Senior Finance Business Partner
Department for Transport
Apply before 11:55 pm on Sunday 6th October 2024
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We recognise the challenges that people with (multiple) protected characteristics may experience on the job market and in their career progression. We are fully committed to being an inclusive employer and ensuring equal opportunities. We are keen to make our workforce as diverse as possible, and we hope to attract applications from underrepresented groups, including ethnic minorities, people with a disability, and people with gender diverse identities.
Are you a finance professional with experience of business partnering and forecasting?
Would you embrace the opportunity to support key decisions on some of the government’s biggest projects and key transport policies by providing added-value insight and best-in-class reporting?
If so, we are looking for an experienced finance professional to join our team, and we would love to hear from you!
Job description
The Department for Transport has a wide and varied agenda ranging from delivering large road and rail infrastructure projects through to improving bus services, working with the aviation and maritime sectors and reducing environmental impacts and decarbonising transport.
As Senior Finance Business Partner, you will be responsible for providing professional financial leadership and advice to Directors General and Directors, leading in the areas of financial planning, financial management and improved decision-making. You will also be responsible for improving the accuracy of forecasting, and to develop and implement action plans to achieve this.
Within this challenging and varied role, you will engage with a range of senior stakeholders and will build positive working relationships. This will include coordinating the completion of monthly Group performance reports and assisting in the presentation of reports in Group Board meetings and Directorate team meetings. You will encounter occasions where you will need to appropriately challenge and influence colleagues, as well as keep pace with technical accounting issues and the changing priorities of delivery partners.
Person specification
Your key responsibilities will include:
- Leading on the analysis and monitoring of the DG Group performance against business plans.
- Supporting DGs and Directors in the development of business plans.
- Leading on the development of longer-term financial and workforce plans, including input and challenge to Spending Review returns.
- Providing sound financial management to the DG Group's expenditure within agreed budget.
- Input and scrutiny to submissions proposed by policy teams and evaluation of business cases supporting investment decisions.
For further information, please see the attached Role Profile.
About you
You will be a fully qualified financial professional who is qualified under one of the main five Consultative Committees of Accounting Bodies (CCAB) i.e. ACCA; CIPFA; ICAEW; ICAS; CIMA and have experience and knowledge of the finance sector.
You will be a confident, articulate communicator and a trusted adviser, with the ability to provide sound financial advice to help DG Group's manage their finances soundly.
You will have outstanding interpersonal skills and experience of building effective and influential relationships with senior stakeholders, and a track record of demonstrating excellent financial management and providing added-value advice. Additionally, you will have built and led high-performing teams.
Additional Information:
A minimum 60% of your working time should be spent at your principal workplace, although requirements to attend other locations for official business, or carry out detached duty in another DfT workplace, will also count towards this level of attendance.
There may be occasions where you will be required to travel to other DfT offices and attend meetings and visits around the UK.
Whilst we welcome applications from those looking to work with us on a part time basis, there is a business requirement, for the successful candidate to be able to work at least 30 hours per week.
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We'll assess you against these behaviours during the selection process:
- Leadership
- Working Together
- Making Effective Decisions
- Communicating and Influencing
Benefits
Please note, the above example is based on the National minimum salary. The employer pension contribution will be 28.97% of your specific salary.
Being part of our brilliant Civil Service means you will have access to a wide range of fantastic benefits. We offer generous annual leave, attractive pension options, flexible working, inclusive working environments and much more to support a healthy work/life balance.
Find out more about what it's like working at the Department for Transport.
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Selection process details
As part of the application process, you will be asked to complete a CV and personal statement. Further details around what this will entail are listed on the application form.
When considering applying please look at how your experience relates to the role, and within your CV and Personal Statement please provide detailed evidence of your experience of the following:
- Maintaining effective relationships at senior levels to understand stakeholders’ needs and priorities
- Working with Senior leaders to set budgets and forecasts providing challenge and managing expectations, making quick and well-judged decisions based on a sound understanding of the business context
- Experience of Board reporting and presenting key financial information to senior business stakeholders
- Experience of building and developing skills for a team of accountants and reporting experts
Please fully utilise the 1000-word count when completing your personal statement.
