Finance Business Partner

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

- 432644

**Salary**:

- £48,027 - £53,310
- A Civil Service Pension with an employer contribution of 28.97%

GBP

**Job grade**:

- Senior Executive Officer
- Band 4

**Contract type**:

- Permanent

**Type of role**:

- Finance

**Working pattern**:

- Flexible working, Full-time, Compressed hours

**Number of jobs available**:

- 1

**Contents**:

- Location
- About the job
- Benefits
- Things you need to know

**Location**:

- Birmingham, Liverpool, Newport (Gwent), Norwich

**About the job**:
**Job summary**:
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Would you like to be part of the Finance Business Partner Team? Do you like to influence, negotiate and work collaboratively to promote innovation? Do you have an eye for detail whilst still being able to see the bigger picture?_**_**Job Summary**

The role is to work closely with CCS Directorates providing 'real time' support and analysis, to be a trusted adviser and to add value that will assist in decision making in an efficient simple manner to improve the accuracy, consistency and transparency of delivery, reporting and forecasting.

You will also be the Finance Business Partner for designated areas of the business supported by the Senior Finance Business Partner(s).

You will provide support to the Senior Finance Business Partner(s) on key tasks which will enable them to provide strategic financial advice across the business.

**Directorate Overview**

As a directorate, FPP are responsible for the planning, reporting and financial wellbeing of CCS. This includes:

- budgets and financial reporting
- strategy and business planning
- supplier and project assurance
- performance reporting
- risk management

The Finance team develop and manage all financial reporting. We work closely with different departments to develop budgets, projections and business plans related to money and finances.

The Planning Performance and Risk team develops our business plan, tracks its implementation, measures business success and holds the business to account. The team is responsible for increasing the management capability of corporate risk through review and assurance.

**Team Summary**

This fantastic opportunity sits in the Finance Planning and Performance (FPP) Directorate and provides both commercial and finance advice, support and challenge to all Directorates across CCS.

Our team really makes a difference ensuring financial governance, control and alignment is maintained and delivery plans are affordable, regular, proper and represent value for money. The team protects, drives and adds value, ensuring that the Accounting Officer position is protected with balanced commercial and professional reporting

The Finance team of c30 FTE covers three main areas: Operational Finance, Finance Business Partnering (FBP) and Commercial Finance.

**Job description**:

- Work with assigned Directorate colleagues and finance professionals to measure and assess business performance.
- Ensure the requirements of the financial processes are met through the assigned Directorates
- Work across stakeholders of the financial planning and forecasting processes to ensure user needs are met and consistency and transparency embedded
- Facilitate discussions around business performance and risks and opportunities
- Utilise Workday, Adaptive Planning and other data tools in an efficient manner to assist the transfer of business information across CCS
- Develop and implement reporting and forecasting processes and templates aligned to financial requirements
- Support, advise and challenge on Business Cases, particularly on any financial aspects
- Convey complex financial reports, processes and information in a simple manner
- Ensure Business stakeholders are trained in required financial systems.
- Provide help to the Senior Finance Business Partners on key tasks which enable them to provide strategic financial advice to the Directorate

**Person specification**:

- Technical finance and accounting system skills
- Experience of understanding, handling and assessing financial processes
- Experience of working effectively and building relationships with stakeholders with varying levels of financial knowledge
- Experience of working with and presenting data and a keen eye for detail
- CA qualified or studying towards the equivalent or qualified by experience

**Desirable Criteria**:

- Demonstrates knowledge of Project techniques and business cases

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

- Seeing the Big Picture
- Communicating and Influencing
- Working Together
- Making Effective Decisions

**Technical skills**:
We'll assess you against these technical skills during the selection proces