Finance Officer (Business Partnering)
| Dyddiad hysbysebu: | 24 Mehefin 2025 |
|---|---|
| Oriau: | Llawn Amser |
| Dyddiad cau: | 20 Gorffennaf 2025 |
| Lleoliad: | Sutton, London |
| Gweithio o bell: | Hybrid - gweithio o bell hyd at 3 ddiwrnod yr wythnos |
| Cwmni: | London Borough of Sutton |
| Math o swydd: | Parhaol |
| Cyfeirnod swydd: | 3606 |
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About the Role
In this role, you will join the FPBP team, providing essential financial support and advice to budget managers across Sutton Council and to schools. You will act as a critical friend, delivering insightful financial analysis to support business improvement and change in a challenging financial environment.
Working closely with Strategic Finance Business Partners (SFBPs), you will offer robust financial management support throughout the core financial cycle, from budget setting and monitoring to the closing of accounts. Your work will be crucial in managing financial risk, ensuring financial planning is aligned with Council priorities, and protecting the overall financial health of the Council.
Key responsibilities include:
Supporting and advising budget holders in the day-to-day financial management of revenue and capital budgets.
Providing high-quality professional advice and translating business intelligence into successful outcomes.
Challenging and supporting budget holders to manage within limited and reducing resources.
Liaising with colleagues in Cognus to support the financial management of SEND services and working with schools to meet the requirements of the schools' finance manual.
Supporting the review of business cases, committee reports, and briefing notes.
Assisting in the completion of statutory returns and drafting responses to Freedom of Information Requests.
About You
We are looking for a proactive and collaborative individual with strong analytical and communication skills. The ideal candidate will have:
Proven ability to analyse and interpret financial and non-financial information clearly and concisely.
Excellent digital skills, including the use of Google applications and other software to record and manipulate data.
Knowledge of how to support budget managers through budget setting, monitoring, and closing of accounts.
Desirable attributes include:
Being part-qualified or studying towards a relevant professional qualification (e.g., AAT, CIPFA, CIMA).
Experience providing finance based services.
Knowledge or experience of Children’s Social Care, Education, or Schools finance.
If you are a commercially astute individual with a creative approach to problem-solving and a passion for public sector finance, we encourage you to apply. Join us and contribute to a finance service that adds value and helps achieve the Council's priorities.
Our Offer to You
As an organisation that values and nurtures talent, we’re committed to helping you fulfil your potential and will offer you a supportive, friendly and collaborative environment to grow and develop your career and skills. We’re constantly striving to improve our ways of working so putting your ideas across - however big or small - will be fully encouraged and supported by your colleagues and our dynamic and experienced management team.
In addition, we offer a modern and flexible working environment for our staff, supported by our IT infrastructure, including Google Chromebooks and Google Apps. Our Flexible Working - Smarter Working Scheme embraces new ways of working. It provides improved work life balance for our staff as it allows staff to work from a variety of locations and staff are not required to work within the office 5 days a week.
Employees have access to a wide range of benefits, some of which include:
Generous annual leave entitlement plus bank holidays (pro-rata if part-time working hours apply)
Flexi-time (Please note, this applies to roles at grades 1-9 only)
Three volunteering days per year in Sutton or Kingston
Comprehensive learning and development programme
Local and national discounts for shopping, eating out and leisure activities
Interest free season ticket loans
Local Government Pension Scheme
Car parking scheme
Bicycle loan facilities and cycle to work scheme
Zip car scheme
Free eye tests and contribution towards glasses
Confidential wellbeing and counselling support
Subsidised gym membership
In this role, you will join the FPBP team, providing essential financial support and advice to budget managers across Sutton Council and to schools. You will act as a critical friend, delivering insightful financial analysis to support business improvement and change in a challenging financial environment.
Working closely with Strategic Finance Business Partners (SFBPs), you will offer robust financial management support throughout the core financial cycle, from budget setting and monitoring to the closing of accounts. Your work will be crucial in managing financial risk, ensuring financial planning is aligned with Council priorities, and protecting the overall financial health of the Council.
Key responsibilities include:
Supporting and advising budget holders in the day-to-day financial management of revenue and capital budgets.
Providing high-quality professional advice and translating business intelligence into successful outcomes.
Challenging and supporting budget holders to manage within limited and reducing resources.
Liaising with colleagues in Cognus to support the financial management of SEND services and working with schools to meet the requirements of the schools' finance manual.
Supporting the review of business cases, committee reports, and briefing notes.
Assisting in the completion of statutory returns and drafting responses to Freedom of Information Requests.
About You
We are looking for a proactive and collaborative individual with strong analytical and communication skills. The ideal candidate will have:
Proven ability to analyse and interpret financial and non-financial information clearly and concisely.
Excellent digital skills, including the use of Google applications and other software to record and manipulate data.
Knowledge of how to support budget managers through budget setting, monitoring, and closing of accounts.
Desirable attributes include:
Being part-qualified or studying towards a relevant professional qualification (e.g., AAT, CIPFA, CIMA).
Experience providing finance based services.
Knowledge or experience of Children’s Social Care, Education, or Schools finance.
If you are a commercially astute individual with a creative approach to problem-solving and a passion for public sector finance, we encourage you to apply. Join us and contribute to a finance service that adds value and helps achieve the Council's priorities.
Our Offer to You
As an organisation that values and nurtures talent, we’re committed to helping you fulfil your potential and will offer you a supportive, friendly and collaborative environment to grow and develop your career and skills. We’re constantly striving to improve our ways of working so putting your ideas across - however big or small - will be fully encouraged and supported by your colleagues and our dynamic and experienced management team.
In addition, we offer a modern and flexible working environment for our staff, supported by our IT infrastructure, including Google Chromebooks and Google Apps. Our Flexible Working - Smarter Working Scheme embraces new ways of working. It provides improved work life balance for our staff as it allows staff to work from a variety of locations and staff are not required to work within the office 5 days a week.
Employees have access to a wide range of benefits, some of which include:
Generous annual leave entitlement plus bank holidays (pro-rata if part-time working hours apply)
Flexi-time (Please note, this applies to roles at grades 1-9 only)
Three volunteering days per year in Sutton or Kingston
Comprehensive learning and development programme
Local and national discounts for shopping, eating out and leisure activities
Interest free season ticket loans
Local Government Pension Scheme
Car parking scheme
Bicycle loan facilities and cycle to work scheme
Zip car scheme
Free eye tests and contribution towards glasses
Confidential wellbeing and counselling support
Subsidised gym membership