Finance Business Partner - London, United Kingdom - Alexander Mann Solutions for Public Sector Resourcing

Alexander Mann Solutions for Public Sector Resourcing
Alexander Mann Solutions for Public Sector Resourcing
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FINANCE BUSINESS PARTNER

Inside IR35

Contract Term:3 months (with possibility of extension)


Contracting Authority:
The Cabinet Office


Location:
Hybrid (3 days from home, 2 days from the London office)

The Cabinet Office are recruiting for a Finance Business Partner to join their team.

This role is central to the relationship between an individual business area and the finance function.

You will use your strong technical and influencing skills and sound understanding of the business unit to provide advice, challenge, and scrutiny to senior colleagues.

You will ensure that budgets are well constructed, managed and monitored and support senior managers in the production of business cases and plans to deliver improved performance, reduced risk and better value for money.


Your technical knowledge and ability to work constructively with senior teams will make you a valued contributor the decision-making process and a champion for change within your business, its external relationships and in wider government projects.

This post holder will need to establish and develop effective working relationships with several stakeholders, including the Directors, Deputy Directors, Internal and External Audit.

The roles are required in the Business Partnering teams to continue mínimal and risk-based support to business areas.


This will include:


  • Supporting business unit to manage their financial position with control totals.
  • Supporting business units to deliver on fiscal events such as Business Planning, CO25 implementation and Supplementary Estimates.
  • Providing financial advice in order to deliver key projects and programmes.
  • Managing the departmental financial position through working with business units on the monthly forecasting process and management of financial risks.

As a Finance Business Partner your main responsibilities would be:

  • Developing a deep knowledge of diverse business areas, their needs, and priorities, looking at the bigger picture to make sure that the business understands the financial implications of decisions and available choices.
  • Showing effective leadership skills in the line management of a team of assistant business partners.
  • Acting as key liaison point between Finance and the business, building in depth understanding of different business areas and performance & delivery priorities.
  • Providing analysis to support decision making and using benchmarking to highlight opportunities and add value.
  • Identifying sustainable cost savings targets and initiatives as part of the business planning cycle.
  • Supporting business areas with financial analysis to prepare for Spending Reviews, risk management and business planning processes.
  • Leading on financial reporting, including analysing financial information and preparing summary reporting, ensuring that the leaders of the Cabinet Office are able to make decisions based on accurate financial information.
  • Supporting on the construction of business cases through financial challenge and the identification of commercial implications of options considered.
  • Assessing accounting implications and providing accounting advice in accordance with international financial reporting standards and central government accounting rules.
  • Building financial and commercial awareness of nonfinance staff within the business.

You'll have relevant experience in:


  • You will be CCAB, or equivalent, qualified (part qualified with considerable financial / commercial experience will be considered)
  • A high level of competence in budget management, planning, forecasting and risk identification combined with excellent problemsolving skills.
  • Welldeveloped communication, presentation and relationship management skills including an ability to engage effectively with multidisciplinary teams.
  • Credibility with senior colleagues and stakeholders and the ability to influence decisionmaking.
  • Strong Excel and data analysis skills combined with a clear understanding of how this should be applied for the benefit of the organization.
  • Knowledge of government finance and fiscal events such as spending reviews.

Other desirable criteria:


  • Applicants to hold active CTC (Counter Terrorist Check)

PLEASE NOTE:
Interviews for this role will begin w/c 9th January 2023.


If this role sounds like something that you would be interested in, please click the link to apply.

  • Please be aware that this role can only be worked within the UK and not Overseas._

Job Types:
Full-time, Fixed term contract

Contract length: 3 months


Schedule:

  • Monday to Friday

Ability to commute/relocate:

  • LONDON: reliably commute or plan to relocate before starting work (required)

Work Location:
Hybrid remote in LONDON


Reference ID:
PIP0006974
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