Senior Finance Business Partner

An exciting opportunity has arisen within Decision Making Support.

We are recruiting to a full time, permanent Senior Finance Business Partner role within the Decision Making Support Team.

The Decision Making Support Team is a key part of the Finance and Resources Directorate, providing strategic financial advice and supporting effective decision making across the organisation. This role will provide valuable financial support to the Economy, Infrastructure and Skills Directorate.

Working closely with Strategic Finance Business Partners and other senior colleagues, you will help the Decision Making Support team to ensure financial strategies are implemented and that financial resources are managed appropriately.

If you are CCAB qualified, and looking to progress your career with Staffordshire County Council, you are encouraged to consider a role of Senior Finance Business Partner.

The Senior Finance Business Partner role is a wide and varied role with excellent opportunities for partnership working and service collaboration.

The role involves:

• working with external and internal stakeholders at senior management level to develop financial acumen of budget holders
• lead the setting and management of budgets, with varying risks and values, to ensure the wider business plans and overall strategic plan are met.
• working alongside other specialist officers on strategic project work, developing business cases and supporting the delivery of a well run council through ensuring good financial governance.

This role would suit an individual:

• with initiative and drive
• who is an excellent team player and can demonstrate an ability to; build strong, trusted, influential working relationships, manage others and organise and prioritise competing workloads, effectively

It is anticipated that shortlisting will take place on Tuesday 5th May 2026 with interviews anticipated to take place week commencing 11th May 2026.

Interviews will include a short assessment / test as well as traditional interview questions.

For an informal chat about the roles, please contact Eva Macia, email: eva.macia@staffordshire.gov.uk

Our Recruitment Process: We anonymise applications during shortlisting to ensure only relevant information is considered. Please complete your application fully, especially the supporting statement, to highlight what you’ll bring to the role.

We are no ordinary county council:

Our Values:

The core of who we are as an organisation. Just like we all have personal values that shape our thoughts and behaviour, organisational values drive how we think and act collectively.

Our values were created and shaped by colleague feedback and national best practice and they sit at the heart of People Strategy:

We have a real sense of community spirit that brings our people together. This feeling of belonging means we are all connected to what we do and take pride in the difference we make every day for Staffordshire people. We are ambitious and our sights are set firmly on a better future.

We look forward and race ahead - that goes for your career too.

Our benefits:

We recognise that it is our employees that are central to everything we do. We aim to create a supportive working environment where employees can achieve their full potential and achieve a healthy work-life balance.

In addition to your salary, as a member of staff, you will have access to Our rewards and benefits - Careers at Staffordshire

Our recruitment process:

As an Authority we are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people/vulnerable adults and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.

Staffordshire County Council is an equal opportunities organisation and Disability Confident employer. We encourage applications from all background and communities

As part of our commitment as a Disability Confident employer, a Gold Award Armed Forces employer and our commitment to supporting care leavers - we offer a guaranteed interview as long as your application meets the minimum criteria for the post.