Strategic Finance Business Partner – Part Time

Kingston Upon Thames, Surrey
London Borough of Sutton

About the Role

Strategic Finance Business Partner (SFBP) – Corporate (0.6 FTE) Job share

Grade 10 – £52,929 – £61,491 (£63,684 unconsolidated maximum) (pro-rata for part time)

Reporting to the Corporate Head of Financial Planning and Business Partnering, we have a great opportunity for a fully qualified / suitably experienced finance professional to support the Corporate service area at the Royal Borough of Kingston.

This is a job-share role and is a Financial Planning centred role that involves various work streams; one of the most prominent is working on the Medium-Term Financial Strategy (MTFS) working towards a balanced budget by influencing, modelling and updating all the financial elements behind the MTFS. This includes savings, growth, inflation, council tax, business rates, collection fund and grants. This is done by responding to, and collating, information from other Strategic Finance Business Partners, the Services, the Section 151 and other colleagues. It is also achieved through keeping abreast of the overall financial climate, government announcements related to local government funding and joining all these elements together.

Key responsibilities include:

• Support the development of the Medium-Term Financial Plan and take responsibility for ensuring the MTFP is underpinned by robust and accurate working papers
• Lead and co-ordinate the creation of detailed budget estimates ensuring these are implemented on 1 April and aligned to the published MTFP
• Support the Head of Financial Planning & Business Partnering to prepare budget reports, analysis, and budget options for consideration by senior officers, Members and Council committees
• Provide detailed analysis of grant settlements and other funding announcements, ensuring financial impact on the Council is assessed and communicated clearly to senior officers
• Respond to consultations and assess the financial impact of new legislation as required
• Support the Head of Financial Planning & Business Partnering to align financial plans to other corporate policies and strategies including the corporate plan, and to develop a strong understanding of the Council’s financial position and associated challenges across the Council and external stakeholders
• Line management of one member of staff (Senior Finance Lead)

Further information is set out in the Role Profile. For any further questions about the role contact Greg Pike, Corporate Head of Financial Planning and Business Partnering ()

About Us

Kingston and Sutton’s Shared finance service is an exciting and unique place to work. We provide finance services to two vibrant boroughs in South West London enabling the team to draw on a wide pool of knowledge and experience and learn from activities across both Councils.

About You

We expect the successful candidate to demonstrate the following competences:

• Qualified accountant (CCAB, CIPFA preferred) or have demonstrable equivalent experience of operating at that level.
• Experience of working within a business partnering model and/or the ability to demonstrate an awareness of what is required to deliver the outcomes of the model.
• Demonstrable experience of delivering strategic finance advice within a large and complex organisation and providing advice and challenge to budget holders, managers and finance colleagues.
• Experience of working in a strategic finance role, i.e. on the full budgetary cycle and consolidating in-year monitoring reports is desirable.

Our Offer to You

As an organisation that values and nurtures talent, we’re committed to helping you fulfil your potential and will offer you a supportive, friendly and collaborative environment to grow and develop your career and skills. We’re constantly striving to improve our ways of working so putting your ideas across – however big or small – will be fully encouraged and supported by your colleagues and our dynamic and experienced management team.

In addition, we offer a modern and flexible working environment for our staff, supported by our IT infrastructure, including Google Chromebooks and Google Apps.

Employees have access to a wide range of benefits, some of which include:

• Generous annual leave entitlement plus bank holidays (pro-rata if part-time working hours apply)
• Flexi-time (Please note, this applies to roles at grades 1-9 only)
• Comprehensive learning and development programme
• Local and national discounts for shopping, eating out and leisure activities
• Interest free season ticket loans
• Local Government Pension Scheme
• Car parking scheme
• Bicycle loan facilities and cycle to work scheme
• Zip car scheme
• Free eye tests and contribution towards glasses
• Confidential wellbeing and counselling support
• Subsidised gym membership