Senior Finance Business Partner

Pro‑Recruitment Group; Corsham; On-site; GBP 100,000 - 133,000; Full time

Job summary

Pro‑Recruitment Group seeks an interim Senior Finance Business Partner for a Government Defence organisation in Wiltshire. The role focuses on project financial planning, in-year finance management, investment appraisal and recharging of services to customers.

Responsibilities include long-term planning cycles, annual budgeting, monthly forecasts, and robust governance to ensure VfM and accurate financial reporting for commercial projects.

Qualifications

• Previous Government/Defence sector finance experience required.
• Strong financial planning and forecasting background.
• Experience with investment appraisals and business cases.
• Experience in charging/recharging and cost modelling.
• Proficiency with financial reporting and governance processes.

Responsibilities

• Deliver long-term planning submissions and annual budgeting cycles.
• Produce in-year budgets/forecasts with monthly commentary.
• Maintain accurate project accounts, assets, inventory and reporting.
• Review business cases and financial returns for projects.
• Ensure compliance, governance, value for money and assurance.
• Develop cost models and investment appraisal reporting for bids.
• Develop recharging models and validate financial MI for customers.
• Coordinate indirect billing and reconcile recharging values monthly.

Skills

Financial planning

Forecasting

Investment appraisal

Recharging charging

Budgeting

Financial reporting

Tools

CP&F system

Job description

Senior Finance Business Partner - Defence | Commercial Projects & Recharging | Wiltshire | £600/day.

For a Government Defence organisation based in Wiltshire, we are recruiting an interim Finance and Recharging Manager for up to 6 months working on a commercial project work-stream. This role will provide project financial planning and accounting, in-year finance management, investment appraisal and financial reporting supporting the specific project, as well as leading the associated recharging of the services consumed to customer organisations.

Main Duties:

• Delivery of Long-term Planning Submissions (SPC Strategic Planning Cycle) and Annual Budgeting Cycle (ABC) including options
• Delivery of In-year Budget and Forecast, coordinating monthly submissions and commentary
• Ensure the Project accounts, asset delivery and inventory information are accurate and reconciled, and that reporting (TLRFP and MVAF) is delivered
• Review Business Cases, and financial accounting returns
• Ensure compliance and governance framework is delivered, including discharge of effective financial requirements, Value for Money, and assurance
• Produce cost models to support evaluation of industry bids and provide robust investment appraisal reporting
• Develop recharging models for commercial services
• Work with service groups to develop and validate financial MI to support recharging to customers via Direct of Indirect Billing
• Coordinate indirect billing (financial journals) once recharging values have been agreed
• Monthly reconciliation of recharging and input into the monthly forecast reviews.

Person Specification:

• Previous Government, Security, Nuclear, or Defence experience
• Government Finance experience
• Financial planning and forecasting experience
• Charging / Billing / Recharging experience
• Investment appraisals and business case experience
• CP&F system experience is desirable

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