Strategic Finance Business Partner

Job Description: As the Strategic Finance Business Partner for the Resources Directorate, you will serve as the senior finance professional, providing financial leadership and expertise. Your role involves managing business partner support to address financial risks and budget pressures while ensuring the Council's financial health. You will collaborate with directors and stakeholders to deliver high-quality financial advice and foster a culture of challenge and empowerment within the team.

Key Responsibilities:

• Providing direct support to the Council's directors across its Resources directorate, enabling them to protect the Council's financial health.
• Challenging and testing service budget proposals to ensure they are realistic, viable, and commercially sound.
• Acting as the service gateway to the Shared Finance Service, ensuring stakeholders have access to high-quality professional advice.
• Supporting and challenging services to manage key financial risks.
• Providing high-quality professional advice on the financial implications of service proposals and drafting financial comments for Committee Reports.
• Leading on the development of a culture that encourages challenge and empowers staff to deliver more from their financial resources.

Skills Required:

• Strong financial leadership and expertise.
• Experience in budget management and financial risk assessment.
• Ability to provide high-quality professional financial advice.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills.
• Capability to foster a culture of challenge and empowerment.

Salary (Rate): undetermined

City: Sutton

Country: United Kingdom

Working Arrangements: undetermined

IR35 Status: undetermined

Seniority Level: undetermined

Industry: Other