Finance Business Partner

We have an exciting new opportunity for two full time Finance Business Partners to join our Financial Services team. This is an ideal time to join us to help shape the team and the way we support the Authority in the future.

These key roles will be based at Phoenix House, Tiverton, with the ability to work in a hybrid way, and will support the team across a wide range of responsibilities to provide an efficient and effective service to the Authority.

As a Finance Business Partner, your key responsibilities will include, but are not limited to:

• Leading and managing a Finance Assistant or Systems Accountant;
• Providing robust financial advice to budget holders and senior officers on all financial matters;
• Setting budgets, carrying out budget monitoring and closing the accounts for the services assigned to the post holder;
• Leading on ad hoc projects/tasks within Financial Services;
• Jointly leading on the Council's insurance claims and renewals together with the other Finance Business Partners;
• Pro-actively seek opportunities to improve the financial support provided to the Council and identify and support the delivery of efficiencies in the service support.

These roles will also be responsible for a selection of other functions, which could include, but are not limited to:

• Fixed Assets and Capital Accounting
• VAT, Partial Exemption and other tax advice
• Treasury Management and Cash Flow Forecasting
• Housing Revenue Account (HRA)
• Section 106
• Government Returns including WGA

About you:

• You will be CCAB qualified or part qualified and working towards full qualification, or have a significant amount of experience in an equivalent role and able to demonstrate a comparable level of knowledge and capability;
• Have a significant technical understanding of Local Government accounting;
• Have excellent numeracy skills and be able to work accurately with an attention to detail;
• Have excellent communication and problem solving skills, and able to communicate complex financial matters to non-finance officers;
• Have extensive knowledge of MS Office software, with advanced Excel skills, and experience with financial software;
• It would be advantageous to have previous management experience;
• Be committed to delivering a quality service.

Training and development needs of applicants will be considered as part of the selection process.

• Competitive rate of pay
• Generous annual leave entitlements
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Free parking at site
• Excellent training and development opportunities

To find out more about this role please contact Kieran Knowles, Operations Manager for Financial Services, on , or Paul Deal, Head of Finance, Property and Climate Resilience, on .

The Job Description refers to the level of competencies required for this post. For an explanation of what this means, please see Core Competencies.

A satisfactory basic disclosure check, and three years complete employment history will be requested in the event of you being offered the position.

Unfortunately, we are unable to sponsor skilled worker visas at this time. For more information on pre-employment checks, please review the documents found here.

Please remember to quote the following post and vacancy numbers:

CLOSING DATE:

CLOSING DATE: 15 January 2026 at 5:00pm

POST NUMBER:

POST NUMBER: FA21

VACANCY NUMBER:

VACANCY NUMBER:

INTERVIEW DATE Thursday 22 January 2026

We want to be an inclusive and diverse employer of first choice reflecting the community we serve and particularly welcome applications from all underrepresented groups. We are keen to make our interviews accessible. Let us know on your job application if you have a disability and need any reasonable adjustments.

We're committed to equality of opportunity and welcome applications from all sections of the community.

If we've not contacted you within two weeks of the closing date, please assume your application has been unsuccessful on this occasion.

Thank you for showing an interest in this vacancy and we wish you every success with your on-going job search.