Finance Business Partner - Housing Revenue Account and General Fund Housing

Sandwell is looking to recruit a Finance Business Partner - HRA and Housing (GF) who reports to the Head of Finance Business Partnering - Place. The role will be responsible for providing the finance business partnering service to the Housing Departments.

You will be a qualified accountant with experience of business partnering and providing financial support to a council with a Housing Revenue Account.

The successful candidate will have the opportunity to develop the finance business partnering approach and lead on the internal finance support to the Housing Revenue Account Business Plan. A consistent and high quality standard of financial management across the organisation is the aim with the Council committed to ensuring all staff both finance and service managers are trained with the appropriate skills.

There has never been such an exciting time to work for Sandwell Council. The Council has an ambitious corporate transformation plan and finance sits at the heart of it. In addition, we are in the process of implementing Oracle Fusion.

We have also strengthened the resources in finance and the appointment of our new Executive Director of Finance & Transformation will focus on providing a structure with increased strategic finance resources to make a 'step change' in how the Council manages its financial resources. A key strand of this is the move to a business partnering approach with more engagement from budget holders and finance staff providing better analysis and strategic advice., Sandwell is situated at the very heart of the West Midlands, just a stone's throw from Birmingham. A large, diverse, metropolitan borough, Sandwell offers exciting opportunities for all in a friendly, supportive environment.

Why work for us?

• Generous annual leave entitlements


• Access to the Local Government Pension Scheme


• Access to an award-winning employee benefits scheme, which includes:


• An exclusive retail discounts portal


• Salary sacrifice schemes for cars, bikes, technology and car parking


• An employee assistance and counselling service


• Annual leave purchase scheme


• A wide variety of learning and development opportunities


• Flexi-time working


• A variety of leave schemes including carers, compassionate, maternity and paternity


• Volunteering scheme


Your career at Sandwell Council

We offer something for everyone, with an incredibly wide range of career opportunities, at any stage of your career, from apprentices to senior managers.

Whether your focus is a support service, such as Finance, Human Resources, Legal or ICT, or a frontline service, such as Social Care, Planning & Regeneration, Housing or Leisure, it's worth looking at what Sandwell has to offer.

Our plans for the future

Our Vision 2030 shows just how committed we are to creating the best future possible for our communities and for the people who live and work in Sandwell.