Finance Business Partner

On behalf of HM Land Registry, we are looking for a Finance Business Partner (Inside IR35) for an initial 3-month contract based Hybrid - 3 days in Plymouth.
Working as a contractor for HM Land Registry
Our ambition is to become the world’s leading land registry for speed, simplicity, and an open approach to data. Our award-winning digital team is the in-house directorate at the heart of our transformation into a digital, data driven organisation. We are playing a pivotal role in ensuring that we are able to respond swiftly to our current challenges. We are providing a robust and resilient technical infrastructure to support our workforce. We are enabling our customers to interact with us in increasingly digital and automated ways and delivering our transformation portfolio which will revolutionise the way that we operate and provide services.
Our Digital teams are at the core of our plans for digital transformation for the future. At HM Land Registry we have a vision of a fully connected, digital system for buying and selling property that enables a more secure and more efficient land registration process. By joining us in a digital role, you can be at the cutting edge of our work to revolutionise the way property and land is transacted in the UK, supporting our vision of a world-leading property market as part of a thriving economy and a sustainable future.
At HM Land Registry, we’re passionate about developing and attracting the best talent. People are at the heart of our plans for the future, so we have established a ’community of practice’ for every profession within our directorate. We now have 15 communities in total, including software development, data science, and product management. These communities are groups of talented people who perform similar roles and, through regular meetups and online forums, both within HM Land Registry and across wider Government, share best practice, discuss challenges, and support each other - which means happier, more motivated people
As a Finance Business Partner, your main responsibilities will be:

- Build an in-depth understanding of the organisation; providing financial advice and support to budget managers and ensuring financial issues are resolved and governance processes adhered to.
- Building strong relationships with key stakeholders both in the business and the wider finance and corporate support functions.
- Providing data-led and insight driven business partnering, working with the business to improve its understanding of its cost and quality drivers to drive effective use of resources.
- Support and advise transformation projects and programmes on the development of robust investment appraisals and business cases which comply with internal financial procedures and all applicable approvals and governance processes, using Treasury business case guidance where appropriate. Contribute to the development of clear, concise business case policies and procedures.
- Support, advise and challenge to budget managers in in-year and multi-year budgeting, forecasting and resource planning activities ensuring financial risks, value-for money principles and the benefits of transformation activities are fully considered.
- Develop and implement high quality, robust, relevant and timely management information for budget managers, optimising the use of financial modelling, systems and tools to support evidence-based decision making.
- Act as the interface between central Finance and the business, proactively identifying and facilitating improvements in finance-related processes and procedures and promoting efficiencies in how Finance and the business interact.

**Essential**:

- Experience as a skilled finance professional, with strong analytical ability and commercial awareness.
- Strong ability to interpret, analyse, simplify and present complex financial information to non-finance staff at all levels of the organisation.
- Ability to quickly build and maintain strong working relationships with a wide range of stakeholders, adapting communication styles to have maximum impact and establish yourself as a trusted, credible advisor.
- Ability to exercise sound judgement in providing financial support and advice, effectively using data, balancing the need to challenge and support teams appropriately.
- CCAB (or equivalent) qualified accountant.

Please be aware that this role can only be worked within the UK and not Overseas.
Disability Confident
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