Finance Business Partner
Rate: £63 per hour (Umbrella)
Contract: Interim / Contract 3 to 6 months ongoing 36 hours per week
Directorate: Finance & Corporate Services The Role Reporting to the Deputy Director, Finance & Property , you will provide expert financial and commercial business partnering across transformation initiatives, with an initial focus on commercialisation, income generation, fees and charges, trading models, contracts, and cost reduction . The role requires strong modelling capability combined with the ability to influence senior stakeholders and drive delivery in a complex local government environment. Key Responsibilities
- Act as finance lead across transformation projects, supporting option appraisal, commercial decision-making, and governance
- Develop, review, and challenge business cases, financial appraisals, and investment proposals
- Build and maintain robust financial models including cost-benefit, sensitivity, break-even, and scenario analysis
- Provide clear reporting on programme costs, savings, benefits realisation, risks, and forecast outturns
- Design and embed processes to capture and evidence costs, savings, and benefits aligned to MTFS assumptions
- Extract, reconcile, and analyse complex financial and non-financial data from multiple sources
- Partner closely with Directors, Programme SROs, project leads, and corporate teams to support evidence-based decisions
- Present complex financial insights clearly to non-finance audiences and senior decision-makers
- Ensure strong financial controls, auditability, and continuous improvement in reporting and analysis
- CCAB qualified accountant (or equivalent senior finance/commercial experience)
- Experience working in a council or housing association
- Strong local government finance knowledge, including budgeting, forecasting, and MTFS impacts
- Proven experience developing and challenging business cases and complex financial models
- Demonstrable commercial acumen across income generation, pricing, contracts, and value-for-money
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