Project Finance Business Partner(Ref: 5716)

Ministry of Justice UK; London; On-site; GBP 41,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a forward-thinking government department as a Finance Business Partner, where you will play a vital role in financial management and decision-making. This position offers the opportunity to collaborate with various teams, ensuring efficient use of public funds while driving value and insight into financial operations. You will be part of a dedicated leadership team focused on continuous improvement and robust financial management. If you are passionate about finance and public service, this role could be your next exciting challenge.

Benefits

Civil Service Pension

Learning and Development Opportunities

Flexible Working Options

Annual Leave

Public Holidays

Employee Networks

Qualifications

• Experience in financial management and control frameworks.
• Ability to prepare financial documentation and business cases.

Responsibilities

• Act as financial adviser, ensuring adherence to financial standards.
• Develop understanding of financial drivers and risks in projects.

Skills

Budgeting

Forecasting

Financial Analysis

Commercial Acumen

Strategic Insight

Job description

East Midlands (England), East of England, London (region), North East England, North West England, Scotland, South East England, South West England, Wales, West Midlands (England), Yorkshire and the Humber

Job Summary

This position is based nationally

Job Description

Ministry of Justice

The Ministry of Justice sits at the heart of public service delivery and the government’s wider social reform agenda, working to protect and advance the principles of justice. The department has been at the forefront of the government’s efficiency agenda, making finance roles an exciting and challenging opportunity.

The Ministry’s functional leadership model for finance brings together specialists into a single unified team across the department with the vision of putting finance at the heart of decision making. The Finance Business Partner (FBP) teams support budget holders across the department, assisting them in delivering their financial management responsibilities, ensuring corporate controls and processes are followed and supporting the business areas to have confidence in their financial position and to drive efficiency. FBPs work alongside the businesses they support and have a close understanding of their work to enable them to help drive better outcomes. We protect value, drive value and add value.

Overview

As a Finance Business Partner in Government, your role is to protect, drive and add value. We aim to be a leading edge finance function, continuously learning and developing, with a strong focus on adding value and insight, developing our people, and robust financial management. You will be part of a committed and positive leadership team who work together to make our vision a reality.

You will partner and collaborate with colleagues across the organisation, acting as the face of finance and helping to ensure that finance is at the heart of decision making. You will act as a critical friend to areas that you are partnering, ensuring the stewardship of public funds, efficient and effective use of budgets and provide insightful financial analysis to support decision making.

Digital and Technology

The MOJ’s Digital and Technology function aims to put the user first and deliver digital solutions to improve user experience and improve efficiency. The environment is one of change, as different delivery options are explored and commercial arrangements reviewed. The Finance Business Partner should have a good appreciation of the MoJ Justice Digital and support the business to deliver best value for money.

Ministry of Justice Digital Services designs, builds and supports user-centred digital and technology services for the justice system: services that make a real difference to our staff, members of the public and their families who use them. Millions of people every year interact with our services, and Digital & Technology play an important role in improving access to justice and making that experience much easier and less distressing.

This role will be part of the Finance Business Partner Team supporting Digital change. The immediate team supports the Director of Tech Services in his role as SRO of the portfolio of projects.

The change portfolio currently includes implementing a future oriented technology strategy including multiple contract re-tenders, in-housing key services and transition to a new operating model. The finance team is key to the successful implementation of the change portfolio through contributing to project governance, including business cases, financial documentation for procurements, tender evaluation, financial reporting and management of project finances.

Role Responsibilities/Tasks

• Act as the financial adviser to your business area, maintaining standards for financial management and ensuring that the Financial Control Framework is understood and adhered to across the business and that the requirements of the Green Book are understood and adhered to.
• Complete finance sections of Business Cases, ensuring that the full cost implications are clearly established, the correct spend classification is applied and project affordability is accurately assessed for affordability
• Prepare and ensure the QA of financial documentation for tender exercises, undertake financial evaluation of completed tender documents, in line with required standards and procurement regulations
• Provide financial input to relevant governance and approval frameworks, including advice to the Accounting Officer, Investment Committee, senior leaders, ministers, Cabinet Office and HM Treasury
• Develop an understanding of the financial drivers, risks and opportunities associated with your projects’ objectives and spending plans within delegated expenditure limits. Track, forecast and report on expenditure, including risks, opportunities and uncertainties.
• Liaise with business as usual colleagues to ensure that the financial implications of change on business as usual is properly understood and accounted for, with clear plans for handover of work at the appropriate time.
• Work with commercial colleagues to ensure that commercial decisions and contract performance management are aligned with financial controls and processes.
• Manage the financial position of the project: profile budgets, complete forecasts and ensure that costs are accurately recorded and reported and month end processes, including accruals and adjustments, are completed.
  
