Senior Finance Business Partner (Capital)

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About the role

Are you a talented and enthusiastic CCAB qualified accountant?

You will join our finance management team and contribute to the overall strategic and operational management of the finance division.

You'll will be able to put in practice your wide range of finance skills and business acumen to shape our finances to assist in the delivery of our corporate priorities, which help us develop excellent services for our residents.

There will be challenges, however with challenges comes unique, career defining opportunities.

For an informal discussion on the roles, please contact Amy Eyles, Strategic Finance Business Partner: amy.eyles@northnorthants.gov.uk

Shortlisting: W/c 4th November

Interviews W/c 11th November

What will you be doing?

You'll be providing high quality financial support to Executive Directors, Assistant Directors and Service Managers. This is a high-profile role and requires good management skills to ensure finance services provided are professional and customer focused.

You will be responsible for managing the capital accounting function, leading on the co-ordination and overall management of the capital programme and its funding, supporting key strategic capital projects and providing advice on capital expenditure across the authority.

You will also be involved in the year end close down and budget setting process for both the Capital Strategy and feeding into the Treasury Strategy.

About you

You'll be CCAB qualified with the commitment and evidence of ongoing professional development, with up to date knowledge of accountancy policy, such as IFRS/CIPFA codes of practices and taxation.

Your experience of staff leadership and management enable you to inspire and motive your team and generate a positive working environment.

You'll have the ability to communicate complex financial issues to non-financial managers and external organisations.

Your understanding of local government , including the specific complexities, major influences and challenges it faces will be essential.

Our benefits

Here at North Northamptonshire Council, we're transforming for the better, using all our creativity and imagination to create the best life for our local people.

You'll find that we have a wide range of careers that may be more surprising that you think!

Why choose us?

We offer a vibrant working environment with:

• a competitive salary
• a pension scheme, where we pay a significant contribution on top of your contribution. It provides life cover and ill-health protection.
• lots of opportunities to develop your skills, knowledge and potential in a large unitary council
• generous leave entitlement (28 days, rising to 33 days) and bank holidays, plus the option to buy up to an extra 10 days
• hybrid and flexible working arrangements, where practicable for service needs to help you with a healthy work-life balance.

We provide a range of great benefits such as an Employee Assistance Programme, an Employee Benefits Scheme, wellbeing support, travel rates at HMRC rates, as well as supporting a range of active Employee Network Groups.

About us

Our Values and Behaviours

Our values define who we are and how we operate, by forming the foundation for how we interact with our customers, colleagues and provide our services. They are also at the forefront of our decision making and delivery and are:

Customer-focused
Respectful
Efficient
Supportive
Trustworthy

Our Key Commitments

Our key commitments help ensure that the priorities we make, now and in the future, maintain the necessary breadth of focus in those areas that we believe matter most.

We are proud to be a recognised Disability Confident Employer and is committed to providing an inclusive recruitment process and will offer an interview to disabled applicants who meet the essential criteria for the role.

North Northamptonshire Council re-signed the Armed Forces Covenant in June 2024 which highlights the Council's pledge to support the Armed Forces community. The council obtained the silver status award for the Defence Employer Recognition Scheme (ERS) and we are now currently working towards achieving Gold status.

We aim to be a carbon neutral Council by 2030.

Further information can be found at Jobs and careers | North Northamptonshire Council (northnorthants.gov.uk)