Finance Business Partner

Are you ready to take on a role where your financial expertise makes a real difference? We're looking for a motivated and commercially minded Finance Business Partner to join our team, with a focus on corporate finance including budget planning and reporting. This opportunity is open to finance professionals from any sector including practice, industry or public service. What matters most is your drive, curiosity and willingness to take on a challenge. We are seeking a Finance Business Partner to join our Corporate Finance team and play a key role in supporting the delivery of the Council's ambitious corporate plan. This is a high-profile role providing professional financial advice and guidance, whilst supporting key stakeholders across the organisation, with a particular focus on financial and performance reporting, budget setting and medium-term financial planning. You'll also be joining a supportive finance community where collaboration, learning and career development are encouraged. Why join us?

• Apply your finance skills to a challenge that matters and see the difference your work makes in the community.
• Gain visibility with senior decision makers and influence strategies at a crucial time.
• Be part of a finance team that values innovation, collaboration and professional growth.
• Enjoy a role that offers both career challenge and social purpose.
What will you be doing?
• Leading on and working closely with colleagues in the finance business partner teams to understand the in-year financial position and prepare accurate monthly monitoring reports.
• Supporting with the organisation's annual budget setting process and medium term financial plan.
• Turning complex financial data into clear insights that colleagues and senior leaders can use with confidence.
• Identifying risks, spotting trends and helping shape strategies that deliver positive outcomes.
• Support the development of strong financial management and accountability across the organisation.
  
  We welcome applications from all finance backgrounds. What matters is your motivation and ability to bring fresh thinking. You will have:
• Experience in management accounting or business partnering in any sector.
• Strong Excel and modelling skills, with the ability to create practical, flexible tools.
• You enjoy working with people as much as with numbers, and you know how to turn complex financial data into conversations and insights that colleagues can act on
• A proactive, problem-solving approach and the confidence to influence and challenge.
• A passion for using your skills to make a positive impact.
  
  At West Northants Council, it's about our people. People who thrive with ambition, bubble with new ideas, demand better ways of working, caring about every detail, and who never shy away from a challenge. Our culture is a gateway for new experiences. A place to forge new opportunities. To empower you in your career and unite you with like-minded people.
Our vision is 'to make West Northants a great place to live, work, visit and thrive'. We truly stand by this and work hard every day to make this a reality. Our corporate values, THRIVE, stand for: Trust, High Performance, Respect, Innovate and Empower, they underpin everything we do and how we deliver services. We are committed to ensuring diversity, equality, equity, and inclusion is woven into the fabric of WNC and everything we do, to enable all colleagues to develop and maximize their full potential. We are a disability confident employer, a member of the Armed Forces Covenant, and a Care Leaver Covenant partner The following film was created by us to communicate our intentions - watch WNC colleagues explain what DEI means to us.