Finance Business Partner - Divisional Financial Management
Job description
Full, Part time or Term time considered
Permanent
Bristol
We are recruiting a Finance Business Partner to lead on finances for the Growth and Regeneration directorate of the council. Growth and Regeneration has a gross expenditure budget of over £250 million per annum in revenue and over £100m in capital spending. This is a wide portfolio from transport, to housing, to bin collections, with many areas that are of high political interest.
This is a really exciting time to join Bristol and take lead on finance in this Directorate, with significant transformation programmes in Property and Housing underway and sizeable capital programmes including the council's engagement in the regeneration of the Temple Quarter starting to step up.
As a core part of the senior finance team, Finance Business Partners lead on the delivery of high-quality financial advice, bringing commercial and financial expertise to the Council. You will take a full and proactive approach in delivering financial and management services with transformation and project support a key element to this role. You will also need strong negotiation and influencing skills enabling you to provide strategic financial advice and steer decisions.
This role will lead a team of qualified and developing staff of around 17 FTE and you will become an integral member of the Directorate's leadership, collaborating and challenging stakeholders across the organisation to ensure effective financial grip and control, including risk management. You will represent finance at internal and external senior leadership meetings and provide financial and commercial advice to support strategic and operational decision making, analyse new and existing business initiatives, challenge assumptions, highlight risks and opportunities, and improve systems and analytical tools to support evidence-based decision making to improve our city.
What do I need to Apply?
You will hold a CCAB (or equivalent) qualification with post qualification experience and evidence of continuing professional development, an innovative problem solver with sharp financial and commercial acumen.
You will have business partnering experience in providing commercial and business advice to senior management in a variety of service settings, leading on financial aspect of transformation projects and ideally capital programmes, supporting the long-term vision within the constraints of short, medium and long-term financial resources.
You will have experience of working in complex and diverse organisations and can understand the operational context within which local government operates and how to apply the dynamics of working within a political environment with resource constraints.
You will have demonstrable abilities to manage team performance effectively and to hold team members to account. You will need to develop, support and lead the relevant finance team and ensure they are continuously developed.
While prior experience of working in Local Government and with the relevant services is preferred, we welcome applications with transferable skills and appropriate experience outside of the Local Government setting.
Why Bristol City Council?
Working for Bristol City Council is about more than just a job. We're not about building profits to make money for someone else, we're about supporting the development of our city, improving life chances and outcomes for our population. We're clearly focused on making a difference to the people and the communities across the city.
At both organisational and departmental level we are enthusiastic about supporting succession planning, career development opportunity from within and are keen to grow our senior leaders of the future. We go that extra mile for our people; we offer a work environment which is fast moving and supportive, giving you the chance to use your skills and develop new ones within a high-profile organisation.
We positively encourage productive, flexible working and we provide you with the technology you need to work from a variety of locations. The finance service has adopted a blended working policy which will allow you to spend a proportion of your time working remotely. There will be an expectation for you to attend the office according to business need.
Join us and you'll receive an excellent rewards package including flexible working, membership of the Local Government Pension scheme, and a generous annual leave allowance. In addition, you'll be working in a supportive environment where you'll have the chance to make Bristol a better place and contribute to its future.
For further information please visit our careers site to view the full objectives of the role.
Please note that these roles are subject to a standard DBS check.
How to Apply
To apply please visit our careers site where there are details on how to submit your CV and a Supporting Statement which demonstrates how you meet the criteria required.
No agencies please.
We're a Disability Confident employer which means we value recruiting and retaining disabled people. Any job applicants who consider themselves to be disabled and meet the essential criteria in the Person Specification are guaranteed an interview. We'll make reasonable adjustments throughout the interview process and provide continued workplace support throughout your career.
At Bristol City Council, we value having a workforce as diverse as the city we serve. We therefore welcome, develop and promote people from all sections of the community, and we particularly encourage applicants from Black and racially minoritised candidates, Disabled candidates, young people and LGBTQ+ candidates who are currently under-represented within our service area. Appointments will be made on merit.
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