Strategic Finance Advisor

Strategic Finance Advisor

Department for Transport

Apply before 11:55 pm on Sunday 4th January 2026

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📍 Location: Birmingham, Leeds, London (Hybrid)

💷 Salary: £57,515 (National minimum salary: £57,515
London minimum salary: £62,034)

A Civil Service Pension with an employer contribution of 28.97%

🕒 Contract Type: Permanent – Flexible working, Full-time, Job share, Part-time

The Department for Transport is seeking a Strategic Finance Advisor to provide expert financial advice to senior officials and Ministers on budgets, spending and efficiencies. You will play a key role in shaping future transport policy and ensuring finance is central to decision-making. Working across Strategic Finance and the Finance Centre of Excellence, you’ll be involved in fiscal events, business planning, and financial assurance, influencing stakeholders across government and HM Treasury on high-profile projects and future transport priorities.

Top Responsibilities

* Develop an understanding of transport policies in order to identify financial risks and provide advice on options and actions that can be taken to control costs. Improve the accuracy of forecasting through constructive challenge and by identifying evidence to underpin assumptions.

* Collaborate with budget holders to develop medium and long term plans that are affordable and aligned with government’s economic and fiscal objectives. Consult and negotiate with HM Treasury colleagues to agree spending plans.

* Ensure that the departmental approach to efficiencies and productivity is embedded and look for opportunities to continually improve this process, from leading on quarterly Government Efficiency Framework reporting to considering how to embed efficiencies and productivity throughout the department.

* Work as part of the Fiscal Events team to prepare for upcoming Spending Reviews to ensure that the department secures sufficient funding by working closely with internal stakeholders such as Strategy Unit (SU), Finance Business Partners (FBPs) and policy teams to develop potential funding options as well as external stakeholders such as HM Treasury (HMT).

* Provide quality and timely strategic finance advice on the Department’s spending proposals as part of the Finance Centre of Excellence.

Benefits

* Employer pension contribution of 28.97% of your salary. Read more about Civil Service Pensions here

* 25 days annual leave, increasing by 1 day each year of service (up to a maximum of 30 days annual leave).

* 8 Bank Holidays plus an additional Privilege Day to mark the King’s birthday.

* Access to the staff discount portal.

* Excellent career development opportunities and the potential to undertake professional qualifications relevant to your role paid for by the department, such as CIPD, Prince2, apprenticeships, etc.

* Joining a diverse and inclusive workforce with a range of staff communities to support all our colleagues.

* 24-hour Employee Assistance Programme providing free confidential help and advice for staff.

* Flexible working options where we encourage a great work-life balance.

About you

These are high profile, challenging and rewarding posts that will require you to work and make decisions at high pace. You will need to be self-motivated, highly organised, and comfortable working with staff at all levels throughout the organisation and internal and external stakeholders in a fast-moving environment.

To be successful in this role you will need to have the following experience:

* Developing effective relationships to understand needs and priorities of stakeholders at all levels.

* Communicating complex financial issues simply to enable individuals with limited financial knowledge to understand the key messages.

* Challenging financial forecasts and identifying financial risks and providing options to control costs and drive efficiencies.

* Reviewing business cases / investment proposals with significant expenditure.

How to Apply
👉 Read the full job description and apply using the link provided

This vacancy closes at 23:55 on Sunday 4th January 2026