C2/seo Finance Business Partner - Birmingham, United Kingdom - Insolvency Service

Insolvency Service

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Birmingham, United Kingdom

3 weeks ago

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Tom O´Connor

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Description

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Reference number:

Salary:

- £41,880 - £47,882

This post attracts a £4,200 recruitment and retention bonus in addition to the advertised salary
A Civil Service Pension with an average employer contribution of 27%
Job grade:

Senior Executive Officer

C2
Contract type:
Permanent
Business area:
Insolvency
Finance, Commercial, Sustainability and Property
Type of role:
Accountancy
Corporate Finance
Finance
Working pattern:
Flexible working, Fulltime, Job share, Parttime
Number of jobs available:
1Contents

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Location

Birmingham, Cardiff, Edinburgh, Exeter, Ipswich, Leeds, Manchester, Newcastle and Nottingham.

About the job

Job summary:

The Insolvency Service is a leading Government agency which plays a crucial role in providing essential services to the public and to business.

The work we do is important to the proper functioning of markets, the economy in general and support for thousands of people each year who are in financial difficulty.

We offer full-time, part-time, job share and flexible ways of working. We value capability, technical skills and experience and we place great emphasis on lifetime development to support our people.

We encourage our employees to become more involved in areas they feel strongly about whether it be for the benefit of the agency, though our Engagement network or in their own local communities via volunteering opportunities.

The Insolvency Service is a great place to work, learn and grow your career.

Our Structure
The Finance, Commercial, Sustainability and Property Directorate manage, oversee and analyse the Agency's financial and commercial activity.

By reporting on our current position, forecasting our future budgets and working closely with internal and external stakeholders, we play an active part in understanding the agency's performance and in shaping its current and future financial position.

Job description:

The role is within the Project & National Interest Case Team which works within the Finance, Commercial, Sustainability and Property Directorate, and is strategically placed at the heart of the organisation to provide project finance advice to key stakeholders and Senior Leaders across a growing project portfolio.

We are recruiting a Finance Business Partner within the Insolvency Service' Finance, Commercial, Sustainability and Property directorate. This is an interesting and rewarding role within an established team of finance professionals.

Please note that as this is a Finance role month-end is a critical time, therefore leave for the 1st and 2nd working day of each month can only be approved by exception.

The post may be located in the Birmingham office if approved by the director and will be assessed on a case-by-case basis to manage potential capacity issues in this location.

Responsibilities

Finance Business Partnering:

Be the single point of Finance contact for your stakeholders, fostering excellent working relationships
Hosting or attending meetings, e.g. monthly forecast review meetings, presenting key finance information at project boards
Field and reply to finance queries from stakeholders, focussing on delivery outcomes whilst remaining impartial and providing appropriate challenge
Being a key stakeholder on strategy formation, working collaboratively with stakeholders and Finance colleagues

Technical and Accounting:

Ensure accounts are reflective of the accruals concept.
Provide auditable and transparent records relating to accounting transactions.
Monitor and address potential issues of novel and contentious spend.
Provide advice around accounting and VAT treatment of transactions, ensuring financial transactions are appropriately recorded

Business Case Development:

Provide financial input into business case development, working collaboratively with stakeholders to obtain information, challenging assumptions when necessary
Assessing financial impacts across multiple years, e.g. capitalisation and IFRS16 lease accounting
Assisting with obtaining necessary internal and external approvals of business cases

Budgets, Forecasts and Spending Reviews:

Work closely with stakeholders to support them with developing robust financial forecasts, utilising available tools, e.g. resource tracker
Understand potential under and overspends and areas of financial risk early, reporting and monitoring appropriately
Provide monthly consolidated returns to stakeholders such as the Management Accounts and Financial Accounts team.

Line Management (if required):

Provide the Cost Centre Manager (CCM) with line management support, undertaking quarterly performance reviews and developing capability.
Oversight of CCM's Cost Centre and Ledger Management duties relating to transactions and journal processing.

- Oversight and support the CCM's cross-