Accountancy team have recently undergone a huge amount of transformational change. The Finance Business Partner will form part of a newly formed team.
A successful business partnering arrangement is one where the finance business partner and budget holder mutually trust and respect each other, work as equal partners to meet the service and organisational aims, take collective responsibility for all finance related matters and communicate regularly.
Finance business partners should provide financial insight and overview and provide support and sound financial advice for all business decisions using, amongst other things, financial planning and scenario modelling tools. Communication and liaison between all parties should be regular and Finance business partners should be proactive and strategic.
Responsibilities for the Finance Business Partner:
- Work closely with all stakeholders to ensure best use of limited financial resources, providing the strategic financial insight, intelligence and support needed.
- Assess situations from a commercial, business or finance perspective; provide appropriate financial advice to support complex business decisions.
- Support and advise on the financial aspects of complex commissioning and procurement for a portfolio of services.
- Play a proactive and authoritative role in all key Directorate and other discussions as required.
- Proactively contribute to the delivery of a high performing, customer focused finance service to the delivery unit or commissioning area.
- Ensure finance is positioned to be proactive and creative, looking for ways to shape and influence directorate decisions and taking joint responsibility for the outcomes achieved as a result.
- Support the provision of a well organised, reliable and professional financial reporting and advisory service and anticipate short term and long term business needs for the portfolio of services the post has responsibility for.
- To ensure the service is delivered in line with relevant contractual performance indicators and commitments.
- Demonstrate how finance makes a real and demonstrable difference to the delivery of the Council's business and achievement of its priorities.
- Provide strategic support and constructive challenge for requirements such as the development of delivery unit or commissioning plans, corporate priorities, service reviews, government and professional consultations, implementation of best practice models and any other such requirements.
Experience for the Finance Business Partner:
- CCAB Part Qualified or AAT qualified or experience commensurate with AAT qualification
- Accounting and budgetary experience, sound knowledge of local government finance framework, accounting principles and standards, statutory requirements and relevant codes of practice.
- Experience of developing productive, meaningful, trusted and positive stakeholder relationships.
- Experience of working on own initiative with limited supervision or direction.
- Experience of attending Member committees or other corporate/board meetings.
- Extensive knowledge of financial IT systems.
- Ability to analyse, interpret, understand and disseminate complex and detailed technical information in a professional and easy to understand way
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