Senior Finance Business Partner
House of Commons
Apply before 11:55 pm on Sunday 13th October 2024
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As a Senior Finance Business Partner, you will be integral to building strong relationships within the organisation, driving effective financial management, and embedding finance and public value at the core of decision-making. Your role will be to bridge the Finance Business Partnering Team with the central financial management team and facilitate constructive challenges and enhance financial processes. Your strategic planning, reporting, and analysis skills will be crucial in supporting long-term planning, budgeting, forecasting, and investment appraisals.
Senior Finance Business Partners are expected to be business experts with strong interpersonal skills, capable of translating and presenting complex financial information clearly. You will provide valuable financial advice, strategic insights, and business solutions to directors and other budget holders, particularly in larger or more complex areas, focusing on business cases.
Stakeholder engagement and leadership is essential. You will build and maintain key relationships, manage senior managers' and stakeholders' expectations, and develop a deep understanding of the business's commercial and operational drivers. Previous experience of line management is desirable.
This department is committed to promoting and enhancing equality, diversity, and inclusion. They are focused on developing a workforce that is representative of the communities they serve and together they are building an inclusive workplace where all colleagues have the opportunity to make a real difference.
If you are a proactive financial expert with a commitment to integrating finance within decision-making processes, we invite you to apply for this crucial role.
Person specification
Criterion 1
It is essential that the applicant holds a professional finance qualification (CCAB or equivalent).
Criterion 2
A confident communicator, comfortable with advising and challenging senior business leaders, including the ability to put complex financial issues into layman’s terms for non-specialist audiences.
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Ability to influence at all levels of the business hierarchy, using logical persuasion and consensus building within groups.
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Leadership, and the ability to motivate and develop a diverse finance team and promote excellence.
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Highly proficient in using and interpreting data and analytics to support analysis and decision making, identifying gaps in data and reporting and working with colleagues to develop additional reporting as required.
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%
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To apply, please email your anonymised CV and statement (no more than 2 pages, with detailed examples of the criteria listed below) and a completed diversity form (found here) to: government@mlcpartners.co.uk.
The deadline to apply is Sunday 13th October.
For an informal chat about the role, please contact Cameron Swayne on 07904 862133.
Feedback will only be provided if you attend an interview or assessment.
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Job contact :
- Name : Cameron Swyane
- Email : cameron@mlcpartners.co.uk
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- Email : cameron@mlcpartners.co.uk