Finance Business Partner

Illuminated Interiors; Ipswich; Hybrid; GBP 36,000 - 43,000; Full time

Job description

Babergh and Mid Suffolk District Council are looking for a Finance Business Partner to join our team. You will join us on a full-time, permanent basis, working 37 hours per week. This is a Hybrid role. The successful candidate will earn a competitive salary of £36,124 - £42,708 per annum (pro rata for part time).

What We Are Looking For

We are looking for a Finance Business Partner to join our Finance team. You will share our values, commitment, and motivation to make a difference for our residents, clients, and communities.

About The Role

The Finance Business Partner will provide expert support and analysis for our service areas, enabling them to make a difference for our districts whilst ensuring effective financial controls are in place.

You Will:

1. Work closely with service areas to create a real and active partnership with both operations and management, providing 'real time' financial support and analysis.
2. Be a trusted advisor, communicating and persuading effectively, adding value, challenging, negotiating, and influencing Corporate Managers and Assistant Directors and provide a greater understanding of the financial implications of their operational and strategic decisions.
3. Provide financial leadership, and highly relevant insight into the business performance of the designated service areas.
4. Act as a key stakeholder in decision making by providing risk adjusted financial information and analysis.

About You

We are looking for someone with great commercial acumen, strong analytical skills and a thorough understanding of financial controls, systems and procedures.

You Will:

1. Hold a relevant qualification at NVQ4/HND/Foundation degree level, or have gained equivalent level of knowledge through experience.
2. Need to evidence using your skills and knowledge to provide real time financial insight and an understanding of the financial implications of decisions to non-finance colleagues.
3. Have a strong work ethic, possess proven communication skills, and an ability to challenge in an effective manner.
4. Need to be able to work well independently and as a member of a team.

About Us

Working together across our councils and with our partners in the public, private and voluntary sectors, we provide excellent services to our 190,000 residents across Babergh and Mid Suffolk. We are proud of the role we play in creating the environment, economy, and communities for our districts. We believe that the heart of Suffolk is an incredibly special place to live and work. With picturesque market towns, 60 conservation areas and with two National Landscapes within our districts, it is little wonder that we are consistently within the top 50 places to live in the UK.

Benefits Of Working With Us:

• Great opportunities for learning and development.
• Generous leave entitlement (equivalent to 26 days a year, increasing to 31 days after 5 years' service, plus bank holidays).
• Competitive Local Government Pension Scheme.
• Wellbeing Support Program.
• Employee Assist Program.
• Health Care Options.

Our Ways Of Working:

Work is what we do, not where we go! We are committed to working in a more Hybrid way, with a mix of office, home, and remote-based working (Business needs permitting). This has worked well for us and is something we will be continuing with.

We are committed to supporting equality and diversity; Babergh and Mid Suffolk District Councils provide opportunity and ambition for all, supporting and enabling our people to deliver the best possible service for our residents.

Closing date: 5pm, 8 May 2025.

If you think you have what it takes to be successful in this Finance Business Partner role, even if you don't meet all the requirements, please apply. We would appreciate the opportunity to consider your application.

This authority is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. DBS checks or police vetting will be required for relevant posts.