Full job descriptionA great opportunity to join a Staffordshire local authority’s finance function as Strategic Finance Business Partner for the Place directorate, covering areas such as regeneration, highways, environment, property and planning. Reporting into the Head of Finance – Place, you’ll provide day-to-day financial insight and support across a commercially-focused, capital-heavy portfolio.
*Provide day-to-day strategic finance business partnering support to the Head of Finance – Place and directorate leadership team
*Support budget setting, monitoring and forecasting for Place, covering both revenue and capital, working closely with budget holders
*Contribute to the identification, tracking and delivery of savings and efficiency proposals
*Provide commercial financial input on regeneration, capital programme and income generation activity
*Build strong relationships across finance, the directorate and wider corporate teams, providing both support and challenge
*Support the Head of Finance with contributions to the council’s MTFP and statutory reporting