Strategic Finance Business Partner

Nottingham is a bold, vibrant, and exciting Core City at the heart of the UK, alive with potential and ambition. Nottingham City Council has faced up to significant challenges, and we’re approaching the future with courage, energy, and a clear plan to deliver meaningful change for our residents.

If your skills, experience, and qualifications match those in this job overview, do not delay your application.

Underpinning our rapid progress is a comprehensive transformation of our financial systems and governance. This has already delivered significant progress achieving the best financial performance of a UK Core City with an expected General Fund underspend of approximately £24m in 2025/26 and setting a marginal surplus general fund budget for 2026/27 including a 3.5 per cent tax rise from April - the first time in 18 years it has increased it by less than the maximum.

We are looking for an experienced finance professional to join our team.

Reporting to the Strategic Director of Finance Strategy, the Strategic Finance Business Partner will work closely with service managers to ensure best practice in financial planning, monitoring and risk mitigation. Candidates will be strong strategic finance leaders from a place-based portfolio and will be adept at providing leadership and assurance around complex capital programmes. Skilled at senior level business partnering and influence you will be the advisor to Directors and Members on high value, high risk decisions. xwzovoh You will bring a clear track record in financial governance, risk management and value for money within a public sector context and be capable of driving teams to strive for excellence through strong communication and leadership skills.

To find out more and to apply, please visit . Alternatively, if you’d like to arrange an informal conversation, please contact our retained consultants at Faerfield, Zara Bruton ( / or Helen Sawbridge ( /

Closing date: Midnight Sunday 31 May 2026