Strategic Finance Business Partner

Posted 13 June 2025
LocationSutton RH5 United Kingdom
Job type Contract
Sector Interim & Executive Management

Job description

3-4 months contract with a local authority

Job Purpose
  • As the Strategic Finance Business Partner for the Resources Directorate, you will be the senior finance professional for the area, developing subject matter expertise and providing robust financial leadership. You will lead and manage the provision of business partner support, ensuring your team's resources are targeted towards managing key financial risks and major budget pressures. Additionally, you will support the Head of Financial Strategy to lead and coordinate medium-term financial planning for the Council’s budgets.

Key Duties/Accountabilities
  • Provide direct support to the Council's directors across its Resources directorate, enabling them to protect the Council's financial health.
  • Challenge and test service budget proposals to ensure they are realistic, viable, and commercially sound.
  • Act as the service gateway to the Shared Finance Service, ensuring stakeholders have access to high-quality professional advice.
  • Support and challenge services to manage key financial risks.
  • Provide high-quality professional advice on the financial implications of service proposals and draft financial comments for Committee Reports.
  • Lead on the development of a culture that encourages challenge and empowers staff to deliver more from their financial resources.
Essential Experience Required
  • 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.
Essential Qualification Required
  • 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.
Additional Information
  • Working hours: 36 hours per week
Application Deadline: The role closes soon, please apply ASAP.

Requirements

Requirements
  • Relevant professional qualification (e.g. CIPFA, CIMA, MBA, etc) or equivalent experience
  • Experience in a senior finance role
  • Experience in strategic finance advice
  • Customer-focused finance team experience