Finance Business Partner

Finance Business Partner

£52,466 per annum - Grade 9

Leeds / Hybrid Full time - 37 hours per week

Permanent

Closing date - Sunday 23 August 2026 at 23:55

Please note that the Combined Authority will consider requests for part-time working and/or job share.

We currently have a vacancy for a Finance Business Partner to join our Corporate Services.

As a Finance Business Partner at West Yorkshire Combined Authority (WYCA), you will play a pivotal role in shaping the future of one of the UK’s most ambitious devolved regions. Working at the heart of strategic decision-making, you will partner with policy, programme and delivery teams to provide robust financial insight, support investment decisions, and ensure public funding delivers maximum impact for the people and communities of West Yorkshire. This is a highly visible role that combines commercial awareness, financial leadership, and stakeholder engagement across a diverse portfolio of transformational projects.

You will join a collaborative and forward-thinking Finance Business Partnering team that works closely with senior leaders, external funders, and investors to develop innovative funding solutions and drive organisational performance. Key selling points of this opportunity include the chance to influence major regional investment programmes, contribute to projects that improve transport, skills, housing, and economic growth, and be part of a values-driven organisation with a strong commitment to professional development, flexible hybrid working, and career progression. This is an exciting opportunity to make a tangible difference while further developing your strategic finance and business partnering expertise within a complex, dynamic, and impactful environment.

Our Offer

· Work your way – From flexible and agile working options, including a generous flexi-time scheme to help you balance your personal life and career.

· Time to recharge – Enjoy 28 days of annual leave (with increases based on length of service), plus all Bank Holidays.

· Free greener travel across West Yorkshire – Cover your commute sustainably with unlimited free bus and rail travel using the MCard (Zones 1–5).

· Secure your future – Benefit from a highly competitive Local Government Pension Scheme.

· Investing in you – Take advantage of supported professional development, regular training, and up to 3 paid volunteering days per year.

· Grow with us – Incremental salary progression for most roles and annual cost of living increases.

· Family first – We offer enhanced parental and bereavement leave, plus other family-friendly policies to support you when it matters most.

· Your wellbeing, our priority – Access 24/7 free confidential counselling services and the Headspace app for you and up to 5 family or friends.

· Modern workspace in a prime location – Work in bright, contemporary offices just a 2-minute walk from Leeds Train Station, fully equipped with the latest tech.

The Role

Reporting into the Head of Finance, your key responsibilities will include:

Key responsibilities include:

· Providing strategic financial business partnering support to policy, programme and delivery teams, helping to inform decision-making, challenge assumptions and ensure resources are aligned to organisational priorities.

· Monitoring and managing budgets and forecasts, analysing financial performance, identifying risks and opportunities, and providing clear financial insight and recommendations to support effective financial management.

· Building strong relationships with internal and external stakeholders, including senior leaders, funding bodies and delivery partners, to support investment planning, funding opportunities and the successful delivery of strategic projects and programmes.

Please review the Role Profile for more information about the responsibilities.

About You

You will have the following key skills, attributes, education, and experience:

· Professional accountancy qualification (CCAB or equivalent), or significant finance-related experience.

· Proven financial business partnering experience, including influencing decision-making, providing constructive challenge, and supporting senior stakeholders.

· Strong expertise in budgeting, forecasting, financial analysis and performance reporting within a complex organisation.

· Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills, with the ability to build effective relationships and present complex financial information clearly to finance and non-finance audiences.

· Strong understanding of financial governance, risk management and value-for-money principles, supported by excellent analytical and problem-solving skills to translate complex information into practical recommendations and actions.

To Apply

If this sounds like your next role, please complete the application form on our website and tell us within the supporting statement why you would be a great fit for our role and how your skills, knowledge and experience align with the requirements within the Role Profile. Please visit our Advice for Candidates webpage and review the guidance on this page for support in completing your application form.

Further Information

The Combined Authority is passionate about creating an inclusive workplace that promotes and values diversity. We know through experience that different ideas, perspectives and backgrounds create a stronger and more creative work environment that delivers better outcomes. We welcome applications irrespective of people's age, disability, neuro-divergence, sex, gender identity and gender expression, race or ethnicity, religion or belief, sexual orientation, pregnancy or maternity, or other personal circumstances. We have policies and procedures in place to ensure that all applicants are treated fairly and consistently at every stage of the recruitment process, including the consideration of reasonable adjustments for people who have a disability and/or who are neuro divergent. To find out more about inclusivity at the West Yorkshire Combined Authority please visit our dedicated webpage.

Under the Disability Confident Scheme, applicants with a disability are guaranteed an interview, subject to the minimum criteria being met. Please note that whilst it is our policy to recruit at SP1 for all appointments, which is the salary stated above, each role includes career salary progression, with incremental increases applicable in most cases on an annual basis.