Assistant Finance and Business Development Manager

Assistant Finance and Business Development Manager

Salary: £38,976 – £49,365 per annum. Permanent full‑time (36 hrs), hybrid working with one day a week in the office. Location: Wandsworth, London.

About the Role

We are looking to recruit a full‑time permanent Assistant Finance and Business Development Manager for the Design Service. This role is part of a team working to create a ground‑breaking shared staffing structure across the London Boroughs of Richmond upon Thames and Wandsworth.

The Design Service is an in‑house, fee‑earning multi‑disciplinary consultancy service covering a full range of construction professional services and delivers projects across the public realm and the expanding Council’s housing self‑build programme.

This position presents an opportunity for an experienced and customer‑focused professional to make a difference in a forward‑looking and commercially minded Council.

Responsibilities

• Prepare invoices and make fee claims using the financial and resource management software.
• Compile and submit fee bids, assist the management team in preparing marketing and publicity information, and monitor and assist in the preparation of templates and strategies ensuring they are correct and up to date.
• Evaluate existing working practices and develop complex databases, spreadsheets and templates and streamline processes, including administering the financial and project management software.

Qualifications, Skills and Experience

• Experience of using financial and resource management software.
• Excellent numerical and statistical skills.
• Skilled at evaluating information and understanding processes.
• Excellent communication skills.

Benefits

We offer a wide range of benefits designed to attract, develop, and reward our employees such as 40 days annual leave (including Bank Holidays), flexible working and a generous pension plan.

Equal Opportunities and EEO Statement

Richmond & Wandsworth Better Service Partnership are committed to making our recruitment practices as inclusive as possible for everyone. We are committed to promoting equality and diversity and developing a culture that values differences, recognising that employees from a variety of backgrounds bring important and positive contributions to the Councils and can improve the way we deliver services.

We are proud to be a Disability Confident employer. If you require any reasonable adjustments throughout the recruitment and selection process, please let us know.

We are also committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people/vulnerable adults and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Some posts may be exempted under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and as such appointment to these posts will be conditional upon the receipt of a satisfactory response to a check of police records via Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS).