Finance Business Partner

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

- 384260

**Salary**:

- £45,219 - £49,462
- + an accountancy allowance of £1,730 per annum
- A Civil Service Pension with an employer contribution of 28.97%

**Job grade**:

- Senior Executive Officer

**Contract type**:

- Permanent
Fixed term

**Length of employment**:

- 12 Months

**Business area**:

- PINS - Corporate Services - Finance and Commercial

**Type of role**:

- Accountancy
Analytical
Finance

**Working pattern**:

- Flexible working, Full-time

**Number of jobs available**:

- 2

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Location

About the job

**Benefits**:
Things you need to know

Location
- Bristol, South West England, BS1 6PN

About the job

**Job summary**:
We have a fantastic opportunity for 2 Finance Business Partners to be part of our Finance Business Partnership Team. You will help to shape the team and wider Finance function as we continue to make the transition from providing a traditional, back-office service to being a more strategic, business facing and dynamic function. Working alongside senior leaders across the organisation we will, as a team, provide insight, challenge, and advice to support better decision making and improved performance.

The Planning Inspectorate has a long and proud history in ensuring a fair planning system for England. The work we do has a significant impact on people’s lives, the communities where they live and the economy.

We want our colleagues to be able to work more flexibly and more collaboratively, exploring new and innovative ways to improve the way we provide services.

For further information on the Planning Inspectorate, please see the information pack attached. You can also view our careers page at Civil Service Careers

**Job description**:
We need 2 experienced finance business partners with a passion for solving problems and influencing decision makers. You will enjoy building solid relationships and working collaboratively.

The Finance Business Partners will be experienced within an active partnering role, supporting business areas with their budgets, advising on best practice, and challenging where needed, and helping the improvement of performance.

You will also hold line management experience and enjoy coaching and supporting the development of your team. You wil also assist in the preparation of business cases where required, and support ad hoc project work, which being a government department, can be wide ranging and interesting.

**Office Attendance**

**Person specification**:
**Essential Criteria**
- Full professional qualification in accountancy UK CCAB or CIMA* with current membership of a professional body
- Experience of effective relationship and stakeholder management skills with the ability to persuade, influence and motivate others to engage actively in good financial management.
- Excellent communication skills and ability to describe complex technical issues in a clear non-technical way, including through report writing and presentation skills.
- Experience of budget setting in a time pressured environment using a variety of tools and knowledge and business intelligence.
- Sound problem solving skills.
- Robust analytical and interpretative skills.

**Desirable Criteria**
- A recognised Finance Business Partner qualification.
- Working with SAP and outsourced shared service centres.

**Qualifications**:

- Full professional qualification in accountancy UK CCAB or CIMA* with current membership of a professional body.

**Memberships**:

- Full professional qualification in accountancy UK CCAB or CIMA* with current membership of a professional body.

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

- Communicating and Influencing
- Making Effective Decisions
- Working Together
- Managing a Quality Service

**Benefits**:

- Alongside your salary of £45,219, Planning Inspectorate contributes £13,099 towards you being a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme. Find out what benefits a Civil Service Pension provides.- Flexible working options, including flexi-time, part-time, compressed hours and home working if suitable for the role.
- A working culture which encourages inclusion and diversity.
- 25 days annual leave increasing by 1 day per year up to 30 days after 5 years, plus 1 privilege day to mark the King’s birthday. In addition to the normal bank holidays.
- Generous family friendly policies.
- Fast and modern IT kit which utilises Windows 10 and Microsoft 365, enabling seamless working from home and collaboration across teams.

For full information see our Benefits information pack.

Things you need to know

**Selection process details**:

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

**Application**

We will require the following information:
**Interview**

If you are shortlisted, you will:

- Be asked to attend an interview to have a more in-depth discussion about you