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Finance Business Partner - Education High Needs

Employer
Ivy Rock Partners
Location
Enfield
Salary
£43,983 - £55,692
Closing date
23 Sep 2024
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Enfield Council are a dynamic local authority driven by a clear vision of how we will transform the borough, address inequality and create a lifetime of opportunities for everyone who lives, works and learns in Enfield.

Following the appointment of a new senior leadership team in Finance we are expanding and adapting to create a supportive team that anticipates and collaboratively solves problems, helping us deliver an ambitious programme that reaches across all areas of local authority operation and interest.

The Finance Business Partner will play a key part supporting the Head of Finance, Finance managers and Education and Schools team in the provision of a high quality, flexible, professional finance support to service departments and react to service priority changes and adapts to current requirements.

  • Provide robust financial advice to senior stakeholders, presenting information to departmental management teams on all financial matters relating to the post holder’s specific area of work.
  • Responsible for leading on the delivery of specific finance tasks supporting the annual financial cycle. This includes, but is not limited to budgeting, forecasting and closing the accounts.
  • Undertake sensitivity analysis, reviewing and challenging budget decisions, options appraisals, costing exercises, leading on the detailed calculations underpinning any new funding and grants requests, development of business cases.
  • Pro-actively seek opportunities to improve the financial support provided to the Council and identify and support the delivery of efficiencies in the service support.

To be suitable for the role you need to a qualified accountant or part qualified and actively studying, with a significant technical understanding of business partnering & stakeholder management. Excellent numerical & analytical skills with a high level of accounting knowledge.

If you are a pro-active, ambitious & inquisitive accountant striving to make an impact within local government finance then we want to hear from you.

Enfield offers a hybrid working arrangement.

For more information and the full job pack please get in touch with Matt Horsman for a confidential conversation on 07502726270 or matthorsman@ivyrockpartners.com

The closing date is Monday 23rd September.

Company

Ivy Rock Partners is a values-driven recruitment agency dedicated to the not for profit and public sector client base; and has been set up with the sole purpose of delivering exceptional service to clients and never losing sight of integrity.

Ivy Rock Partners provide search and recruitment support to not-for-profit and public sector clients wanting only the very best service.

How we can help:

We work with organisations that fall into the not-for-profit and public sectors, ranging across: arts, charities, education, central government, local government, housing and the NHS.

With a particular focus on finance, we recruit roles across all corporate services, ranging from mid-senior to executive search.

If you are looking for your next role and want to explore the areas we specialise in, our approach would be to put together a bespoke plan to ensure you are being considered for the best possible roles.  

At Ivy Rock Partners, our role goes beyond that of simply sending you job descriptions and arranging your interviews – we can make introductions to those in our network to better your understanding of the sector/choices you have; provide interview training; offer expert insights; invites to specific networking events; provide cv advice and help with applications at every stage. We want to find ways to help and put you in the very best position to get the right role.

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07909 030 965
Location
25 Buckingham Palace Road
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