  

Behaviours Required

• Leadership
• Communicating and Influencing
• Delivering at pace
• Working Together
• Managing a Quality Service
  
  

Application Process

To apply please complete the online application form. Applications will be sifted by a panel who will look at the Civil Service Behaviour framework and what is evidenced in your application. Should many applications be received, an initial sift may be conducted using the lead behaviour - Communicating and Influencing

Candidates who pass the initial sift may be progressed to a full sift or progressed straight to interview. Applicants will be expected to demonstrate the essential role requirements within the application behaviour responses.

Sifting – the Following Will Be Assessed At Sift:

CV

Behaviours – 250 words each - Communicating and Influencing (lead behaviour)

Working Together

Delivering at Pace

Managing a Quality Service

Leadership

Interview – The Following Will Be Assessed At Interview:

Candidates who are successful following the sift process will be invited to interview, and will be assessed on the following success profile elements:

Behaviours - Communicating and Influencing

Delivering at Pace

Managing a Quality Service

Strengths – These are not shared prior to the interview.

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 to business, and vice versa, acting as the critical translator between the two
• You will be able to build relationships quickly, building trust and rapport with service owners and stakeholders in the business.
• You will be able to exercise sound judgment in providing advice, balancing the need to challenge and support business colleagues appropriately.
• You will be a positive, service focused finance professional with a clear emphasis on delivering at pace and understanding the needs of the business and your key stakeholders.
• You must have the ability to translate the numbers and link it to the business and ‘story’.
  
  

Professional Skills

Key for Levels of Professional Skills

• A = Awareness
• W = Working
• P = Practitioner
• E = Expert
  
  

Core Level

Budgeting, forecasting, and costing P

The Budgeting Framework W

Commercial acumen P

Investment appraisal and evaluation P

Strategic analysis and insight W

Oral and written presentation skills E

Performance and risks W

Data and analytics interpretation P

Useful Level

Taxation A

Interpretation of accounts A

Government financial reporting A

Supporting the PAC agenda A

Understanding the role of the NAO A

Risk management and fraud A

In addition to salary, a pensionable, non-contractual specialist allowance will be applied to this role. Specialist allowances apply to certain roles only, are non-transferable to other roles and are subject to annual review.

Training

The Ministry of Justice is committed to staff development and offers an extensive range of training and development opportunities.

Networks

The opportunity to join employee run networks that have been established to provide advice and support and to enable the views of employees from minority groups to be expressed direct to senior management. There are currently networks for employees of minority ethnic origin, employees with disabilities, employees with caring responsibilities, women employees, and lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender employees.

Ministry of Justice

The Ministry of Justice sits at the heart of public service delivery and the government’s wider social reform agenda, working to protect and advance the principles of justice. The department has been at the forefront of the government’s efficiency agenda, making finance roles an exciting and challenging opportunity.

The Ministry’s functional leadership model for finance brings together specialists into a single unified team across the department with the vision of putting finance at the heart of decision making. The Finance Business Partner (FBP) teams support budget holders across the department, assisting them in delivering their financial management responsibilities, ensuring corporate controls and processes are followed and supporting the business areas to have confidence in their financial position and to drive efficiency. FBPs work alongside the businesses they support and have a close understanding of their work to enable them to help drive better outcomes. We protect value, drive value and add value.

Professional Skills

Key for Levels of Professional Skills

• A = Awareness
• W = Working
• P = Practitioner
• E = Expert
  
  

Core Level

Budgeting, forecasting, and costing P

The Budgeting Framework W

Commercial acumen P

Investment appraisal and evaluation P

Strategic analysis and insight W

Oral and written presentation skills E

Performance and risks W

Data and analytics interpretation P

Useful Level

Taxation A

Interpretation of accounts A

Government financial reporting A

Supporting the PAC agenda A

Understanding the role of the NAO A

Risk management and fraud A

In addition to salary, a pensionable, non-contractual specialist allowance will be applied to this role. Specialist allowances apply to certain roles only, are non-transferable to other roles and are subject to annual review.

