About the Borough Joining us, you get to work for not just one high performing London Borough, but two. Sutton and Kingston councils have a number of shared services serving both authorities, with some teams and roles more focussed on one Council than the other, but the majority are shared across both, meaning you get multiple opportunities to learn from a wider pool of activities and two different political bodies. We work flexibly in both Sutton and Kingston offices, and support working at home or flexible working patterns that enable you to tailor your working and personal life. We provide the equipment and tools to enable you to work flexibly, and in return ask you to use that flexibility to be creative and ambitious in the services we deliver. There are some really exciting things happening in both Sutton and Kingston. We are developing the London Cancer Hub, a world leading cancer research and treatment hub that will bring together professionals from across different sectors to identify and test new treatments and therapies. We are undertaking the largest housing regeneration programme ever delivered in Kingston, building new energy efficient housing that will transform some of our oldest Council owned housing. Both boroughs have publicly committed to doing what they can to tackle the climate emergency and are investing in new technologies and societal change that will help bring carbon emissions down and improve our climate impact. You should choose Sutton and Kingston if you are looking for an opportunity that will challenge you to deliver more, support you to achieve personal ambitions, and expect you to put borough residents at the heart of what you do. Sutton is a well connected attractive part of London that has a reputation for excellent schools, green and leafy open spaces, and a history that drives a thriving heritage and culture offer through our museums and libraries. The Council is controlled by a long established Liberal Democrat Administration and has high ambitions set out in its corporate plan “Ambitious for Sutton”, that will ensure Sutton remains a great place to live, work and raise a family. The Council plays a leading role in a number of local partnerships and places great emphasis on engaging effectively with its residents, listening to local voices and making their message heard across London Government. Kingston is a beautiful Royal borough with a historic setting on the banks of the Thames with excellent schools and a bustling retail centre, all surrounded by open green spaces such as Richmond Park and Bushey Park, former recreation grounds for Tudor Kings and Queens. The Council is controlled by a Liberal Democrat Administration and has a council plan “Greener, Fairer, Safer, Together”, that sets out a vision to be a vibrant, diverse and inclusive borough where residents are active, empowered, engaged and able to remain independent and resilient. The Council engages with residents through a number of forums and events through the year, and like Sutton plays a leading role in developing the South West Region of London. About the Role Sutton Council is seeking an exceptional candidate to fill the role of Senior Finance Business Partner in its shared finance service with Kingston Council. Whilst this role sits within the shared service, its focus is on Sutton Council only. It will focus its support on the Adults Social Care unit within the council's People Services directorate.. This key role supports the Strategic Finance Business Partner (Adults Social Care) by providing support for services and their budget managers. The primary focus will be on revenue but elements of the capital programme may fall within their remit. The successful candidate will take responsibility for: delivering support to budget managers to support core financial processes and activities, including planning and budgets, financial management and monitoring, and year end processes supporting budget managers to fulfil their financial responsibilities being a critical friend to budget managers to ensure that forecasts and financial modeling is robust and realistic supporting the Better Care Fund financial administration reviewing service databases (such as Mosaic) to create useful analysis and insight to inform financial processes assisting in the completion of statutory returns or ad hoc requests for information. About Us This role is part of the Financial Planning and Business Partnering team that supports Sutton Council only, within the shared finance service. The team has 17 positions that combine to deliver revenue and capital financial planning and business partnering services. The aim of the shared finance service is to add value and inspire success and we do this by: Translating business intelligence into business success by delivering clear professional advice and insight Safeguarding the financial health of our Councils Empowering our customers to manage their finances Learning, improving and exceeding; supporting each other to develop our talent and achieve more. About You The successful candidate will have: Experience providing high quality business partner support to budget managers in a large organisation A relevant professional qualification (e.g. CIPFA, CIMA, MBA etc) or demonstrable equivalent experience of operating at that level Experience of working in a customer-focused environment and achieving successful outcomes in the delivery of services that meet customer needs Strong numerical and analytical skills with the ability to provide detailed and accurate information at pace with little oversight Excellent communication skills, verbally and in writing, with the ability to discuss, analyse and present finance concepts and processes in a range of ways. It is desirable that candidates will have experience supporting adults social care services in a local authority.