Assistant Finance Business Partner

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

- 275387**Salary**:

- £31,120 - £37,260- National: £31,120 - £33,085 London: £34,410 - £37,260 This role may attract an Accountant pay enhancement (see Further information for more details)**Job grade**:

- Higher Executive Officer**Contract type**:

- Permanent**Type of role**:

- Finance**Working pattern**:

- Flexible working, Full-time, Job share, Part-time**Number of jobs available**:

- 1Contents

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About the job

**Benefits**:
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Location
- Swindon, South West England, SN2 1SZ : City of Westminster, London (region), SW1H 0NBAbout the job

**Job summary**:
**Background: The UK Space Agency**:
The UK Space Agency (UKSA) is an executive agency of the Department for Science, Innovation & Technology (DSIT) and provides technical advice on the government’s space strategy, supporting the UK space sector to deliver the government’s vision.

Space is a part of everyday life. Satellites underpin our national economy, from agriculture and banking to aviation and shipping, and support our national security.

Space science provides critical data to understand and address global challenges such as climate change, while missions to explore our solar system unite nations and advance humanity’s horizons.

We support a thriving space sector in the UK, which generates an annual income of £16.5 billion and employs 47,000 people across the country.

Through our portfolio of programmes and projects, we encourage the development of national space capabilities and are an early-stage investor in space research and development. We also promote the UK space sector’s interests and achievements; make connections to join up industry and academia; and represent the UK in international space programmes.

We have a powerful global voice, partnering with institutions across the world, including the European Space Agency.

**Our Inclusive Environment**

We have an inclusive culture to make UKSA a brilliant place to work where our people feel valued, have a voice and can be their authentic selves. We value difference and diversity, not only because we believe it is the right thing to do, but because it will help us be more innovative and make better decisions.

We offer first-class flexible working benefits, excellent employee well-being support and a great pension. We are fortunate to have a range of excellent staff networks and are proud to be a Disability Confident Leader employer. We will support talented people from all backgrounds to build a career and thrive.

**Job description**:
UKSA finance is a small, friendly team at the heart of decision making. This is an exciting opportunity for a high-performing finance professional to join us as an Assistant Finance Business Partner. Reporting to the Finance Business Partner, the post holder will work alongside budget holders, business managers and financial accounts team. Working collaboratively to provide financial challenge and support across the Agency, the role will provide financial guidance to colleagues in UKSA.

Reporting to the Finance Business Partner (FBP), the Assistant Finance Business Partner’s duties will include, but are not limited to:

- Supporting budget holders and the FBP in the preparation of monthly and annual financial reporting packs, including the monthly budget, actuals and forecast.
- Analysis of financial performance against targets identifying variances, risks and mitigations.
- The management of key programme delivery budgets for (including budgeting, forecasting, analysis and reporting):

- UKSA resource expenditure. This includes grant expenditure, commissioning budgets, salary, training, accommodation and IT services.
- Payroll, Contractors and cross departmental staff recharges. Working closely with HR colleagues to maintain a dynamic cost model of staff costs for the programme based on up to date FTE data and resourcing plans.
- Travel and Subsistence.
- Analysing the accounts and the preparation of adjustment journals in line with extant financial accounting policies.
- Coordination of the Agency’s delegation letters and expenditure approvals process.
- Assist the FBP with central finance and audit queries on management information.

**Person specification**:
**Essential Skills, Knowledge and Experience**:

- Highly numerate individual with strong analytical skills.
- Good knowledge of Excel.
- Excellent written skills and an ability to explain complex financial information to non-finance audience.
- Ability to communicate across all levels.
- Strong negotiation and influencing skills to influence senior management as well as senior programme leads or technical experts.
- Significant experience of working in a finance team.
- Ability to work on own initiative and under pressure with competing demands to tight deadlines.
- Ability to work proactively to anticipate issues and develop options/solutions in order to prevent escalation.
- Proven interpersonal skills wit