Description
Role: Finance Business Partner(SC cleared)
Contract Length: 6 months initially
Location: London or East Kilbride (2 to 3 days per week in the office)
IR35: Inside
Security Clearance: SC CLEARANCE AND UK NATIONALITY IS ESSENTIAL
The successful candidate must be a qualified accountant, workings towards a qualification or be committed to qualify from one of the five Consultative Committees of Accounting Bodies (ACCA, CIPFA, ICAEW, ICAI and ICAS) or CIMA.
this role you will also be responsible for:
Accountable for the operation and continuous improvement of key finance processes to generate quality timely and accurate performance reports, analysis and recommendations to facilitate effective decision making.
Represent Finance in programme boards ensuring finance and value for money shapes decising making and teams are meeting financial objectives and delivery plans.
Lead and conduct challenge meetings with senior departmental representatives and promote accountability and VFM to contribute to the production of better financial information, including forecasting and variance analysis and risk management.
Lead on consolidating corporate finance returns such as interim and year end accounting packs, operational plan submissions, implementation of the finance improvement plan and other corporate initiatives/policies.
Review, support and inform scenario based forecasts, considering risk, probability and contingency planning and support portfolio management over multiple financial years.
Working closely with senior Commercial colleagues ensuring strategic alignment on finance objectives.
Providing oversight of the directorate's long-term financial plans ensuring the directorate is meeting Spending Review commitments and spending decisions are taken strategically and within spending envelopes.
Contributing to submissions and policy decisions to ensure finance objectives are considered and met.
Lead on the internal control environment to mitigate risks, ensure value for money on decision making and financial control processes are followed. Support internal and external audits and the delivery of recommendations relating to finance and control.