Finance Business Partner

OFWAT; Birmingham; Hybrid; GBP 45,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

Join Ofwat’s Finance Team as a Finance Business Partner in Birmingham, where you'll play a pivotal role in budget planning and forecasting. This position offers the opportunity to influence decision-making through financial analysis, while enjoying a hybrid working environment and significant benefits, including a generous pension scheme and ample annual leave.

Benefits

Generous pension contribution

25 days annual leave, increasing to 30

Access to exclusive discounts

Fees paid for professional memberships

Up to 3 volunteering days per year

Recognition vouchers scheme

Shared parental leave and pay

Qualifications

• Experience in a finance business partner role influencing business performance.
• Technical expertise in MS Excel for financial analysis.
• Public Sector finance experience managing public money.

Responsibilities

• Support budget managers with financial processes and reporting.
• Conduct month-end preparation and budget forecasting.
• Liaise with internal and external auditors.

Skills

Financial Analysis

Communication

Stakeholder Management

Risk Management

Education

CCAB Qualified

Tools

MS Excel

Job description

Join Ofwat’s Finance Team as a Finance Business Partner

*OfficeLocation:Birmingham (B5 4UA) with hybrid working*

About Us

We are Ofwat, the Water Services Regulation Authority, a non-ministerial government department responsible for regulating the water sector in England and Wales. Our work has genuine significance – no other organisation does the work we do. It’s unique and meaningful: keeping our water flowing; ensuring water bills don’t cost a penny more than needed; holding water companies to account. Come and work at the source of everyday life.

The Role

We have an opening for an experienced Finance Business Partner to join our Finance Team. In this role, you will support Ofwat budget managers with their expenditure, ensuring they are effectively planning and forecasting to accurately monitor their budget. You will be playing a key role in providing analysis and reporting to inform successful decision making.

• Month end preparation and closedown
• Budget forecasting, analysis, and reporting
• Establishing and maintaining strong relationships with budget manager and other stakeholders
• Supporting budget managers with financial processes including purchasing activity
• Budget setting for new financial years
• Allocation of new funding and supporting budget managers with mobilising spending plans
• Year-end completion, including accruals, audit preparation
• Liaising with internal and external auditors

To find more details about the role and deliverables please click Apply.

About You

Below are some of the key essential experience, skills & knowledge required for this post:

1. Experience in a finance business partner role, influencing business performance through analysis and presentation of financial information to senior decision makers.
2. CCAB qualified
3. Technical expertise in using MS Excel for financial analysis.
4. Experience of completing the month end, year end and forecasting processes.
5. Experience of finance processes and systems with a focus on continuous improvement.
6. Public Sector finance experience including knowledge of managing public money.
7. Experience of horizon scanning - proactively highlighting risks and opportunities; and developing actions to mitigate, correct or explore as appropriate with senior decision makers.
8. Experience in supporting budget holders with monitoring expenditure.
9. Effective communication skills with the ability to deliver messages to non-technical audiences and experience of successfully building and maintaining strong relationships with stakeholders.

Why You Should Join Us:

• Meaningful Impact:You will be joining a team with a sense of mission at its core aiming to build a lasting legacy for future generations by securing our long-term water resilience.
• Innovative Work Environment:We embrace agile and new ways of working and have a culture build on trust, flexibility, and collaboration.
• Development Opportunities:Gain valuable experience and develop your skills in a supportive and dynamic setting.
• Work-Life Balance:Enjoy the flexibility of working from home combined with the benefits of in person collaboration in our London or Birmingham offices.
• Fantastic employer pension contributionof nearly 30%.
• 25 days’ annual leave,increasing to 30 with each year of service, plus bank holidays and an extra 2.5 days of privilege leave.
• Access to exclusive discountson a variety of goods and services, including retail outlets, theatre tickets, holidays, insurance, and a gym membership.
• Fees paid for membershipof relevant professional bodies.
• Up to 3 volunteering daysper year.
• Recognition vouchers scheme rewarding your hard work.
• Generous shared parental leave and paysupporting your family life.

Follow the link to Apply for full details about the role, please ensure you have submitted your Applications in full before the below deadline.

Closing date:23.55 on 08 June 2025