Finance Business Partner

This is an opportunity to have a role within a finance team with huge variety, working across a number of different areas of finance at a council with some unbelievable projects coming up. For instance, the exciting SG1 project is a new development to include thousands of new homes, a 39,000 sq. retail and commercial space as well as large swaths of pedestrian and landscape areas.
Notwithstanding the town is home to three international, sector-leading organisations in Airbus, MBDA and GSK. Don t be surprised when you see on the news that Mars rovers, space satellites and more are designed and built there!
We are looking for a proactive professional report to the Head of Technical and manage an Accountant. You will play a critical role as the senior capital and treasury accountant, responsible for providing lead expert advice, managing, maintaining, and reporting on the council s capital and treasury strategy.

Key tasks include:

• Lead on all Capital and Treasury functions for the council s general fund (GF) and housing revenue accounts (HRA)
• Providing technical advice, guidance training and support to service managers to enable delivery of the councils approved capital programme.
• Research financial implications in order to support decision making, including financing changes, taxation, and leasing issues.
• Play a lead role in quarterly capital budget monitoring in liaison with the service managers challenging forecasts where appropriate.
• Maintaining and advising on the strategy for the medium term financial plan including, revenue costs of decisions, borrowing and prudential code implications.
• Lead on producing the council s Treasury Management Strategy and treasury reporting.
• Manage the councils working capital requirements, ensuring cash forecasting is current and fit for purpose, and treasury investments and borrowing are manged and reported.

The successful candidate will have
• CCAB Qualification
• Have a comprehensive in-depth knowledge of financial processes and procedures in a Local Authority or similar organisation
• Have knowledge of the latest issues affecting local government
• Have a proven track record of preparing capital, and asset information for statutory accounts and maintaining and reconciling fixed asset registers.
• Are an experienced finance business partner
• Ambitious to progress career within a Local Authority

Our Benefits

• Pension Scheme: We offer a career average pension scheme, providing generous benefits upon retirement, as well as a lump sum and pension for dependants
• Flexible working: available upon request, subject to operational requirements.
• Part time and Job share opportunities - all our full-time vacancies are open to job share unless otherwise stated.
• A variety of different types of paid and unpaid leave covering emergency and planned leave, maternity, paternity, adoption and parental leave.
• 25 days holiday rising to 31 days (depending on Local Government service)
• An extensive range of learning and development opportunities
• Employee Assistance Programme 24/7 Confidential advice and support on personal, work, family and relationship issues
• Season ticket loans and discounts for public transport
• Cycle to Work scheme
• Stevenage Credit Union: secure savings, free life insurance and access to cheap loans.
• Employee Discounts: via monthly paid membership of the Civil Service Sports Council (CSSC)
• Discounted Health and Fitness membership
• Trade Unions: For a small fee, all employees have the opportunity to join a Trade Union.

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