Finance Business Partner

3 weeks ago


Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom Department for Work and Pensions Full time

**Details**:
**Reference number**:

- 276914**Salary**:

- £38,469 - £41,480-
**Job grade**:

- Senior Executive Officer**Contract type**:

- Permanent**Business area**:

- DWP - Finance Group**Type of role**:

- Corporate Finance
- Finance**Working pattern**:

- Flexible working, Full-time, Job share, Part-time**Number of jobs available**:

- 9Contents

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About the job

**Benefits**:
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Location
- Birmingham, Leeds, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, SheffieldAbout the job

**Job summary**:
The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) is responsible for welfare, pensions and child maintenance policy. As the UK’s biggest public service department, we operate on a scale that is almost unmatched anywhere in Europe, delivering services to over 20 million customers a year, and most people in Britain come into contact with us at some point in their lives.

This is a unique opportunity to work within the Financial Management & Partnering (FM&P) directorate within DWP Finance Group. FM&P brings together several Finance Business Partner teams, Strategic Finance Advisors and Resource Modelling and Analysis into teams which are each aligned to a DWP group and director general.

As Finance Business Partners, we are responsible for the effectiveness of internal financial controls and the day-to-day financial administration of the business. You will have several key responsibilities to support the work of the team and in engaging with a range of stakeholders.

The roles in this job advert are challenging and varied with accountability for a wide range of people and financial data. The roles will be at the heart of several of the key work areas within Financial Management and Partnering Directorate, which include the following:

- Supporting decision making by providing quality MI and analysis
- Finance Group global financial processes including owning and running forecasting, planning, budgeting, in year management, options analysis, project accounting and variance analysis
- DWP’s Financial Management, Performance Reporting and Business Planning - implementing the finance strategy for the Department and managing the planning framework that underpins this
- Challenging, supporting and providing advice (as a finance business partner) to functional areas.
- Stakeholder management across DWP Finance Community and other Government Departments
- Understanding, interpreting and presenting financial information appropriate to the target audience

**Hybrid working**

This job role may be suitable for hybrid working, which is where an employee works part of the week in their DWP office and part of the week from home. This is a voluntary, non-contractual arrangement and your office will be your contractual place of work. The number of days that anyone will be able to work at home will be determined primarily by business need, but personal circumstances and other relevant circumstances will also be taken into account. If you are successful, any opportunities for hybrid working, including whether a hybrid working arrangement is suitable for you, will be discussed with you prior to you taking up your post.

**Location Places for Growth and Social Mobility**

As part of the Places for Growth Programme, we are committed to delivering a more geographically diverse Civil and Public Service that will better serve the public and ministers. As part of this initiative, we are continuously reviewing how we recruit into each location.

**Postings**

**Job description**:
The work of the team is wide-ranging and varies from team to team. This presents opportunities to build on your knowledge, skills and experience by helping other teams with priority work (based on capacity).

A typical working day if you are successful in this role might involve:

- Developing an understanding of the business, its stakeholders and deliverables
- Engaging customers and stakeholders (verbally and in writing), providing financial advice; negotiating and influencing; and building rapport with colleagues.
- Analysing financial data using spreadsheets, to provide clear information and evidence to support business activities and requirements
- Attending budget holder meetings and boards, providing advice and support where appropriate
- Reviewing and providing input to business cases/ strategic documentation
- Providing relevant coaching and training to the business
- Producing and delivering presentations to the budget holder to drive and support business decisions

**Person specification**:

- Delivery of financial controls and monthly financial management
- Finance Business Partnering experience: facilitating and challenging plans, budgets, and forecasts; working with stakeholders to find solutions to address sophisticated business issues
- Excellent relationship building, influencing and communication skills
- A track record of supporting good decision making through high quality analysis
- A high level of numeracy and the ability to interpret,



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