Finance Business Partner

2 weeks ago

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

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

- 291502**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**:

- 3Contents

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About the job

**Benefits**:
Things you need to know

Location
- 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.

Do you have a strong financial background, great people skills, and an analytical mindset? Would you like to work in an organisation that prides itself on investing in staff to deliver our mission to restore and enhance the environment for the next generation? If so, we’d love to hear from you

Finance Business Partners (FBP) act as a critical friend and provide robust advice to budget holders and senior leadership to maximise value for money, support robust decision making and ensure compliance with HMT guidance.

The FBP role is crucial to support the development and implementation of these proposals, support finance transformation, and ensure finance is embedded at the heart of decision making. You will be responsible for building strong relationships with the directorate Budget Holders and key stakeholders, understanding the business and policy areas they cover, explaining financial management processes, and providing advice to budget holders in a comprehensive and clear manner.

**Job description**:
This role can offer great job satisfaction and there are many opportunities to develop and progress both within the Department and across the wider Civil Service.

Key responsibilities will include but not be limited to:

- Developing an understanding of the business, its stakeholders and deliverables
- Building and maintaining relationships with budget holders.
- Providing financial advice on compliance with policy, standards, accountabilities and controls, and alignment with the principles of Managing Public Money.
- Translating, owning, and adding insight to financial data to provide clear information and evidence to support business activities and requirements.
- Work closely with the G7 to ensure accuracy of forecasts for income and budget are maintained, challenge and support budget holders to enhance decision-making and increase performance.
- Providing strategic financial guidance at appropriate level; including budget holder meetings, SLTs and Programme Boards.
- Reviewing, challenging, and providing input to business cases, ministerial submissions, strategic documentation.
- Challenging forecasts, identifying financial risks and opportunities, and supporting business planning and Spending Reviews.
- Providing relevant finance coaching and training to the business.
- Acting as a key liaison point between the Finance function and our customers across the department, particularly the Policy, Management Reporting, HR, other Arm’s. Length Bodies, and external organisations as necessary.
- Providing ad-hoc analysis to drive and support business decisions, such as multi-year efficiency and cost reduction options, using all available data and analytics tools.

**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 advice that influences and supports 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.

**Technical Skills**
- Expert
- Oral and written presentation skills
- Practitioner
- Budgeting, forecasting and costing
- Data and analytics interpretation
- Working knowledge
- Managing Public Money
- Consolidated Budgeting Guidance
- HMT Green Book
- Commercial acumen
- Investment appraisal and evaluation
- Performance and risks

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

- Communicating and Influencing
- Making Effective Decisions
- Delivering at Pace
- Managing a Quality Service

**Benefits**:

- Learning and development

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