Strategic Finance Business Partner (Capital & Projects)

About the role

We have an exciting opportunity for a Strategic Finance Business Partner (Capital & Projects) to play a key leadership role in shaping and delivering North Northamptonshire Council’s ambitious capital programme.

North Northamptonshire Council was established in 2021, bringing together four districts and part of a county council to form one of the largest unitary councils in the country. Since then, we have been on a significant transformation journey, building a strong “One Council” culture and establishing the financial foundations to support sustainable, high-quality services for our residents.

This role sits at the heart of that journey. You will be a trusted strategic advisor, working closely with senior officers to ensure that our capital investment programme is financially robust, well-governed and delivers maximum value for our communities.

The role also requires an outward-looking perspective, anticipating the financial implications of emerging policy changes, funding reforms and wider economic pressures, and translating these into actionable insight for the organisation.

This is an excellent opportunity to lead, influence and shape the Council’s approach to capital investment and major projects.

Interviews are to be held week commencing 20th July.

What will you be doing?

Key responsibilities of the Strategic Finance Business Partner (Capital & Projects) will include:

• Lead the financial strategy and oversight of the Council’s capital programme, ensuring alignment with corporate priorities and long-term sustainability

• Provide expert financial advice on major capital schemes, projects and investment decisions, including business case development and appraisal, taking account of evolving national policy, regulatory changes and their financial impact

• Lead on the Capital Strategy including financing and funding strategies

• Ensure robust financial governance and control across capital programmes, including monitoring, forecasting and risk management

• Partner with Executive Directors, Directors and senior project leads to provide challenge, insight and strategic support on complex projects

• Support and influence decision-making at the highest level, including the Corporate Leadership Team, through clear and credible financial advice that reflects both internal priorities and the external policy and funding environment

• Drive continuous improvement in capital financial management, reporting and commercial awareness across the organisation, ensuring the Council is well-positioned to respond to policy, funding and economic change

About you

We are looking for a high-calibre finance professional who brings both technical excellence and strategic leadership.

You will:

• Be a fully qualified CCAB (or equivalent) accountant with significant post-qualification experience
• Have a strong track record of working in a complex, multi-disciplinary environment, ideally within local government or a similarly regulated sector
• Bring demonstrable experience of:
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    • Capital programme management and financing
    • Business case appraisal and investment analysis
    • Supporting large-scale projects or transformation projects
• Be confident operating at senior level, with the ability to influence, challenge and build trusted relationships with Directors and stakeholders
• Combine strong financial acumen with commercial awareness and strategic thinking
• Be driven, proactive and solutions-focused, with the ability to navigate ambiguity and deliver in a fast-paced, evolving environment

Critically, you will be someone who thrives on shaping outcomes, able to balance long-term strategic thinking with practical delivery, and able to translate complex financial issues into clear, actionable insight.

This is a role for an individual who wants to make a tangible impact by helping to deliver transformational and capital investment that improves places, infrastructure and outcomes for residents.

Our Benefits

Here at North Northamptonshire Council, we’re transforming for the better, using all our creativity and imagination to create the best life for our local people.

You’ll find that we have a wide range of careers that may be more surprising than you think!

Why choose us?

We offer a vibrant working environment with:

• a competitive salary
• a pension scheme, where we pay a significant contribution on top of your contribution. It provides life cover and ill-health protection.
• lots of opportunities to develop your skills, knowledge and potential in a large unitary council
• generous leave entitlement (28 days, rising to 33 days) and bank holidays, plus the option to buy up to an extra 10 days
• hybrid and flexible working arrangements, where practicable for service needs to help you with a healthy work-life balance.

We provide a range of great benefits such as an Employee Assistance Programme, an Employee Benefits Scheme, wellbeing support, travel rates at HMRC rates, as well as supporting a range of active Employee Network Groups.

About us

Our Values and Behaviours

Our values define who we are and how we operate, by forming the foundation for how we interact with our customers, colleagues and provide our services. They are also at the forefront of our decision making and delivery and are:

Customer-focused
Respectful
Efficient
Supportive
Trustworthy

Our key commitments help ensure that the priorities we make, now and in the future, maintain the necessary breadth of focus in those areas that we believe matter most.

Disability Confident Employer

We are proud to be a recognised Disability Confident Employer and is committed to providing an inclusive recruitment process and will offer an interview to disabled applicants who meet the essential criteria for the role.

Our Employment and Disability Service provides bespoke support to individuals facing barriers to employment, helping them work towards their goals to start, stay and succeed in employment. For further information please click here The Employment and Disability Service (EADS) | North Northamptonshire Council

Armed Forces Community

The council obtained the Gold status award for the Defence Employer Recognition Scheme (ERS).

Further information can be found at Jobs and careers | North Northamptonshire Council (northnorthants.gov.uk)