Senior Financial Consultant in Chester

At CIPFA, we’re driven by a singular purpose: to transform lives through exceptional public financial management. As a leading international accountancy body, we champion integrity, transparency, and efficiency in the use of public funds. We believe that every pound spent should deliver tangible improvements to public services, creating a better future for individuals and communities worldwide. Join us in shaping a world where public money truly makes a difference.

CIPFA is expanding its CIPFA Advisory department and looking for a Senior Financial Consultant. This is an exciting opportunity for anyone looking for a new challenge and working with high profile public and government bodies. You will be key in helping the team and the wider public sector understand their financial and non-financial challenges, answering the ‘so what’ question and helping the sector and market improve its financial resilience. You will work as part of a wider Advisory team. We are currently focused on helping the sector with their financial and operational challenges, service improvement (Transformation) and property services. By working with the wider CIPFA Advisory and Policy team, you will help clients assess their financial resilience and develop bespoke data requirements as well as collecting, validating, analysing, and disseminating data and reports to customers across the full range of CIPFA Solutions products.

You’ll be highly motivated, comfortable challenging conventional thinking, and always looking to introduce smarter ways of working. You’ll be confident defining business needs, developing technical requirements, and proposing practical, value-adding solutions. You will already have significant experience either working within the public sector in a finance role, or supporting the public sector as a consultant. Crucially, you’ll bring a well-established network of contacts across the public sector, enabling you to build strong relationships and help expand CIPFA’s reach and support to public sector organisations. You’ll also share our values of being accountable, open, fair-minded and supportive, and will be comfortable acting as a trusted adviser to senior stakeholders.

Key responsibilities

• Supporting the design, development, and delivery of the CIPFA Advisory strategic plan
• Contributing to corporate initiatives across service areas, including Policy and Marketing
• Acting as an external representative at conferences, seminars, and workshops
• Supporting the development of market-relevant Advisory approaches
• Building, managing, and developing relationships across the public sector
• Working with senior stakeholders including Chief Executives, Directors of Finance, politicians, and Non-Executive Directors
• Supporting the development of integrated Advisory solutions for the public sector
• Preparing proposals, reports, and presentations
• Planning and managing project schedules, milestones, and resources
• Ensuring successful project delivery (on time, within budget, and within scope)

CIPFA offers a modern and flexible approach to working. This role is based on a hybrid model, with a combination of home working and time in either the London or Chester office.

Our Employee Offer

• Reward – Giving you fair pay and generous benefits, which includes competitive salary, generous pension scheme, holiday scheme, family friendly benefits and more!
• Wellbeing – Empowering you to work flexibly, balancing your personal and professional life through our permanent 4-day working week (work 4 days, get paid for 5) and hybrid working, alongside a range of health benefits, such as access to an Employee Assistance Helpline and the opportunity to join our Health Cash Plan.
• Purpose – Connecting the work you do with its social value and impact through paid volunteering days and charity and community work.
• Growth – Enabling you to develop your skills and knowledge through access to training opportunities, paid professional membership subscriptions, and career break options.
• Culture – Our culture is one of respect. We give you a sense of belonging, supporting you to work with autonomy, openness, and collaboration.

We know that not all people come from the same background, or think the same – so why should we? At CIPFA, we want to be a great place to work where a diverse group of people from all backgrounds can turn up and thrive. When we hire, we want you to feel empowered to bring your best self to work. Please let us know if you need any reasonable adjustments throughout the recruitment process.