Job Description

We are working closely with Wirral MBC to assist with the appointment of a Finance Business Partner, on a 3-month contract, highly likely to be extended at clients discretion. Please apply with your CV for immediate consideration.

Rate of Pay: £38.97 - £50.68 per hour

We are seeking an experienced Finance Business Partner to provide proactive, solution-focused financial support and advice across the organisation. Working closely with service managers and senior stakeholders, you will contribute to financial sustainability, support strategic decision-making, and help ensure resources are allocated effectively to deliver value for money and positive outcomes for residents.

Responsibilities:

• Provide reliable, timely, and professional financial advice and support to service areas.
• Support budget management, financial planning, forecasting, and monitoring activities.
• Interpret and analyse complex financial and management information to support decision-making.
• Assist in delivering the Council's financial sustainability and resilience objectives.
• Contribute to demand modelling, financial forecasting, and service planning activities.

Qualifications:

• Formal accountancy qualification (e.g. ACCA, CIMA, CIPFA, ACA) or equivalent professional knowledge gained through significant finance experience.

Essentials:

• Significant experience working within a finance or financial management environment.
• Strong financial analysis, budgeting, forecasting, and reporting skills.
• Advanced Excel skills, including financial modelling, data analysis, pivot tables, lookups, and reporting.
• Experience interpreting complex financial information and presenting findings to stakeholders.
• Ability to build effective working relationships across departments and with external partners.

Please note:

• You should be available to work immediately or at a short notice.
• You should have right to work in U.K

Disclaimer Brackenberry Ltd is acting as an Employment Business in relation to this vacancy. We are committed to equality in the workplace and is an equal opportunity employer. Unless otherwise stated all of our roles are temporary, though opening assignments can be and often are, extended by clients on a longer term basis and can sometimes become permanent.

Important We will interpret your application as being permission to submit your CV to this role (with the right to represent you) unless you advise us to the contrary. Incase the role requires an enhanced DBS, your DBS must be either through us or be accompanied by a subscription to the DBS updating service.

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