Job Description
Sheffield City Council is looking for two senior finance professionals to join the Finance and Commercial Services team.
There has never been a more critical time to hold the financial reigns in local government. Global financial and economic conditions have made finance in the public sector as challenging as ever and has underlined the importance and value finance professionals add.
The Finance and Commercial Services team are here to enable the delivery of high-quality public services, achieve the best value for public money and ensure we do it in the most efficient and effective way. If you enjoy the challenge of driving process improvements and enabling colleagues to achieve their goals, then this is an excellent opportunity to work in a dynamic and supportive team.
Finance Business Partner
Our Finance Business Partners work hand in hand with services, creating real and active partnerships with operations and management. As a Business Partner you will provide real time support and analysis and be a trusted adviser to assist and influence decision making for our city.
The role is about shaping strategy and helping put our financial plans into action. You will be responsible for:
- leading the annual business planning and budget setting process with services
- providing financial advice, oversight, and challenge on key decisions
- assisting in resolving business problems, ensuring that financial strategy is aligned with business strategy.
- building alliances with managers and bringing financial insight to discussions about the business
- 'translating' between finance and services,
- interpreting data, and then presenting the findings to the relevant stakeholders in a clear concise manner.
- standing over your opinions and having a well-developed sense of ethics and being prepared to stand up for these principles.
The Successful Applicants for the role will:
- be highly motivated and enthusiastic
- hold a full CCAB qualification
- have excellent communication skills, both verbal and written
- be able to establish to inspire confidence from a wide range of stakeholders,
- have experience of staff management,
- have experience in a large, complex accounting environment with proven and demonstrable technical accounting skills, including forecasting, budgeting, and financial planning
- have leadership and teamwork skills. Evidence of the ability to network across complex organisational structures.
- have high levels of personal effectiveness, particularly co-ordination, organisation, and the ability to focus on achieving deadlines, and ensuring that timetables and project plans can be met.
We are investing in our workforce and are promoting opportunities to our under-represented groups. We value equality, diversity and inclusion and are focused on increasing the diversity of our workforce, particularly the number of Black, Asian, Minority Ethnic, Disabled and LGBTQ+ people, so that our teams reflect the communities in the city we serve. We are also supporting staff with unpaid caring responsibilities to work flexibly.
It is a great time to join us and we welcome your application.
Under the Disability Confident Scheme, disabled applicants, who meet the essential criteria of this job, are guaranteed an interview.
Full-time employees work 37 hours for 52 weeks of the year and we offer a generous holiday entitlement. We are open to discussions about a wide range of flexible working opportunities which benefit you and the Council, including reduced hour contracts, working part time or as a job share.
If you are appointed to this role, your starting salary will be at the bottom of the grade. If you provide payslip evidence that your basic pay is greater than the bottom of the grade, we will consider starting you at the point of minimum advantage within the grade. #J-18808-Ljbffr