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The Council's Finance and Commercial Services Department is responsible for maintaining financial control and ensuring value for money by providing financial and commercial advice to those teams delivering services.
The Finance and Commercial Services Department is currently made up of 400 staff comprising finance, procurement specialists and a substantial income and payments operation. The service is organised across 4 key areas: Accounting, Commercial Business Partnering, Procurement and Revenue and Benefits.
We have a permanent post in our Commercial Business Partnering Team:
1 x Assistant Finance Manager - Commercial Business Partner (Grade 8 - full time permanent post)
We are seeking to recruit an enthusiastic and motivated individual to join the Commercial Business Partnering Team within Finance and Commercial Services at Sheffield City Council. Our Finance Business Partners work hand in hand with services, creating real and active partnerships with operations and management. As a Business Partner, you will provide real-time support and analysis and be a trusted adviser to assist and influence decision-making for our city. The role is about shaping strategy and helping put our financial plans into action. You will be responsible for: Assisting the annual business planning and budget setting process with services. Providing financial advice, oversight, and challenge on key decisions. Assisting in resolving business problems, ensuring that financial strategy is aligned with business strategy. Building alliances with managers and bringing financial insight to discussions about the business. 'Translating' between finance and services. Interpreting data and then presenting the findings to the relevant stakeholders in a clear and concise manner. Standing over your opinions and having a well-developed sense of ethics and being prepared to stand up for these principles. You will not be routinely tasked with transaction processing and should be comfortable with risk and working with ambiguity. This particular role provides financial advice and support to Sheffield City Council Childrens' Services Directorate. You should be a minimum part qualified/currently studying CCAB or relevant equivalent or have extensive experience in a financial environment demonstrating Continued Professional Development at a similar level. The Council embraces flexible working arrangements and has a hybrid working approach. We are investing in our workforce and are promoting opportunities to our under-represented groups. We value equality, diversity, and inclusion and are focused on increasing the diversity of our workforce, particularly the number of Black, Asian, Minority Ethnic, Disabled, and LGBTQ+ people, so that our teams reflect the communities in the city we serve. We are also supporting staff with unpaid caring responsibilities to work flexibly. It is a great time to join us and we welcome your application. Under the Disability Confident Scheme, disabled applicants, who meet the essential criteria of this job, are guaranteed an interview. Full-time employees work 37 hours for 52 weeks of the year and we offer a generous holiday entitlement. We are open to discussions about a wide range of flexible working opportunities which benefit you and the Council, including reduced hour contracts, working part-time or as a job share. If you are appointed to this role, your starting salary will be at the bottom of the grade. If you provide payslip evidence that your basic pay is greater than the bottom of the grade, we will consider starting you at the point of minimum advantage within the grade.
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We are seeking to recruit an enthusiastic and motivated individual to join the Commercial Business Partnering Team within Finance and Commercial Services at Sheffield City Council. Our Finance Business Partners work hand in hand with services, creating real and active partnerships with operations and management. As a Business Partner, you will provide real-time support and analysis and be a trusted adviser to assist and influence decision-making for our city. The role is about shaping strategy and helping put our financial plans into action. You will be responsible for: Assisting the annual business planning and budget setting process with services. Providing financial advice, oversight, and challenge on key decisions. Assisting in resolving business problems, ensuring that financial strategy is aligned with business strategy. Building alliances with managers and bringing financial insight to discussions about the business. 'Translating' between finance and services. Interpreting data and then presenting the findings to the relevant stakeholders in a clear and concise manner. Standing over your opinions and having a well-developed sense of ethics and being prepared to stand up for these principles. You will not be routinely tasked with transaction processing and should be comfortable with risk and working with ambiguity. This particular role provides financial advice and support to Sheffield City Council Childrens' Services Directorate. You should be a minimum part qualified/currently studying CCAB or relevant equivalent or have extensive experience in a financial environment demonstrating Continued Professional Development at a similar level. The Council embraces flexible working arrangements and has a hybrid working approach. We are investing in our workforce and are promoting opportunities to our under-represented groups. We value equality, diversity, and inclusion and are focused on increasing the diversity of our workforce, particularly the number of Black, Asian, Minority Ethnic, Disabled, and LGBTQ+ people, so that our teams reflect the communities in the city we serve. We are also supporting staff with unpaid caring responsibilities to work flexibly. It is a great time to join us and we welcome your application. Under the Disability Confident Scheme, disabled applicants, who meet the essential criteria of this job, are guaranteed an interview. Full-time employees work 37 hours for 52 weeks of the year and we offer a generous holiday entitlement. We are open to discussions about a wide range of flexible working opportunities which benefit you and the Council, including reduced hour contracts, working part-time or as a job share. If you are appointed to this role, your starting salary will be at the bottom of the grade. If you provide payslip evidence that your basic pay is greater than the bottom of the grade, we will consider starting you at the point of minimum advantage within the grade.
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