Head of Finance Business Partner -Housing Internal

We are recruiting to the Head of Finance Business Partnering Housing role, which covers the Housing General Fund and Housing Revenue Account (HRA). Heads of Finance Business Partners act as trusted advisors and critical friends for Directorate Senior management and service users, including budget holders. They add value to the delivery of sound financial management and organisational decision-making. The post holder will be required to provide expert financial advice to senior management and elected members to inform strategic decision-making and ensure alignment with the organisation's long-term financial goals; and develop, implement, and monitor financial strategies that support the organisation's objectives and enhance financial sustainability, including being a trusted advisor on transformation, efficiency and wider savings plans, programmes and initiatives. As a senior leader within the Finance team you will support the Assistant Director of Finance Business Partnering to role model financial rigour, high-quality advice, and delivery of best practice, and produce high-quality financial analysis and robust assessment of financial risk to support decision-making. As well as being an excellent technical accountant, the post holder will need to be able to think strategically and support the organisation to achieve its objectives, being aware of the political and commercial context. They will need to think innovatively, focus on key priorities, and make clear decisions. We are looking for a CCAB Qualified Accountant with experience and knowledge of Housing General Fund and HRA Accounting.,

• Promoting a culture of strong financial management, both within the Finance service and with the Housing Service.
• Collaborating with the Place Directorate to understand their financial needs and objectives, ensuring that they have the requisite skills, knowledge and ongoing support to manage their own budgets.
• Analysing financial data to provide risk-based insights and recommendations.
• Providing specialist financial advice to ensure strong financial management and consistent financial grip.
• Overseeing the delivery of prompt, accurate and meaningful management reports and translating data into meaningful outputs.
• Preparing and presenting informative, high-quality reports to members and other senior stakeholders that aid in informed service and corporate decision-making.
• Aligning Directorate financial strategies with overarching organisational objectives and contributing to long-term planning to ensure that the organisation remains on track from a long-term financial sustainability perspective.
• Supporting the financial evaluation and management of major projects (both revenue and capital) and initiatives, ensuring robust business cases and effective resource allocation.
• Collaborating with Transformation and Performance to enhance the reporting of service activity, including the delivery of savings and performance indicators.
• Assisting with the efficient and timely completion of specific tasks within the annual closing of accounts process and ensuring that information presented in the financial statements complies with the CIPFA Code of Practice and reporting standards.
• Ensuring compliance with the Financial Regulations and relevant standards and codes of practice, including the Financial Management Code.
• Acting as a Deputy for the Assistant Director Finance Business Partnering when required., The London Borough of Waltham Forest only advertises vacancies via our official website and approved recruitment platforms (e.g. Jobsgopublic).
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Fully qualified accountant (CIPFA, ACA, ACCA, CIMA) Evidence of post-qualification continuing professional development Educated to degree level or equivalent (desirable) Terms and conditions:
• Satisfactory employment references
• Satisfactory declaration of interest;
• Satisfactory DBS check;
• Continued professional body registration;
• This post is politically restricted therefore the post holder is disqualified from undertaking certain political activities under the Local Government Officers (Political Restrictions) Regulations 1990.
• As a public authority, we must ensure that members of staff in public-facing roles are able to speak fluent English. This means that they must have a command of spoken English, with confidence and accuracy, sufficient for the effective performance of their role. This requirement does not refer to any particular English language qualifications, regional or international accents, dialects, speech impediments or the tone of conversations. It does not require staff to speak only in English.
  
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