Finance Business Partner
Posted 3 days ago by Seven Resourcing
£27 Per hour
Undetermined
Undetermined
Gateshead, England, United Kingdom
Summary: The Finance Business Partner role in Gateshead involves providing strategic business partnering support within a local authority organization on a temporary contract. The position focuses on enhancing financial planning, governance, and commercial assurance across various services and council-owned companies. The successful candidate will be responsible for reviewing financial models and improving governance processes to ensure long-term financial sustainability. This role requires a senior finance professional with a strong background in public sector finance and governance.
Key Responsibilities:
- Refresh and update medium-term financial business plans, including forecasts, assumptions, and supporting commentary
- Review and challenge financial models to identify risks, sensitivities, and mitigation strategies
- Provide financial insight and commercial recommendations to senior stakeholders
- Conduct end-to-end reviews of Service Level Agreements (SLAs), assessing scope, cost allocation, charging structures, and value for money
- Deliver professional financial advice to management teams and service leads
- Support strategic financial planning and financial sustainability objectives
- Prepare detailed financial reports and present complex information clearly to a variety of stakeholders
- Build and maintain effective working relationships with internal and external partners
- Support governance, assurance, and financial control processes
- Manage workloads effectively while meeting tight deadlines
Key Skills:
- CCAB qualification or equivalent
- Experience working within a public sector finance, governance, audit, or assurance environment
- Strong understanding of financial controls, governance, and risk management
- Experience operating at senior finance business partner level
- Ability to work independently with minimal supervision
- Strong report writing and presentation skills
- Excellent stakeholder management and communication abilities
- Advanced knowledge of Microsoft Office applications including Excel and PowerPoint
- Experience presenting complex financial information to senior audiences
Salary (Rate): £26.62/hr
City: Gateshead
Country: United Kingdom
Working Arrangements: undetermined
IR35 Status: undetermined
Seniority Level: Senior
Industry: Finance
Finance Business Partner Gateshead £26.62 PAYE or £33.92 Umbrella per hour Temporary Contract | Full-Time | 37 Hours Per Week
Seven Resourcing are currently recruiting for an experienced Finance Business Partner to join a local authority organisation in Gateshead on an interim 3-month assignment. This is an excellent opportunity for a senior finance professional to provide strategic business partnering support across commercially focused services and council-owned companies, helping to strengthen financial planning, governance, and commercial assurance arrangements. The successful candidate will work on a defined package of work focused on reviewing financial models, improving governance processes, and supporting long-term financial sustainability.
Key Responsibilities
- Refresh and update medium-term financial business plans, including forecasts, assumptions, and supporting commentary
- Review and challenge financial models to identify risks, sensitivities, and mitigation strategies
- Provide financial insight and commercial recommendations to senior stakeholders
- Conduct end-to-end reviews of Service Level Agreements (SLAs), assessing scope, cost allocation, charging structures, and value for money
- Deliver professional financial advice to management teams and service leads
- Support strategic financial planning and financial sustainability objectives
- Prepare detailed financial reports and present complex information clearly to a variety of stakeholders
- Build and maintain effective working relationships with internal and external partners
- Support governance, assurance, and financial control processes
- Manage workloads effectively while meeting tight deadlines
Essential Requirements
- CCAB qualification or equivalent
- Experience working within a public sector finance, governance, audit, or assurance environment
- Strong understanding of financial controls, governance, and risk management
- Experience operating at senior finance business partner level
- Ability to work independently with minimal supervision
- Strong report writing and presentation skills
- Excellent stakeholder management and communication abilities
- Advanced knowledge of Microsoft Office applications including Excel and PowerPoint
- Experience presenting complex financial information to senior audiences
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