Senior Finance Business Partner

About the role

This is an exciting opportunity available at West Northamptonshire Council for a qualified professional to join us as a Senior Finance Business Partner in the Accountancy Division.

The Accountancy Division are the technical business partners responsible for:

• Closure of Accounts
• IFRS Accounting
• Fixed Assets
• Preparation of working papers
• Ensuring that the Statement of Accounts is produced in accordance with the statutory deadlines and regulatory and statutory requirements
• Dealing with year-end audit queries
• Development of processes and procedures plan

The role of the Senior Finance Business Partner is to lead on the development plan, fixed assets, and integrity of the financial information system. This is a high-profile role and requires good management skills to ensure finance services provided are efficient and professional.

A Senior Finance Business Partner is expected to lead and manage members of the Finance team that may include Finance Business Partners and Assistant Finance Business Partners/Accountants.

Within the Finance Team, the post-holder will be expected to be able to operate in any of the Senior Finance Business Partner posts.

What will you be doing?

Reporting to the Strategic Finance Business Partner, you will manage one of our Technical Services teams and will play a key role in developing our service and embedding good practice across the organisation in delivering our technical accounting services.

Key responsibilities:

• Strategic and operational management
• Evaluate and advise on financial implications
• Development of processes and procedures

About you

You'll be CCAB Qualified, will ensure proper procedure and best practice are followed, and work closely with colleagues across the organisation, as well as working with councillors and auditors.

Your skills will enable you to manage, motivate and develop staff within the team and ensure that priorities and objectives are achieved.

Ongoing professional development will also be key to you.

Our benefits

We offer a wide range of benefits to our employees, these include:

• Generous annual leave entitlement starting at 28 days annual leave per year, 29 days for senior managers (pro rata, depending on how many hours per week you work), plus bank holidays. An additional 5 days, linked to continuous service, and ability to purchase up to 6 weeks additional leave per year.
• Cycle to Work scheme.
• Local Government Pension Scheme plus immediate life cover (3 times your annual salary from day one) and ill-health protection.
• Employee discounts with local and national retailers, days out, finance, health and beauty, travel and eating out plus lots more.
• Car Lease scheme
• Payment of professional subscription/membership - If your job description requires that you are registered with or are a member of a professional body, WNC will pay for your professional subscription or membership fees.
• Employee Assistance Programme - We have an employee support programme run by Health Assured, an independent, external organisation. Health Assured is available for you and your immediate family members, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, 365 days a year and includes telephone counselling, legal advice, bereavement support and medical information.
• Ongoing training and development opportunities.
• A variety of flexible working options to support your work/life balance, including full or part time, term time, 9-day fortnight, etc. (subject to business needs).
• Our West Ways of Working - We want our workforce to thrive, and we equip our employees with the right technology to support hybrid and collaborative working, on or off site, depending on the role.
• Making a difference - If you want to use your skills and experience with an organisation that is genuinely invested in making a difference, are committed to improving people's lives, and whose success has a direct impact on the wellbeing of your family, friends and people in your local area, then West Northamptonshire Council is the place for you.

About us

At West Northants Council, it's about our people. People who thrive with ambition, bubble with new ideas, demand better ways of working, care about every detail, and who never shy away from a challenge. Our culture is a gateway for new experiences. A place to forge new opportunities. To empower you in your career and unite you with like-minded people.

Our vision is 'to make West Northants a great place to live, work, visit and thrive'. We truly stand by this and work hard every day to make this a reality. Our corporate values, THRIVE, stand for: Trust, High Performance, Respect, Innovate and Empower; they underpin everything we do and how we deliver services.

We are committed to ensuring diversity, equality, equity, and inclusion is woven into the fabric of WNC and everything we do, to enable all colleagues to develop and maximize their full potential. We are a disability confident employer, a member of the Armed Forces Covenant, and a Care Leaver Covenant partner.

If you need additional support or reasonable adjustments during the application process, including needing the job description in another format or language, please email careers@westnorthants.gov.uk for support.

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