Organisation: Leicestershire County Council
Work Location: County Hall Glenfield Leicester LE3 8RA
Worker Category: Hybrid Worker
Salary: £53,724- £59,220 per annum (pro-rata for part-time)
Working Hours: 18.5 per week
Contract Type: Permanent
Closing Date: 21st April 2025
Interview Date(s): TBC
Senior Finance Business Partner (Children Services) – Part Time Position (up to 18.5 hours per week)
Leicestershire County Council is looking to appoint a motivated Senior Finance Business Partner to provide strategic financial advice and support to the Children and Family Services department. The Children's Finance Business Partner Team supports the Children's Services Directorate, whose role is to safeguard and support vulnerable Children and Young People, including working with their families, and to provide Education Services and support to Schools. As such, you will have the opportunity to contribute in making a positive impact on the lives of Children, Young People and Families, whilst ensuring the financial sustainability of the department and its services.
About the role
Reporting to the Strategic Finance Manager this role will provide primarily targeted strategic financial support across Children services .
There is also an expectation that the post holder will take on a more formal deputising role for the Strategic Finance Manager across the range of services covered within the team. The successful candidate will need to quickly develop a full understanding of the department’s needs to ensure that financial issues are identified and support the Strategic Finance Manager in ensuring that departmental budget holders have the appropriate advice, knowledge, and skills to discharge their financial responsibilities. The postholder will also be expected to take ownership of several larger and more complex projects/issues/modelling requirements, especially those which will require liaison and co-ordination across and between Departments – dealing directly with senior managers/project sponsors.
To be successful in this role you will have proven experience of finance in a complex organisation and share a commitment to continuous improvement. Whilst not essential, the ideal candidate will have a background in Children’s Services Finance and the challenges this brings. However, we are committed to the professional development of our staff in the finance team, and will actively support as appropriate, any successful candidates with any knowledge gaps in regards to children’s services.
About You
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Leicestershire County Council - Employee Benefits
Leicestershire County Council is one of the best performing councils in the country. In 2019, we were named the most productive council in the country for the third year running.It’s our people that drive the council’s success. Their day-to-day effort, creativity, determination and commitment to the people of Leicestershire to help us achieve our aims.
Benefits of working for us
As an employee of Leicestershire County Council, you will benefit from:
Positive work life balance
To support our employees to achieve a positive balance between their work and home commitments, we offer the following:
Learning and development
You must also have an understanding of, and commitment to, equality, diversity and inclusion.
In addition, we also expect you to share our commitment to our values and will ask you to evidence when you have demonstrated them as part of the selection process.
Reasonable adjustments will be considered for applicants with a disability.
Interested in Flexible Working?
We are keen to support employees to balance their working life with other commitments. Therefore, wherever possible, we will consider working arrangements that suit an individual's personal circumstances whilst still meeting the needs of the Council. If you would like to discuss the possible flexible working options that might be applicable to this role, please contact the person named below. This may include requests for term-time working, part-time hours, compressed hours, flexible start and finish times, home/remote working, etc.
Every role within the Council has a defined working style which determines where they can work. The worker category applicable to this post is detailed in the above advert. You can find out more about our worker categories in the Our Working Styles page on our career site.
For more information or an informal discussion, please contact:
Nerinder Samaria, Strategic Finance Manager (Children's Services)
Tel : 0116 305 7616
Email : Email
How to Apply
Leicestershire County Council is an inclusive organisation which is on a journey to embed and celebrate equality, diversity and inclusion at every level. We warmly welcome and encourage applications from people of all backgrounds, as having a diverse workforce with different perspectives and ideas is fundamental to our values and enriches the services we offer our communities. We particularly welcome applicants from Ethnically Diverse and LGBTQ+ communities and people with disabilities to create a balanced workforce and one that reflects the communities we serve. Applicants with a disability who meet the criteria listed in the 'About You' section above will be offered an interview under the Disability Confident Employer Scheme.
To apply for this job, please click on the apply button. You will need to upload a supporting statement as part of your application which explains how you meet the criteria listed in the 'About You' section above. For more information, see the How to Apply section on our career site.
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