Finance Business Partner

HM88: Finance Business Partner

Location: Birmingham | Minimum 3 days in office | Contract until 31/3/2027

Salary: Competitive Day Rate | In Scope IR35

Overview:

First Military Recruitment are currently seeking a Finance Business Partner on behalf of one of our clients.

As a Finance Business Partner you will provide assurance driving accountability and focus on cost control throughout the directorates you support.

Provide oversight, control and direction to your team and ensure appropriate finance support to promote effective decision making and performance management of direct and indirect costs.

Our client encourages applications from ex-military personnel however all candidates will be given due consideration.

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Provides guidance on the application of governance within area.
• Acting as the Chief Financial Officer’s (CFO) representative at monthly review meetings.
• Review and financial endorsement of change and investment papers, challenging all risks, opportunities, ensuring programme impacts are clearly identified and any associated costs recorded.
• Representative on investment change panels.
• Providing assurance to senior management that reported expenditure and contract payments are appropriate.
• Provides input to development of policies, enterprise reporting and planning development.
• Provides guidance on appropriate IFRS accounting treatment of transactions (prepayment / accruals/ liabilities).
• Provides justification and supporting evidence of accounting adjustments to NAO Auditors as required.
• Oversee the month end financial accounts close.
• Prepare the accounts and plan for year-end audit.
• Provide budget variance commentary.
• Review and assure programme board packs.
• Review and challenge emerging forecasts and monitor against spending review (SR) funding.
• Propose remedial actions to business as required.
• Work with supply chain finance leads and commercial to improve Actual Cost of Work Performed (ACWP) and cash flow data.
• Develop cashflow forecast reporting, challenge the supply chain submissions.
• Support and maintain the business planning and forecasting process, providing guidance on planning principles and expectations as provided by business planning.
• Provides assurance to the business that data provided by cost management / commercial is reliable.
• Supports business in determining the appropriate disaggregation and delegations.
• Facilitate system changes required and reporting requirements for budget management.
• Provide workforce actual costs and forecast information to inform programme cost estimates.
• Challenge budget holders to achieve workforce objectives and optimise resources.
• Actively promote and embed equality, diversity and inclusion (EDI).

Skills and Qualifications:

• Qualified Accountant with experience of operating at in a complex environment.
• Knowledge of Government accounting requirements (DEL/AME funding) to ensure compliance of business plans within delegated authority.
• Knowledge of accounting systems and the ability to develop and manage off-system analyses and records.
• Ability to interpret and communicate complex financial issues to non-financial colleagues and to secure compliance with managing public money.
• Stakeholder management skills, with the ability to engage, communicate and develop consensus with both internal and external stakeholders up to Executive level.
• Ability to influence key decisions.
• Ability to critically review and challenge forecasts, assessing them for their affordability, value for money, timing and impact on programme delivery.
• Ability to use ERP systems, utilising data analytics software and complex Excel models.
• Ability to ensure effective financial controls within a major project.
• Experience of driving output focussed activity-based budgets and forecasts.
• Supporting the process for development of the annual business plan and budget setting processes within funding caps set by the spending review.
• The post-holder is expected to behave at all times in a manner consistent with company values.
• BPSS Clearance is essential.

Location: Birmingham | Minimum 3 days in office | Contract until 31/3/2027

Salary: Competitive Day Rate | In Scope IR35