Training

The Ministry of Justice is committed to staff development and offers an extensive range of training and development opportunities.

Networks

The opportunity to join employee run networks that have been established to provide advice and support and to enable the views of employees from minority groups to be expressed direct to senior management. There are currently networks for employees of minority ethnic origin, employees with disabilities, employees with caring responsibilities, women employees, and lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender employees.

Person specification

Please Refer To Job Description

Behaviours

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

• Communicating and Influencing
• Working Together
• Delivering at Pace
• Managing a Quality Service
• Leadership
  
  

Alongside your salary of £41,463, Ministry of Justice contributes £12,011 towards you being a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme. Find out what benefits a Civil Service Pension provides.

• Access to learning and development
• A working environment that supports a range of flexible working options to enhance your work life balance
• A working culture which encourages inclusion and diversity
• A Civil Service pension with an employer contribution of 28.97%
• Annual Leave
• Public Holidays
• Season Ticket Advance
  
  

For more information about the recruitment process, benefits and allowances and answers to general queries, please click the below link which will direct you to our Candidate Information Page.

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Selection process details

This vacancy is using Success Profiles (opens in a new window), and will assess your Behaviours, Strengths and Experience.

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Feedback will only be provided if you attend an interview or assessment.

This vacancy is using Success Profiles (opens in a new window), and will assess your Behaviours, Strengths and Experience.

Security

Successful candidates must undergo a criminal record check.

People working with government assets must complete baseline personnel security standard (opens in new window) checks.

Successful candidates must undergo a criminal record check.

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Nationality requirements

This Job Is Broadly Open To The Following Groups:

• UK nationals
• nationals of the Republic of Ireland
• nationals of Commonwealth countries who have the right to work in the UK
• nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities with settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS) (opens in a new window)
• nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities who have made a valid application for settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS)
• individuals with limited leave to remain or indefinite leave to remain who were eligible to apply for EUSS on or before 31 December 2020
• Turkish nationals, and certain family members of Turkish nationals, who have accrued the right to work in the Civil Service
  
  

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Working for the Civil Service

The Civil Service Code (opens in a new window) sets out the standards of behaviour expected of civil servants.

We recruit by merit on the basis of fair and open competition, as outlined in the Civil Service Commission's recruitment principles (opens in a new window).

The Civil Service embraces diversity and promotes equal opportunities. As such, we run a Disability Confident Scheme (DCS) for candidates with disabilities who meet the minimum selection criteria.

The Civil Service Code (opens in a new window) sets out the standards of behaviour expected of civil servants.

We recruit by merit on the basis of fair and open competition, as outlined in the Civil Service Commission's recruitment principles (opens in a new window).

The Civil Service embraces diversity and promotes equal opportunities. As such, we run a Disability Confident Scheme (DCS) for candidates with disabilities who meet the minimum selection criteria.

Diversity and Inclusion

The Civil Service is committed to attract, retain and invest in talent wherever it is found. To learn more please see the Civil Service People Plan (opens in a new window) and the Civil Service Diversity and Inclusion Strategy (opens in a new window).

This vacancy is part of the Great Place to Work for Veterans (opens in a new window) initiative.

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Contact point for applicants

Job Contact :

• Name : SSCL Recruitment Enquiries Team
• Email : [e-mail]
• Telephone : [phone]
  
  

Recruitment team

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Further information

Appointment to the Civil Service is governed by the Civil Service Commission’s Recruitment Principles. I you feel a department has breached the requirement of the Recruitment Principles and would like to raise this, please contact SSCL ([e-mail]) in the first instance. If the role has been advertised externally (outside of the Civil Service) and you are not satisfied with the response, you may bring your complaint to the Commission. For further information on bringing a complaint to the Civil Service Commission please visit their web pages: http://civilservicecommission.independent.gov.uk/civil-service-recruitment/complaints/

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