Finance Business Partner

2 weeks ago


Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Full time

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

- 291831**Salary**:

- £37,295 - £44,724-
**Job grade**:

- Senior Executive Officer**Contract type**:

- Permanent**Business area**:

- DEFRA - COO - Finance - Defra Group Finance**Type of role**:

- Accountancy
- Finance**Working pattern**:

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

- 1Contents

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About the job

**Benefits**:
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- Birmingham, Bristol, Exeter, Leeds, London, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Peterborough, Reading, Warrington, Worcester, Worthing, YorkAbout the job

**Job summary**:
DEFRA is the UK government department responsible for safeguarding our natural environment, supporting our world-leading food and farming industry, and sustaining a thriving rural economy. Our broad remit means we play a major role in people's day-to-day life, from the food we eat, and the air we breathe, to the water we drink.

This role is in Defra Finance. The team provides finance support to Animal & Plant Health Agency (APHA) in work relating to Fees & Charges, Risk & Governance and Cost Rates together with other bespoke projects.

**Job description**:
Key responsibilities will include but not be limited to:

- Assisting the G6 Programme lead and G7 Senior Finance Project Manager in delivering the bespoke projects that essential face towards APHA.
- Help generate new Animal Health Fees, whilst performing annual refreshes/reviews of existing fees (AH Tranches 1, 2 and 3).
- Produce documentation/presentations as necessary for review by HMT and other stakeholders.
- Work with wider Finance and APHA Performance Reporting teams to ensure reporting systems are developed to provide accurate and meaningful activity time and volumetric information on which fees and charges can be based.
- Progress and implement existing fees and charges proposals, currently an additional £1m due to come on stream during 23-24, working with a network of policy, legal and regulatory teams across. Direct project delivery colleagues in APHA to work with operational and finance colleagues to plan for, and implement, new and revised fees and charges as they come on stream.
- Review the implications of EU Exit on AH Fees, and in particular charging requirements at Border Control Points (BCPs).
- Work with Defra Digital Transformation Service, GOV.UK Pay and Shared Services Connected Ltd in the development of online transaction and payment solutions to enhance the customer experience, decrease reliance on invoicing, increase frequency of “up-front” payments and reduce bad debt. The solution must be able to cater for the variety of old and new SI schemes.
- Liaising with the auditors (NAO).
- Represent APHA at appropriate Fees events across Defra.
- Key point of contact for financial queries from other finance teams.
- To contribute towards the successful deliver of bespoke projects that land with the team from time to time, using finance and business knowledge to derive effective outcomes that delver excellent value of money outputs.
- Key point of contact for financial queries from other finance teams on Plant Health related matters.
- Support and provide resilience to the G7 within the project team.

**Person specification**:
**Essential Experience and Skills**
- Working with senior financial and non-financial colleagues to deliver improved performance and value for money.
- Strong presentation and reporting skills with an ability to provide insightful presentations that influence and support decision making.
- Good relationship management skills and personal credibility with senior stakeholders.
- Analysing and communicating complex financial information in a clear and understandable way.
- Negotiating with and successfully influencing stakeholders.
- Delivering quality outcomes within tight deadlines and prioritising effectively.
- Using and supporting the development of reporting tools through the use of business intelligence software.

**Behaviours**:
We'll assess you against these behaviours during the selection process:

- Communicating and Influencing
- Delivering at Pace
- Making Effective Decisions
- Seeing the Big Picture

**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 average employer contribution of 27%

**Blended Working**

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**Selection process details**:

- This vacancy is using Success Profiles (opens in a new window), and will assess your Behaviours, Strengths and Experience.**Application**

Please submit your CV demonstrating how you meet the criteria above with a 250-word statement which should detail your experience and suitability for the role.

**Sift**

Sift will be performed on CV and personal statement

**Interview**

Interview date starting from week commencing 26th June 2023

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