At a Glance
- Tasks: Lead a team to enhance business partnering for children's services and drive innovative financial solutions.
- Company: Bexley Council, committed to delivering exceptional value for residents.
- Benefits: Competitive daily rate, flexible working, and the chance to make a real impact.
- Other info: Dynamic role with opportunities for professional growth and leadership development.
- Why this job: Shape the future of children's services while tackling financial challenges head-on.
- Qualifications: Must be a fully qualified accountant or hold an equivalent CCAB qualification.
Location: Bexley Council (Typically 2 days in the office per week but varies week on week)
Start date: 10th August
Contract: 26 weeks minimum
Hours: 36 hours per week
Salary: £700 – 800 per day
Responsibilities
- Overall responsibility for 5 members of staff.
- Lead and implement the business partnering function for the service area, partnering with service leadership teams to develop, challenge and support service plans and project delivery.
- Report on operational performance for the business partnering team.
- Ensure the provision of an effective Business Partnering function that challenges the status quo and works with services to develop new delivery models, delivering significant cost savings and maximising outcomes for residents.
- Ensure finance staff deliver to customers efficiently within a professional business framework.
- Act as a senior Finance Manager, professionally lead within the finance area, provide expertise and high-quality financial services to senior stakeholders, and contribute to an innovative, high-performance, continuous-improvement culture.
- Discharge Section 151 responsibilities and lead by example, building a sustainable, high-effective service that delivers exceptional value for residents through financial stewardship, insight and innovation.
- Support the council’s leadership at all levels and develop a strategic response to the financial challenges the council faces.
Qualifications
A fully qualified accountant or equivalent CCAB qualification.
Head of Business Partnering in Bexleyheath employer: Blackstone Recruitment Limited
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Contact Details:
Blackstone Recruitment Limited Recruitment Team
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