Finance Manager
Department for Business and Trade
Apply before 11:55 pm on Sunday 17th November 2024
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Job summary
The Regulation Directorate Support Team provides effective, consistent and value-adding support services to all colleagues in the directorate. We aim to plan activities and organise information in the best ways to support Senior Leadership Team (SLT) decision-making and ensure all colleagues can perform their roles in the most efficient way possible. We help solve problems and focus on continuous improvement to make things work better.
The Finance Manager role within the team is essential for integrating directorate-level financial management processes. It offers a chance to establish consistent, value-adding finance processes and standards, and identify opportunities to improve the quality, accuracy and timeliness of financial management information to support senior decision-making.
The Finance Manager will serve as the directorate’s lead for all financial management processes including the Purchase to Pay (P2P) cycle from requisitions to invoice payment, developing best practice and promoting innovation and continuous improvement in their delivery. This role involves significant stakeholder management: key relationships outside of the Directorate Support Team include Finance Business Partners (FBP); Deputy Directors; and G6 Policy Leads. The role holder would also be part of a developing business management community across the Competitions, Markets and Regulatory Reform (CMRR) Group and wider DBT, leading the provision of financial information to DBT’s central Finance colleagues as part of day-to-day activity and significant fiscal events such as Spending Reviews.
This role reports directly to the G6 Head of Directorate Management and is expected to develop close working relationships with both the FBP for CMRR Group, as well as acting as an integral member of the Directorate Support Team. There are excellent opportunities to contribute to wider team objectives and corporate activities, with full and varied support for personal development aspirations.
Job description
- Provide finance and business support to groups within the Regulation Directorate
- Lead on all financial processes for the Regulation Directorate. Financial processes include requisitioning, receipting, journals, reconciliations, forecasting and project accounting, as well responding to central finance commissions as part of regular reporting cycles and significant fiscal events
- Be the first point of contact for budget holders, meeting with them regularly to discuss financial processes and ensuring budgets, actuals and forecasts are accurate and evidence-based
- Understand financial management and performance issues, and identify opportunities for continuous improvement of the quality and timeliness of management information to support effective directorate-level decision-making
- Manage relationships with key stakeholders within the Regulation Directorate; the CMRR Group; and across the wider DBT community
- Embedding a value for money culture within the Regulation Directorate, supporting financial decisions through the provision of advice and constructive challenge
- Delivering insightful and timely financial information to budget holders and the Senior Leadership Team
Person specification
Essential Criteria
- Experience of financial management and reporting
Desirable Criteria
- Experience of working with senior stakeholders and budget managers
- Experience of applying continuous improvement techniques to existing processes
- Relevant financial qualification (CCAB or equivalent)
Personal Attributes & Skills
- The successful candidate will be a strong leader who can build highly effective and influential relationships
- They will have a broad skill base with a focus on delivering effective, value-adding financial processes and high-quality, accurate management information through innovative solutions, with a keen eye for detail
- Be able to communicate effectively to inspire your team and stakeholders to achieve desired outcomes
- Demonstrate the confidence, composure and credibility needed to challenge the way activities are delivered
- Recognise change as an opportunity to deliver efficiency and innovation, acting as an agent for change when you identify the chance to protect, drive and add value
- Show the ability and willingness to make difficult decisions (and stand by them)
Behaviours
We'll assess you against these behaviours during the selection process:
- Changing and Improving
- Delivering at Pace
- Making Effective Decisions
- Working Together
Benefits
- Learning and development tailored to your role
- An environment with flexible working options
- A culture encouraging inclusion and diversity
- A Civil Service pension with an employer contribution of 28.97%
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.
Please refer to the attached candidate pack for further information on our benefits
Things you need to know
Selection process details
Interviews for this vacancy will be conducted virtually. We will, however, consider in-person interviews by exception.
Please ensure that you check your emails regularly as all updates from us will be sent to you this way.
To apply for this post, you will be asked to complete the following as part of the online application:
- A CV setting out your career history, with key responsibilities and achievements. Provide employment
history that relates to the essential criteria, and that any gaps in employment history within the last 2 years
are explained. The CV should not exceed more than 2 x A4 pages. - A Personal Statement of up to 750 words, explaining how you consider your personal skills, qualities and
experience provide evidence of your suitability for the role in reference to the essential criteria.
It is likely that the sift will take place 1-2 weeks after the closing date and interviews 3-5 weeks after the closing date, though this is subject to change.
In the event of a large number of applicants, an initial short sift will be conducted on the Personal Statement. Candidates who pass the initial sift may be progressed to a full sift or progressed straight to assessment/interview
Reasonable Adjustments
We are committed to supporting candidates so they can perform at their best throughout the recruitment process. This includes making reasonable adjustments to our process. In order to request an adjustment:
Complete the ‘Assistance required’ section on the ‘Additional requirements’ page of your application form to tell us what changes or help you might need further on in the recruitment process.
Alternatively contact the Government Recruitment Service at DBTrecruitment.grs@cabinetoffice.gov.uk as soon as possible before the closing date to discuss your needs.
If you are experiencing accessibility problems with any attachments on this advert, please contact the email address in the 'Contact point for applicants' section.
Candidate Support
You may want to join a virtual Candidate Support Session. These sessions include helpful tips and advice on the recruitment process, from application to interview.
Please see attached Candidate Pack for further information on: Diversity and Inclusion; Benefits; Learning and Development; Working Patterns and what we deliver as a department.
Further Information:
In order to process applications without delay, we will be sending a Criminal Record Check to Disclosure and Barring Service /Disclosure Scotland/Access NI on your behalf.
However, we recognise in exceptional circumstances some candidates will want to send their completed forms direct. If you will be doing this, please advise Government Recruitment Service of your intention by emailing Pre-EmploymentChecks.grs@cabinetoffice.gov.uk stating the job reference number in the subject heading.
For further information on the Disclosure Scotland confidential checking service telephone: the Disclosure Scotland Helpline on 0870 609 6006 and ask to speak to the operations manager in confidence, or email Info@disclosurescotland.co.uk
For further information on the Access NI confidential checking service telephone: the Access NI Helpline on 0300 200 7888 and ask to speak to the operations manager in confidence, or email accessni@ani.x.gsi.gov.uk
Vetting
The requirement for SC clearance is to have been present in the UK for at least 3 of the last 5 years. Failure to meet the residency requirements will result in your security clearance application being rejected.
For further information on National Security Vetting please visit the following page https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/demystifying-vetting
Feedback will only be provided if you attend an interview or assessment.
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Working for the Civil Service
We recruit by merit on the basis of fair and open competition, as outlined in the Civil Service Commission's recruitment principles (opens in a new window).
Diversity and Inclusion
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Contact point for applicants
Job contact :
- Name : Stuart Brown
- Email : srd.corporate@businessandtrade.gov.uk
Recruitment team
- Email : dbtrecruitment.grs@cabinetoffice.gov.uk
Further information
If you feel your application has not been treated in accordance with these principles and you wish to make a complaint, you should in the first instance contact DBT by email: Resourcing@businessandtrade.gov.uk.
If you are not satisfied with the response you receive, you can contact the Civil Service Commission, which regulates all Civil Service recruitment.
For further information on bringing a complaint to the Civil Service Commission please visit their web pages: Click here to visit Civil Service Commission/Complaints
