Finance Business Partner

770100589 – Finance Business Partner

Are you looking for the opportunity to develop a career in the Public Sector? We have several fantastic temporary positions available working with our client Buckinghamshire Council!

Overview
On behalf of Buckinghamshire Council, Pertemps Recruitment have an exciting opportunity for a Finance Business Partner (Accountant) to join the team in Aylesbury. Working alongside the Senior Management Accountant, you will play an important role in providing professional accountancy support, general financial advisory services and guidance to Cabinet Members, Corporate Directors, Service Directors, Heads of Service and senior managers on budget management issues, both revenue and capital, service planning, the financial implications of major service developments, including procurement exercises.

Temporary – 12 months
Hours – Monday to Friday – 37 hours per week, 9:00am to 5:30pm
Pay Rate – £24.78 per hour PAYE
Start Date – ASAP
Work Schedule – Hybrid working with 2 days in the office
Location – Walton Street, Aylesbury HP20 1UA

About the role
As a Finance Business Partner, you will have a number of responsibilities including, but not limited to the following:

• Ensure effective budget management (both revenue and capital) through facilitating the accurate reporting of forecast budget and project outturn positions by cost centre managers, project managers and Service Directors on a risk basis, providing accurate financial and performance information, ensuring all identified risks are quantified and appropriately recorded. Ensure robust plans for the mitigation of risks identified.
• Contribute to the Closure of Accounts ensuring that relevant working papers, grant returns and statistical returns are quality reviewed.
• Contribute to the preparation of the annual and medium-term financial plans and working papers for your service delivery area.
• Lead and manage the completion of appropriate financial returns, FOIA requests, statutory returns and grant claims. 
• Ensure that officers and members are provided with high quality information, professional technical and strategic financial advice and recommendations on financial strategies, policy, standards and practices, enabling services to make timely and well-informed decisions in the knowledge of the impact those decisions will have on both the financial and service performance for the Council.   Train key stakeholders in matters relating to financial management, compliance and processes so that stakeholders are able to understand and fully contribute to the production of timely, relevant, reliable and transparent financial information and decisions.
• Development of financial models and business cases (including using appropriate investment appraisal techniques) in support of service development and procurement projects, working analytically with Directorate managers to interpret data to support robust decision making ensuring that the financial implications and risks are recognised and reflected within decision making.

About you
The successful candidate(s) should have:

• Must be part-qualified in AAT, CIPFA or CCAB as a minimum
• Experience in Highways and Parking Operations is desirable but not essential
• Local Authority experience is desirable but not essential

About us and our Client
As a flexible employee of Pertemps Recruitment Partnership Ltd, you will be joining a Company that holds the distinction of being one of the largest and most successful independent recruitment agencies in the country. Our pioneering spirit and ability to tap into the uniqueness of each individual’s talents has enabled us to open doors for our employees, our clients and our applicants too. Our philosophies and rewards are built very much on mutual trust and respect within the style of a partnership in which we hope you will feel both fulfilled and valued as a person.

Buckinghamshire Council are a leading Authority with offices in Aylesbury, Amersham and High Wycombe, whose values represent exactly what they are – Proud, Ambitious, Collaborative and Trustworthy. By joining Buckinghamshire Council, you can expect:

• A fair and inclusive culture
• The chance to really make a difference to your local community and those around you
• Health and well-being initiatives including Mental Health First Aiders and mindfulness workshops
• Ongoing support, and the opportunity to develop and progress in your career
• Opportunities to take part in fun activities such as fundraising and social events

Other information
We are looking for someone able to start as soon as possible.Interviews will be conducted as a two-stage process with an initial call over MS Teams then a face-to-face interview with an excel assessment at the Walton Street offices in Aylesbury, HP20 1UA.

Apply online now so we can review your application!
If you require more information on the role, please call our Pertemps Aylesbury office and ask for the Buckinghamshire Council team.

We reserve the right to close the vacancy once we have received sufficient applications, so please be advised to submit your application as early as possible.