East Riding of Yorkshire Council
Finance Business Partner
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We seek a confident and insightful Finance Business Partner to join our team and help to shape key decisions that make a real difference to our communities.
In this influential role, you will work closely with senior leaders, providing trusted financial advice, meaningful analysis and valuable insight to support decision making at the highest levels. You will also play a key part in strengthening our finance business partnering offer while leading and supporting a team of up to 20 finance professionals.
This role is key to shaping financial strategy, supporting robust budget management and providing clear insight, challenge and assurance to help services make informed and sustainable decisions.
This is a fantastic opportunity to step into a high-profile role within a forward-thinking finance service, supporting a large and diverse organisation serving over 350,000 residents, 600 services and over 100 maintained schools.
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Duties include supporting a complex and high-profile directorate, providing financial leadership across children's services, families and schools at a time of significant demand, transformation and financial challenge.
You will have:
- strong finance business partnering experience
- the ability to influence and challenge senior stakeholders
- leadership skills with a passion for developing others
- a proactive, solutions focused mindset
- experience of supporting complex, demand led budgets
- the ability to translate financial information into clear, meaningful advice
- confidence in providing constructive challenge and influencing senior decision making
- a track record of leading, motivating and developing finance teams
Benefits include:
- a generous Local Government Pension Scheme
- flexible and hybrid working
- staff discounts, including leisure memberships
- health and wellbeing support schemes
- a friendly, supportive team environment with a strong development culture
- a centrally located office in Beverley, East Riding of Yorkshire with easy transport links, shops and amenities nearby
- the chance to make a real difference to local people and communities
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Join a finance service managing over £1bn in budgets, where your work will have a real impact every day.
If you are ready to bring your financial leadership, insight and ambition to a role where you can make a genuine difference and are ready for your next challenge and think you meet the essential requirements of the role we would love to hear from you.
East Riding of Yorkshire Council is pursuing equality of opportunity in employment.
Advert No: ERYC008859
Closing Date: 3 August 2026
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