The sift is due to take place from week commencing 07/10/2024.
Interviews/assessments are likely to be held from week commencing 21/10/2024.
We will try to meet the dates set out in the advert. There may be occasions when these dates will change. You will be provided with sufficient notice of the confirmed dates.
The selection process will be designed specifically for the role. As a result, your assessment will include:
- an interview
- a presentation
You’re encouraged to become familiar with the role profile, as you may be assessed against any of the criteria recorded within.
The Department for Transport alongside other Government Departments recruit using Success Profiles. This means for each role we consider what you will need to demonstrate in order to be successful. This gives us the best possible chance of finding the right person for the job, drives up performance and improves diversity and inclusivity.
For further information on Success Profiles visit our Careers website.
If you are experiencing accessibility problems with any attachments on this advert, please contact the email address in the 'Contact point for applicants' section.
Further Information
For more information about how we hire, and for useful tips on submitting your application for this role, visit the How we hire page of our DfT Careers website.
Before submitting your application, we encourage you to visit our Recruitment in detail page of the DfT Careers website. You will find detailed information about the entire recruitment process and what to expect when applying for a role in the Civil Service.Throughout this job advert there are links to the DfT Careers Website, which provides you further information to support your application. Should you be unable to access the information on our website, please email DRGComms@dft.gov.uk for assistance.
This role is available to individuals who wish to be spending their office time in London, Leeds or Birmingham. A minimum of 40% of your working time should be spent at your principal workplace, although requirements to attend other locations for official business, or carry out detached duty in another DfT workplace, will also count towards this level of attendance.
Reasonable Adjustments
As a Disability Confident Leader employer, we are committed to ensuring that the recruitment process is fair, accessible and allows all candidates to perform at their best. If a person with a visible or non-visible disability is substantially disadvantaged, we have a duty to make reasonable changes to our processes.
Complete the “Assistance required” section in the “Additional requirements” page of your application form to tell us what changes or help you might need during the recruitment process. For instance, you may need wheelchair access at an interview, or if you’re deaf, a Language Service Professional.
If you need a reasonable adjustment so that you can complete your application, you should contact Government Recruitment Service via dftrecruitment.grs@cabinetoffice.gov.uk as soon as possible before the closing date to discuss your needs.
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If you are experiencing accessibility problems with any attachments on this advert, please contact the email address in the 'Contact point for applicants' section.
This job advert contains links to the DfT Careers website. Our website provides useful guidance and information that can support you during the application process. If you cannot access the information on our website for any reason, please email DRGComms@dft.gov.uk for assistance.
Further Information
For more information about how we hire, and for useful tips on submitting your application for this role, visit the How We Hire page of our DfT Careers website. You can find detailed information about the recruitment process and what to expect when applying for a role.
Pre-employment Checking
Applicants who are successful at interview will be, as part of pre-employment screening, subject to a check on the Internal Fraud Database (IFD). This check will provide information about employees who have been dismissed for fraud or dishonesty offences. This check also applies to employees who resign or otherwise leave before being dismissed for fraud or dishonesty had their employment continued. Any applicant’s details held on the IFD will be refused employment.
A candidate is not eligible to apply for a role within the Civil Service if the application is made within a 5-year period following a dismissal for carrying out internal fraud against government.
Feedback will only be provided if you attend an interview or assessment.
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Contact point for applicants
Job contact :
- Name : Ashton Edwin
- Email : ashton.edwin@dft.gov.uk
Recruitment team
- Email : dftrecruitment.grs@cabinetoffice.gov.uk
Further information
If you are not satisfied with the response you receive from the Department, you can contact the Civil Service Commission: Visit the Civil Service Commission website Here
