Finance Business Partner - Central Government

About The Role

Role: Finance Business Partner REF 106928
Contract Length: Until 31/03/27
Location: Hybrid/Birmingham – minimum 3 days per week in the office.
IR35: Inside
Pay Rate to Intermediary: Market Rate
Security Clearance: BPSS

About the Role

Spinwell is recruiting for a Finance Business Partner for an excellent opportunity within the public sector.

Key Responsibilities

As a Finance Business Partner you will provide assurance and challenge, driving accountability and focus on cost control throughout the directorates you support. Provide oversight, control and direction to your team (if applicable) and ensure appropriate Finance support to promote effective decision making and performance management of Direct and Indirect Costs.

Essential Skills and Experience

• Communication skills: 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.
• Influencing skills: 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.
• 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 offsystem analyses and records.
• 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.
• Qualified Accountant with experience of operating in a complex environment which may include infrastructure projects.
• Part of a team delivering finance business support to the programme teams and client directorates.

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Skills

Finance - BUDGET, Finance - FINANCE, Admin - EXCEL, HR - RECRUITMENT, Finance - BUDGETS, Finance - ACCOUNTING, Project / Programme Management - PMO, IT - ERP, Project / Programme Management - PERFORMANCE MANAGEMENT, Finance - FORECASTS, Finance - ACCOUNTANT, HR - RECRUITING, Finance - ACCOUNTING SYSTEMS, Procurement - Commercial Lead, Finance - Assurance , Finance - FINANCIAL PLANNING, Data Science - DATA ANALYTICS