About the role
Northamptonshire Children’s Trust was established in November 2020 to deliver the best possible opportunities for the children in Northamptonshire. Our responsibility is to deliver children’s social care and targeted early help services on behalf of North Northamptonshire and West Northamptonshire Councils.
We have a fantastic opportunity for a Senior Finance Business Partner to join the trust who will report to the Head of Finance. We are seeking a forward-thinking and dynamic finance professional to join our finance team and lead the provision of high quality financial support to Directors, Heads of Service and Service Managers. You will manage a team and ensuring accurate and timely professional financial support across the Trust.
For an informal discussion please contact Emma Watts on 07766465477.
About you
You will be a qualified accountant with ongoing professional development and experience of working in local government, ideally within Children’s Services.
You will have proven experience of managing a team with the ability to communicate effectively with professional and technical finance staff and operational managers. The successful candidate will have the opportunity to develop the finance business partnering approach and work with the development of budget holders.
Experience in the areas of Financial Planning, Control and Reporting including the development of Financial processes is essential for this role.
This is an exciting opportunity to join the Children’s Trust with a comprehensive package of support and training for the successful candidates, so if you think you have the right skills and experience and are interesting in joining our Finance team we would love to hear from you.
Our benefits
We are committed to continuous improvement, building a skilled, knowledgeable, and flexible workforce alongside promoting innovation and creativity whilst keeping children, young people and families at the heart of all we do.
We really value our workforce and offer you a great benefits package including:
- 2 Day Induction Programme
- Learning & Development and career development opportunities
- Flexible and family working arrangements including enhanced maternity benefits
- A permanent, supportive and inclusive management team where you will be empowered to make good professional decisions
- Local government Pension Scheme
- Heavily subsidised town centre car parking scheme
- Employee Discount Scheme
- 28 days’ annual leave, plus 8 Bank Holidays (pro rata for part time) and an additional 5 days – after 5 years’ service
- Opportunity to purchase up to 25 days
- Employee Discount Schemes
- Employee Assistance Programme
- Monthly quality supervision
About us
Northamptonshire Children’s Trust was established in November 2020 to deliver Children’s Services to the newly established North and West Northants County Councils. The Trust is wholly owned and funded but operationally independent from the Councils; this provides the organisation with unique opportunities to explore new ways of working and to be more agile and adaptable in its approach to service delivery. We are developing a culture that allows the very highest quality of professional practice to flourish and evolve, delivering at the cutting edge of new innovation.
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