Finance Business Partner

Salary 1 - £39,868 - £43,535 Number of jobs available 1 - 2 Detail of reserve list 1 - 12 Months Region 1 - West Midlands City/Town 1 - Birmingham Building/Site 1 - OPG BIRMINGHAM, B1 1TF **Please note**: Some of our MoJ Office locations, such as our Liverpool Justice Collaboration Centre, require higher levels of National Security Vetting. The MoJ is working to open more Justice Collaboration Centres and Justice Satellite Offices over time. Click here to learn more about where our currently open Justice Collaboration Centres and Justice Satellite Offices are, to identify where you may be based and understand National Security Vetting requirements of each location. Grade 1 - SEO Organisation Grade for MoJ 1 - SEO Post Type 1 - Permanent Working Pattern 1 - Full Time Role Type 1 - Finance Job description 1 **Job Title/ Position**: Finance Business Partner - **Grade**: SEO - **Number of Vacancies**: 2 - **Business Group**: MoJ Finance - **Directorate**: Finance Business Partnering - **Location**: Birmingham, Victoria Square House, Birmingham City Centre.- Regular travel to the Birmingham location will be expected.**Hours**: 37 - **Post Type**:Permanent - **Role Type/ Team**: Finance**Overview** The team is based within the Finance Business Partnering directorate. The team support the Office of the Public Guardian. This role is central to the relationship between the OPG business area and the finance function. You will use your strong technical and influencing skills and sound understanding of the relevant OPG business area to provide advice, challenge and scrutiny to senior colleagues. The post holder will need to establish and develop effective working relationships with many stakeholders, including Directors, Deputy Directors, Programme Leads and Senior Managers. The OPG helps people in England and Wales to stay in control of decisions about their health and finance and make important decisions for others who cannot decide for themselves. OPG is an executive agency, sponsored by the Ministry of Justice. **Role Summary** Finance Business Partnering SEOs are responsible for building strong relationships with their directorate, understanding the business, and explaining financial information for budget holders in an understandable manner. **Typical Role Responsibilities** SEO FBPs are developing expertise and responsible for building strong relationships and understanding the business within a directorate or possibly supporting a lower risk Director led unit. They aim to communicate financial data and other information clearly and provide valuable financial advice, challenge and support, strategic insight, and business solutions. **Entry Routes** Suitable for staff with the required skills and / or experience from within or outside Finance **Within Finance** This role may be suitable for Finance individuals at HEO or SEO with the required influencing and interpersonal skills. **From Outside Finance** This role may be suitable for HEOs on promotion and SEOs with the required data analysis, influencing, stakeholder management and numeracy skills and who are interested in joining the Finance function. **Progression Routes** Staff in this role typically transfer to Management Reporting SEO, Financial Accounting and Reporting SEO or Business Support SEO roles, or progress to Financial Business Partnering G7, Management Reporting G7 or Financial Accounting and Reporting G7 roles. **Role Responsibilities/Tasks** - Developing an understanding of the business, its stakeholders, and deliverables - Building and maintaining relationships with customer budget holders - Providing advice on compliance with policy, standards, accountabilities, and controls - Translating, owning, and adding insight to financial data to provide clear information and evidence to support business activities and requirements - Providing guidance at appropriate level budget holder meetings and boards - Reviewing and providing input to business cases/ strategic documentation - Providing relevant coaching and training to the business - Providing ad-hoc analysis and presentations to drive and support business decisions, such as efficiency and cost reduction options, using all available data and analytics tools **Behaviours Required** - Communicating and Influencing - Working Together - Managing a Quality Service CV **Interpersonal Skills** - Possesses emotional intelligence and can think empathetically, considering the strategic goals of others - Fosters a culture of knowledge sharing and collaboration between the business, finance, and other corporate services - Can tailor their communication style to a range of audiences, including internal and external stakeholders - Uses facts and evidence to aid negotiation and influencing - Helps others to understand the interdependencies between business and finance - Proactive and passionate, inspiring others to continuously improve - Ability to "speak the language" of finance