Deputy Finance Business Partner

HM Revenue & Customs; Shrewsbury; On-site; GBP 39,000 - 48,000; Full time

Job summary

A government agency in the UK seeks a skilled Deputy Finance Business Partner to provide strategic financial insight and support in a dynamic environment. The ideal candidate will have a strong foundation in finance and be able to communicate effectively with senior leaders. Join an exciting team that plays a crucial role in driving organizational value through financial management.

Qualifications

• AAT Level 4 or equivalent and actively working towards qualification with exams scheduled.
• Recent experience in a Finance Business Partnering or Management Accountant Role.
• Good level of knowledge of Management Accounting functions.

Responsibilities

• Provide valuable financial advice, challenge, and offer strategic insight.
• Support Spending Review related change funding and investments.
• Facilitate and challenge budgets and forecasting.

Skills

Interpersonal skills

Analytical skills

Communication

IT/Excel proficiency

Education

AAT Level 4 or Part Qualified with CCAB, CIMA

Job description

Location

Telford

Job summary

Discover a career in your hands at HMRC. Whether you're seeking purpose, growth, or a workplace that gives you a true sense of belonging, hear from some of our employees as they share their story about what it’s really like to work at HMRC.

Do you have a firm foundation of finance experience and are now looking for the next step in your finance career path?

If so, HMRC’s Digital, Data and Technology function (otherwise known as Chief Digital and Information Officer group or ‘CDIO’) is seeking an exceptional Deputy Finance Business Partner to join our dynamic Financial Management Division. With over 3,500 people, CDIO Group are a key part of ensuring HMRC has the systems and technology to run and deliver its services to millions of citizens.

This role is an exciting opportunity for a highly skilled, motivated, and ambitious individual to help drive value from our financial data. You will use your strong influencing, communicating and management accounting knowledge to generate insightful information and advice that will inform strategic decision-making by senior leaders.

If you thrive in fast-paced environments and are ready to make a significant impact by bringing your skills and ideas to a challenging yet supportive environment, then this this could be the ideal next role for you.

Job description

Sitting within the Financial Management Division within the CDIO Finance Directorate, this role is an exciting opportunity for a highly motivated, proactive finance professional, who enjoys working in a dynamic and challenging environment, to both deliver exceptional finance service and to drive and influence organisational change through effective financial management.

Deputy Finance Business Partners working in CDIO provide valuable financial advice, challenge, and offer strategic insight to Finance Business Partners, budget holders and senior decision-makers to drive value for money outcomes. With responsibility for supporting large and complex delivery areas, Deputy Finance Business Partners proactively prioritise and have the resilience to navigate high-profile and often financially challenging environments, working collaboratively to deliver financial outcomes.

This role is focussed on supporting Spending Review related change funding and investments across several cross-cutting business streams.

Person specification

An effective Deputy Finance Business Partner will create:

• a trusted partnership that provides a link between the business, wider finance, and other corporate functions.
• provide value adding analysis through financial and business insight.
• independent challenge to business decisions and provide a sounding board to senior stakeholders and customers.
• role model the expected financial behaviours to build financial confidence and capability within the business.

Key activities performed by Deputy FBPs include

• working with the management accountants in facilitating and challenging budgets and forecasting.
• analysis and communication of financial data and reports to Finance Business Partners and the relevant customers.
• being a critical friend and independent advisor to Finance Business Partners and stakeholders.
• "hands on" support and advice, collaborating within Financial Management Division, to enable delivery of business objectives.

Essential Criteria

• AAT Level 4 or Part Qualified with CCAB, CIMA or equivalent and actively working towards qualification with exams scheduled
• Recent experience in a Finance Business Partnering or Management Accountant Role.
• Good level of knowledge of Management Accounting functions.
• Good interpersonal skills and ability to build and maintain strong working relationships with stakeholders.
• Good communicator, able to explain financial scenarios to senior business leaders and decision-makers.
• Good analytical skills with the ability to transform financial data into meaningful insight for the Finance Business Partner.
• Good IT/Excel and presentation skills.

Desirable Criteria

• CCAB (includes CIMA, ACCA CIPFA, ACA) or equivalent fully qualified accountant.
• Experience of working in a Project and Programme environment in a finance role.
• Experience of producing inputs for financial models to support investment decisions.
• Experience of working on a Government Major Project in a finance role.

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