Join the Finance Team at Eastleigh Borough Council as a Finance Business Partner to provide financial management and decision-making support, ensure compliance with financial regulations and accounting principles, and act as a strategic and technical advisor.

Eastleigh Borough Council is dedicated to serving its residents and communities. Their mission is to lead and support the Borough and its communities by developing a strong and sustainable economy that supports improved standards of living for residents, promoting thriving and healthy communities, and maintaining an attractive and sustainable environment that residents value. The Finance team at the Council is dedicated to ensuring trust in the stewardship of the Council’s finances. You will enable other services to fully explore their potential through expert guidance, and ongoing support.

You will act as a primary finance contact and support services across the Council to meet their financial management responsibilities. You will be ensuring budget holders are empowered to make decisions, through the provision of training and appropriate access to financial information. Also, as the Finance Business Partner, you will advise on service activity and provide operational context for accounting transactions to aide with the auditing and scrutiny of the Council’s finances. There is an ongoing need to seek improvements to internal processes and feedback user requirements from within the services you support to meet the overarching goals of the Finance & Improvement directorate This role will also make investment and borrowing decisions to manage the daily cash position for the Council with assistance from the Head of Finance, along with carrying out the treasury management functions for the council and support the statutory responsibilities of the wider Finance Service.

You will be AAT qualified or part-qualified in ACCA or CIMA or possess an equivalent qualification. You must have experience communicating financial information to non-finance teams at all levels and a solid understanding of Local Government accounting rules and regulations. You will be adept at interpreting and evaluating financial data and have excellent written and verbal communication skills for both internal and external customers. Previous experience in coaching and mentoring within a Finance Team is essential, along with advanced Excel skills, including the use of SUMIFs, VLOOKUPs, and Pivot tables. Additionally, you will have excellent ICT skills to investigate financial transactions, solve problems, and identify solutions, as well as experience linking financial and non-financial data and an awareness of data analysis techniques.

What you’ll get in return

An opportunity to contribute directly to the strategic objectives of the Council in an environment that will offer you diverse professional development and training opportunities. This role will pay £40,141 - £46,506 based on experience, plus additional benefits such as hybrid working (1 or 2 days in office) flexitime, excellent local government pension, ongoing personal and professional development to name a few.