Job Title: Senior Finance Business Partner - Capital
Location: Hybrid - Working from home and Kettering office
Rate of Pay: £550 - £650 per day Umbrella OR £423.08 - £500 per day PAYE
Working Hours: Full Time - 37 hours
Type: Temporary Role -Initially 3 months with possibility to extend
Opus People Solutions are working with North Northamptonshire Council to recruit for a Senior Finance Business Partner - Capital.
Purpose of the Job
- The Senior Finance Business Partner will support the Strategic Finance Business Partner in relation to the Accountancy function which includes the closedown of the Council's accounts and the production of the Statement of Accounts and the overall financial governance ensuring controls are in place and are being effectively maintained.
- This role will be responsible for supporting the reporting and monitoring of the capital programme and funding activities, providing technical support in relation to the treatment of capital activities. This role will also be involved in the year end close down and budget setting processing in relation to the activity within the capital programme.
- The Senior Finance Business Partner is to provide high quality financial support to Executive Directors, Assistant Directors and Service Managers. This is a high-profile role and requires good management skills to ensure finance services provided are professional and customer focused.
- The Senior Finance Business Partner will be required to support the Strategic Finance Business Partner in the effective management in ensuring financial controls and governance are held in high regard across the organisation.
Principal responsibilities
1. As a member of the Strategic Finance Business Partners management team, contribute to the overall strategic and operational management of the provision of Financial Services to the Service, this will include the closure of the accounts and the production of the Statement of Accounts.
2. Manage, motivate and develop staff within the team, providing support to ensure that priorities are identified, objectives achieved and to enhance the overall level of performance and morale.
3. Ensure effective and ongoing implementation of the Council's Performance Appraisal and Development Programme within the finance team.
4. Ensure that services perform their duties and functions in fulfilment of their financial statutory obligations, keeping abreast of the Councils changing legal obligations, mandates and responsible for ensuring relevant compliance with the Council's Financial Procedure Rules and Financial Code.
5. To manage the provision of financial support on obtaining and securing financial resources including the assessment of business options, including interpreting/analysing complex financial and non-financial information.
6. Support the Strategic Finance Business Partner in designing and delivering bespoke financial training packages to Officers.
7. Deliver Customer Satisfaction levels to support the Accountancy business plan and deliverables.
8. Support the closedown of the accounts schedule by reviewing processes and timescales to enable deadlines to be met.
9. To manage finance projects assigned by the Strategic Finance Business Partner.
10. To support the provision of financial direction and analysis to all Service and Support Directorates.
Knowledge and Experience
- Knowledge and experience of the preparation of the annual accounts closedown process, including the production of the Statement of Accounts.
- Proven staff leadership and management experience
- Proven experience in the areas of Financial Planning, Control and Reporting
- Experience in the development of Financial Processes
- Evidence of developing and delivering financial training to officers and members
- Proven experience of communicating effectively with professional and technical finance staff and operational managers. Ability to negotiate and influence at a high level
- Understanding of how local government works, including the specific complexities of local government finance, and the major influences and challenges it faces
- Have up to date knowledge of accounting policy such as IFRS, CIPFA codes of practice
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