Walsall Council are delighted to be exclusively partnering with Robertson Bell on a recruitment campaign for five Finance Business Partners on a permanent basis. At Walsall Council, we’re transforming, and so are our Financial Services. We’re changing the way the council works so that we can provide an even better customer experience, increase staff satisfaction, and improve our service performance. It’s all about achieving the very best for our colleagues, customers and communities.
We are looking to recruit into 5x Finance Business Partner roles, to continue to support this transformation journey within the following areas: Financial Planning and Children’s & Education Services. Each Finance Business Partner role will be supporting our service managers and directors to become a proactive and trusted financial adviser. Everything you do will help to improve the service and its outcomes.
The key duties of the role are as follows:
1. Provide high level strategic financial advice in liaison with senior finance colleagues and service managers.
2. Build and maintain strong productive relationships with the business and within finance / commercial.
3. Provide advice and financial input into the Council’s financial planning processes including input and guidance into business plans and service improvement reviews.
4. Identify and report upon any financial risks resulting from changes in political, operational, technological or environmental factors.
5. Co-ordinate the preparation and submission of the Council’s year end Statutory Accounts for your directorate.
6. Drive forward efficiencies by continuously adapting, designing, monitoring and reviewing working practices, procedures and systems.
7. Co-ordinate the preparation and submission of the monthly/quarter finance and performance monitoring budgetary control process.
8. Actively contribute and participate in budget setting and monitoring and forecasting processes.
The successful candidate will have:
1. A full CCAB / CIMA accountancy qualification or be actively studying for one.
2. Ideally, a background working in the public sector but this is by no means essential.
3. Experience of excellent business partnering support to customers and being able to adapt to differing customer needs.
4. Experience in the use of financial modelling and options appraisal techniques, particularly the use of spreadsheets and business intelligence tools (desirable).
5. Experience of providing business intelligence that enables managers to take soundly based policy and operational decisions.
6. Awareness of potential risks / opportunities / changes in legislation and experience of supporting budget holders through mitigating these risks and embracing opportunities.
7. Evidence of operating in a commercial and proactive manner.
The closing date for applications is Sunday 16th March, with first stage interviews due to take place the week commencing 24th March. Applications will be under continuous review before the closing date, so please submit your CV to our exclusive search agent Robertson Bell ASAP to avoid disappointment.
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