Role Purpose

These roles provide a broad service that set policy and provides advice to support and assure all of the council’s day to day activities. They gather information required by other groups to make strategic decisions and translate this into corporate policy and strategic advice. They have little or no direct accountability for outcomes; however, what they are accountable for is the quality of advice they provide to business leaders.
At the lower levels, these roles tend to focus on research and analysis and the interpretation and implementation of policies. At the higher level, role holders set strategy, develop policy and provide assurance across the Council more broadly.
The Shared Finance Service ambition is to add value, inspire success and this role is part of the Shared Finance Service (SFS) team collectively responsible for delivering SFS activities to realise this ambition.
The role provides direct support to the Head of Finance Business Partnering.

Specific Accountabilities

Take a proactive role in providing inspirational leadership to the finance team as part of the Senior Leadership Tier of the shared finance service
Provide direct line management of 1-5 staff to support the area of the business you are allocated to as Strategic Finance Business Partner
Support staff development through coaching and mentoring across the service, helping to fulfil the Shared Finance Service ambition of growing our own talent
Play an active role in Council leadership networks and lead by example to embed corporate values and beliefs
Act as the senior Finance professional for one or more Directorate areas developing subject matter expertise and taking responsibility for producing accurate and useful financial information and forecasts, based on sound assumptions and realistic estimates, to support both the S151 Officer and Executive Directors to manage the Council’s finances

Knowledge and Experience

Completed a relevant professional qualification that supports delivery of functional responsibilities (e.g. CIPFA, CIMA, MBA etc) or demonstrable equivalent experience of operating at that level.
Experience of working within a business partnering model and/or the ability to demonstrate an awareness of what is required to deliver the outcomes of the model
Experience of working alongside senior managers in a Senior Finance role
Experience of working within a finance team which is customer focused
Experience of delivering strategic finance advice within a large and complex organisation
Experience of providing advice and challenge to budget holders, managers and Finance colleagues.
Experience of leading or providing financial support to change programmes and

business improvement initiatives, or development of corporate strategy

Experience of developing in depth technical understanding of complex financial issues to support financial planning

Desirable Knowledge and Experience

Experience of successfully delivering customer engagement activities or business

partnering in a large and complex organisation

Experience of developing expertise in non-financial subjects to support customers
Experience of interpreting complex or detailed legislation, policy or strategy

documents to identify financial implications and deliver insight

Experience of developing or contributing to medium term financial plans and strategies
Knowledge and experience of relevant service areas or corporate financial management

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Strategic Finance Business Partner

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