Job Description

To manage and lead a team within Finance Department that provides business partnering / strategic finance support to the wider business to help the deliver its business objectives. To advise management across the business, up to Board level on all aspects of the day-to-day financial and management accounting. The business partner is a key, visible point of contact for budget holders.

Responsibilities

• Manage a team within Finance Business Partnering or Strategic Finance, supporting the business through policy development, planning, performance, service delivery and governance.
• Support senior management in the delivery of an effective and efficient departmental service deputizing where appropriate.
• Provide key management reporting and information for the business area to support decision making and achieve business objectives. 
• Provide effective and timely financial and management reports, in line with business requirements and both statutory and regulatory duties, including supporting documentation to audit standard, ensuring that corporate governance requirements.
• Help Commands develop budget and savings proposals to inform negotiations on future budget delegations.
• Ensure budget holders are clear on their delegated budgets and savings targets, working proactively with the business to ensure accurate budget forecasts are received and accurately reflected on the finance system.
• Manage projects, resources, programmes, planning activity or campaigns to ensure work is completed within agreed timescales/budgets and quality standards, in line with our policy, providing high quality financial advice to business areas and the Finance Senior Leadership Team.
• Manage the quality, secure handling and dissemination of data/information and develop policy, reports and procedures and manage data systems across business areas.
• Develop and build internal and external partner relations working collaboratively to foster good relations.
• Contribute to the long term financial planning and strategy of the Agency.
• Work with government departments and attend working groups, government committees/meetings (as required).
• Manage the quality of service delivery, business and supplier performance, to ensure continuous improvement in service standards (as required).
• Champion financial awareness and financial management across the business area, managing the design, development, planning and delivery of training products to meet learning requirements (as required).
• Manage issues relating to the performance and conduct of officers in line with the company values.
• To manage/coach and develop staff

Benefits

You will be eligible for:

• Civil Service pension scheme
• 26 days annual leave rising to 31 on completion of 5 years continuous service
• Training and development opportunities
• Cycle2work scheme

Required Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

• At least Part Qualified and working towards full professional CCAB accountancy qualification, i.e. ACCA, CIMA, etc.
• Part Qualified is defined as having completed the ‘intermediary’ stages of a Chartered qualification, which will usually be roughly one year’s study away from completion.
• You will be required to provide relevant paperwork
• Please ensure the dates of any accreditations you are relying on, are entered on to the CV.
• Should you progress to the assessment stage of the process, you will be required to provide a copy of the original certificate.
• Experience of supervision or first line management in a finance business partnering or financial strategy environment.
• Good technical knowledge of accounting processes, policies, statutory requirements and internal controls
• Strong customer service and stakeholder management skills
• Strong analytical and reasoning skills, and the ability to develop financial models