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Grade 6

Senior Finance Business Partner Lead 

3 Vacancies
Head Office Finance
London
£66,582 - £73,858 per annum
+ £3000 accountancy allowance (CCAB qualified) 
The Role

The Senior Finance Business Partner Lead (Grade 6) will have overall responsibility for managing the Finance Function. This is a strong leadership role; you will act as a leader for your own finance team and for the whole of the finance community, as well as playing a leadership role as part of the Directorate SLT. It is as much about relationships, stakeholder management and business understanding as it is about financial technical skills.

Key Responsibilities

As a key leader within the Head Office Finance Business Partner team, you will fulfil a broad range of responsibilities which include:

  • Lead a team of Business Partners demonstrating a commitment to building capability within the team and the business.

  • Line management responsibilities for staff, encouraging training and development, ensuring staff are given opportunities to broaden their skills.

  • Partner and provide SME advice, guidance and support to the business.

  • Partner the business throughout the planning, budgeting and forecasting cycles.

  • Review and challenge budget plans, providing feedback to DGs, the business and to Business Partners

  • Ensure the business understands the financial implications of decisions and available choices.

  • Help business to understand cost drivers and performance priorities and interpret the financial implications of decisions.

  • Provide analysis to support decision making and use benchmarking to highlight opportunities that add value.

  • Build, maintain and influence relationships with key stakeholders and budget holders, acting as the link with Finance colleagues, ensuring that variances, forecasts and planning assumptions are reported and understood.

  • Identify sustainable cost savings targets and initiatives as part of the programme cycle.

  • Articulate the financial impact of reforms and their ultimate effect on the business.

  • Assist with the financial analysis of programmes in support of risk management and business planning processes.

  • Support the construction of business cases through financial challenge and the identification of the commercial implications of the options considered.

  • Ensure programme leads make decisions based on accurate financial information.

  • Assess accounting implications and provide accounting advice in accordance with international financial reporting standards and central Government accounting rules.

  • Build financial and commercial awareness of non-finance staff in the business

Person Specification
  • A CCAB Qualified Accountant (or equivalent).  Note: the accelerated CIMA study route may be offered to exceptional candidates who are not currently qualified but are prepared to commit to the studies.

  • A strong track record in leading finance teams on a range of activities including financial forecasting, financial planning, budgetary and financial control.

  • Outstanding relationship management skills and personal credibility with senior stakeholders combined with a strong customer service ethos.

  • Ability to get senior leadership focused on critical issues. Ensuring financial insight is provided and taken into consideration during the development of strategic plans.

  • Experience of working closely with the business to understand underlying drivers of performance and cost; and providing strategic insight to improve value for money.

  • Clear demonstration of leading change in complex environments, acting as the champion for continuous improvement and risk management.

Behaviours

  • Communicating and Influencing 

  • Leadership 

  • Changing and improving 

  • Making effective decisions

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