Senior Finance Business Partner

This is a strategic role providing financial leadership, insight, and challenge across the Council, enabling informed decision-making, strong governance, and long-term sustainability. You will be the trusted advisor to senior officers and Members, translating complex financial data into clear, actionable information and embedding financial considerations into corporate planning and service delivery. 

In this role, you will lead on a specific technical finance area, such as HRA, capital accounting, treasury management, VAT, collections fund, or funding reform, while contributing to the development of the wider finance function. You will act as a finance partner to budget holders and senior managers, providing constructive challenge and professional advice, and support the Medium-Term Financial Strategy and annual budget process. You will also play a key role in mentoring and developing colleagues within the finance team. 

What we’re looking for: 

• CCAB-qualified accountant (CIPFA, ACA, ACCA, CIMA) or equivalent substantial experience in a senior finance role. 
• Proven experience in senior finance or business partnering, providing professional advice to senior managers and/or elected Members. 
• Strong knowledge of public sector financial management, governance, and accountability, including medium-term financial planning. 
• Experience in statutory accounts preparation, compliance with accounting standards, and translating complex financial information into clear guidance. 
• Excellent analytical, problem-solving, influencing, and communication skills. 
• Ability to lead, mentor, and develop colleagues, with a collaborative and solution-focused approach. 

Desirable experience: 

• Specialist local authority finance areas such as HRA, capital accounting, treasury management, collections fund, VAT, or funding reform. 
• Experience supporting organisational change, service transformation, or savings programmes. 
• Experience of working within a local authority or public sector environment. 

At Melton Borough Council, we care, innovate, and achieve. We are committed to equality, diversity, and inclusion, ensuring our services and employment practices are accessible and fair. 

If you are ready to take on a pivotal strategic finance role in a supportive and dynamic environment, we would love to hear from you.

About Us:  

Melton resides in the beautiful Leicestershire countryside. Its town centre Melton Mowbray, is a quintessential English market town built on a strong tradition of farming. Renowned for its fine food and drink, the borough has become the centre of excellence for local food producers. The town itself is steeped in history and together with the surrounding area has much to offer all those that choose to live, work or visit here. 

At Melton Borough Council, we are firmly committed to promoting a vibrant and sustainable economy, focused on growth and prosperity. Working for us, you will find a great sense of community in which we work together towards achieving the council’s shared objectives and which ensures our customers are at the heart of everything we do.  You’ll also enjoy an excellent range of benefits and family friendly working policies. These include flexi-time with no core hours, agile working arrangements which enables multi-site and home working, generous leave entitlement, a full week off at Christmas, Local Authority Pension Scheme and a clear commitment to your continued professional development. 

More information:

You can find out more about this role by viewing the full job description and person specification below.

Melton Borough Council is committed to offering a guaranteed interview scheme for applicants that meet the essential criteria for a job profile and who:

•    Declare themselves to have a disability covered by the definition outlined within the
     Equality Act 2010
•    Are considered to be a care leaver
•    Are a veteran or reservist

To find out more and to see if you may qualify, please read our guaranteed interview scheme document, (opens in a new tab).

If you would like an informal chat, please do not hesitate to get in touch with:

Naomi Clark - Assistant Director for Resources

Email: nclark@melton.gov.uk

Telephone number: 01664 502311

*Closing Date: 09:00am, Monday 18 May 2026

Interviews:  Thursday 28 & Friday 29 May 2026

*We reserve the right to close this vacancy early when we receive sufficient and suitable applications. Therefore, please ensure that you submit your application  as soon as possible so that you can be considered for this role.