Finance Business Partner
Location: Bristol
Contract: Permanent
Rate: £70,000 - £73,000 per annum
Start date: Flexible
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Job Description
Service Care Solutions is recruiting on behalf of a Local Authority for a Finance Business Partner to join the team on a permanent basis. The successful candidate will play a key role in long-term capital and resource planning, ensuring compliance with financial reporting requirements, and driving the transformation of financial services across the council. As a trusted strategic advisor, you will provide innovative financial support to senior managers and councillors, contributing to the delivery of complex programmes and projects while ensuring operational excellence.
Main responsibilities
1. Manage and deliver comprehensive financial and management accounting services, including budgeting, medium- and long-term financial planning, forecasting, financial reporting, and project and transformation programme support.
2. Lead on long-term capital and resource planning for general, ring-fenced, and partnership funds, ensuring timely closure of annual accounts and compliance for council-owned entities.
3. Provide innovative and strategic financial support to senior managers and councillors, collaborating across the finance function to manage complex propositions effectively.
4. Offer confident leadership to deliver operational excellence...