Job Advert: Strategic Finance Business Partner - £625/day
📍 Location: Hybrid working (London Borough of Sutton -based)
💼 Contract Type: Interim / Temporary Assignment
💰 Pay Rate: £625 per day (Inside IR35)
📅 Start Date: ASAP
🔎 About the Role
Are you a strategic thinker with a passion for driving strong financial management across complex organisations? We are looking for a Strategic Finance Business Partner to join a dynamic and forward-thinking Shared Finance Service, supporting either corporate or frontline service areas across two councils.
Reporting to the Head of Financial Planning & Business Partnering, you will be a key player in shaping the financial future of the councils by providing expert financial insight, robust challenge, and business-critical advice that enables long-term sustainability and innovation.
💡 Key Responsibilities
Deliver strategic business partnering to senior leaders, acting as a trusted advisor and critical friend.
Lead medium-term financial planning, budget development, and forecasting.
Translate complex financial data into meaningful insight to inform decision-making.
Support services to manage financial risk and deliver against tight budgets.
Drive a culture of high performance, coaching and mentoring team members (line management of 1-5 staff).
Provide expert financial advice for committee reports and council strategies.
Collaborate across directorates to ensure financial risks are reflected in council-wide planning.
Contribute to the implementation of transformational change across finance and service delivery.
✅ About You
Essential:
Qualified accountant (CIPFA, CIMA, ACA, ACCA, or equivalent).
Significant experience in strategic financial management within a large, complex public sector organisation.
Proven ability to influence and challenge senior stakeholders.
Strong leadership skills and experience of managing high-performing teams.
Commercial mindset with an ability to drive value in service delivery.
Skilled in translating financial information into actionable insights.
Desirable:
Previous experience in local government or the wider public sector.
Understanding of local authority funding, business rates, and council tax forecasting.
Involvement in transformation or change programmes.
