Job Title: Finance Business Partner x 2
Location: Walsall
Salary: £37,890 – £42,821 per annum
Job Type: Full Time, Permanent
Closing Date: 10th April 2022
Walsall Council is transforming and with it, so is Walsall’s Financial Services. This is an exciting time to join our team.
The Walsall Proud Programme is our transformation Programme, which aims to transform the way the council works so that we can provide a better customer experience, increase staff satisfaction and engagement, and improve service efficiency and performance to our customers and communities.
The Programme is closely linked with our medium-term financial strategy and Walsall’ s Financial Services are a key driver in achieving the organisation’s aspirational vision.
The Role:
We are looking to recruit 2 Finance Business Partners, to help continue to support this transformation journey, within the adult social care finance team, supporting our service managers and directors specifically with support to Adult Social Care demand led services.
These roles have become available due to a mix of progression of existing officers and an investment into adult social care finance team to support a growing area of the organisation.
Adult Social Care is an exciting area for the right finance partner to support with significant national and local reform, an inspiring transformation programme and a market sustainability review amongst other interesting areas of change.
The successful candidate will be working with a wide range of both internal and external stakeholders, and will build upon their experiences through developing partnering, financial modelling and budget accountability.
About you:
We are looking for enthusiastic and pragmatic individuals, with can do attitudes, experience of financial stewardship, be able to demonstrate experience of working with large volumes of data/data analytical skills and have an ability to calculate and articulate large volumes of complex financial information, which are all key strengths that you will need to undertake the role.
As a Finance Business Partner you should hold a CCAB/CIMA body and undertaking active CPD, or actively studying for a CCAB/CIMA qualification. Whist an understanding of local government finance would be an advantage, it is not essential.
On top of this, if you are not currently fully qualified but actively studying, we provide opportunities to continue a funded CCAB qualification, provide an attractive employment package that includes a generous annual leave entitlement of up to 33 days, a flexible working scheme that allows up to a further 12 days leave per year, working from home opportunities with emphasis on an optimum work life balance arrangement and a career average pension scheme.
These posts are covered by the Government’s Code of Practice on the English Language Fluency Duty for public sector workers.
Interviews will be conducted remotely via Microsoft Teams, due to current social distancing guidelines. Interviews will consist of a short test and presentation followed by an interview. It is likely the first part of the process will be held week commencing 25th April 2022.
Please click on the APPLY button to complete your application on the Council’s careers page.
Candidates with experience of: Finance Manager, CCAB, CIMA, Chartered Accountant, Financial Analyst, Financial Controller, Finance Associate, Finance Coordinator, Management Accountant, Finance Specialist, Qualified Accountant may also be considered for this role.
