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Grade 7

Finance Business Partner Lead

2 Vacancies

Head Office Finance

London

£56,999 - £60,914 per annum

+ £3000 accountancy allowance (CCAB qualified)

The Role

The Finance Business Partner Lead (B2) will have responsibility for managing the Finance Function on behalf of the Business Director. This is a strong leadership role requiring you to act as a leader for your own finance team. You will provide finance support to the whole Business Area, advising and interacting with military and civilian staff to deliver financial outputs. It is as much about relationships, stakeholder management and business understanding as it is about financial technical skills.

Key Responsibilties

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.
Seek best practice in service delivery and develop strategies and new product that helps the business deliver solutions that represent good value for money.

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.