Finance Business Partner - Cardiff, United Kingdom - Companies House

Companies House

Verified Company

Cardiff, United Kingdom

1 week ago

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Tom O´Connor

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Salary:

- £40,676 - £46,120-
Job grade:

Senior Executive Officer
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Contract type:
Permanent
Business area:
CH
Finance

Type of role:

Finance

Strategy
Working pattern:

Flexible working, Fulltime, Job share
Number of jobs available:

2Contents

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Location

Cardiff, Wales, CF14 3UZAbout the job

Job summary:

Companies House is an award-winning employer, with an Investors in People Gold Award, we are at the fore front in ensuring our staff reach their full potential in building brilliant services on cutting edge technology.

Inclusive and diverse teams are important to us. Wherever we can, we provide opportunities to work part-time, job-share or look for smarter ways of working. We'll support you to meet other commitments and help you find a better work-life balance. We're keen to create an environment that works for everyone.

We offer a flexible and welcoming culture that promotes a healthy work life balance as well as a proactive approach to wellbeing that allows us to be our best at work.

At Companies House we recognise that people are the key to our success so offer a fantastic benefits package including flexible working with no core hours, 30 Days Annual Leave, 8 Bank Holidays and 1 Privilege Day as well as enrollment into the Civil Service Pension Scheme with a contribution rate averaging 27%.

This is an exciting opportunity to join a progressive and inclusive team within the strategic finance team. You will play a key role in the financial management and strategic direction of the organisation.

Your main role is to provide advice, support, and challenge in your area of responsibility to all levels including Directors, Senior Managers, and Senior Responsible Officers whilst supporting the financial reporting requirements and controls.

You will also challenge the status quo within the area to help support them to achieve their goals and maximise future opportunities.

With that aim you will integrate within the business area to understand trends, cost drivers, key performance indicators, and consider the full impact of decisions embedding yourself as a financial expert with their operations.

About the team:

Finance Business Partner teams are an essential part of the finance directorate and plays an important role in supporting and enabling the ambitious transformation plans of Companies House.

The role offers a fantastic opportunity to get involved in a wide breadth of work including project activity, contract appraisal and benefit realisation.

There is a strong culture within the strategic finance teams to provide training and develop where we will support you to maximise your development and to reach your full potential.

Use of new technologies such as Alteryx and Power BI has seen the team shortlisted for public finance awards in recent years.

You will be working alongside a great team, which having been created 3 years ago are now established and embedded within the organisation.

The team support and assist each other and have developed a great team ethos, valuing their colleagues, celebrating success and the embracing the mixture of strengths and differences they possess.

The Finance Business Partner is a valued contributor within the organisation

"We have a really great and transparent relationship with our Finance Business partner and we really do appreciate
- need - his help and support. We think of him as an integral part of the Digital, Data and Technology team"

DDAT Director

This is a hybrid role which currently requires 1 day a week to be office based.

Job description:

The post holder's responsibilities will include but not be limited to:

Working with Budget holders to set and monitor performance against budgets. Support informed decision making through expert advice and challenge stakeholders
Building financial capability throughout their areas by instilling a sense of ownership and accountability for financial performance
Supporting the development of business cases
Providing advice and challenge on financial assumptions and first line advice on accounting treatment to budget holders
Ensuring investments and spending decisions are supported by proportionate and relevant investment appraisal
Agreeing a forecast, profiled monthly with each budget holder within a directorate and reflected in the financial system
Providing financial support and analysis of contract tender bids
Working closely with HR Business Partners to consider and provide financial assurance regarding staff cost forecasts
Line management of direct reports providing management support, development opportunities and a balanced workload.
Identify risks and opportunities, taking mitigating actions where required and providing challenge as appropriate. You will have commercial acumen and be able to operate within a potential enviro