Title: Finance Business Partner
Rate: £200 per day / Outside IR35
Location: Hybrid, 3 days a week in the officer for the first 3 weeks which will go down to 1-2 days in the office after induction
Type: 6- 12 months
Qualifications: Part qualified CCAB/CIMA or studying

Opus People Solutions are working with Walsall Council to recruit for an interim Finance Business Partner to build on and improve the finance business partnering approach to ensure good financial management is maintained by sharing best practice.

Main Responsibilities:

• Contribute to business intelligence and support benchmarking initiatives that enables value for money and informed decision-making.
• Objectively and constructively challenge to achieve solution driven outcomes
• Understand customer needs and priorities and provide a service, which achieves high customer satisfaction.
• Assisting with the delivery of the Section 151 Officer's statutory responsibilities in support of the Council's operating model. Ensuring that internal control are established and working to meet S151 responsibilities.
• To identify, develop and support opportunities and initiatives to transform the delivery of services across the Council.
• To ensure financial control and governance is in place for service delivery.
• To provide added value financial advice and guidance for budget holders, managers and Directors in undertaking their resource management responsibilities.
• To provide financial advice and guidance for portfolio holders and members via regular portfolio briefings; enquires; training, production of financial reports and attendance at scrutiny meetings in a technical finance capacity.
• To develop business cases and options appraisals in support of business objectives & outcomes.
• To identify, investigate and support the reduction of cost pressures, saving opportunities and solutions through robust business cases. To develop and maintain effective working relationships to support co-operative ways of working, effective decision-making and management of financial resources.

• To effectively manage yourself and support to Accountancy Officers and Apprentices were appropriate, including ensuring

1. Deadlines are effectively managed, prioritised and met
2. Adequate staff cover to ensure maintenance of an effective finance service both within the team and across the finance service where appropriate
3. Resources aims, objectives and priorities are met
4. Performance is maintained, managed and reported in line with APC guidelines
5. Service improvement, change management and process developments are implemented