Job Description

This is a high-profile Strategic Finance Business Parter role, requiring an experienced financial professional with excellent communication and analysis skills. The postholder with be responsible for providing an effective Finance Business Partnering service to key financial areas of this high profile governmant agency including Technology & Digital, the Digital Markets Unit and Capital spend.
The role will involve working closely with complex and high-profile business areas to ensure financial governance, accurate forecasts, effective budget management and accurate classification of spend, in line with accounting and government standards.
The postholder will have responsibility for delivering effective financial management and continuous improvements in a fast-paced environment across Management Accounts' processes including accruals, actuals, forecasting and budgeting. The postholder may also be involved in wider Finance activities such as, but not limited to, policy refreshes, journal reviews and posting as well as transparency report checks.
Key responsibilities;
Leading the management, tracking and analysis (variances/trends) of local budgets, including providing accurate and regular data to the agency finance team and management information to Budget Holders.
Supporting local teams with budgeting, reforecasting and other finance activities (e.g. accruals) throughout the year with a focus on Technology & Digital, Digital Markets Unit and Capital spend.
Ensuring accurate forecasting for the Digital Markets Unit against leviable activities to ensure charges to Strategic Market Status firms are accurate
Close collaboration with teams with Capital spend to ensure effective forecasting and accurate financial accounting treatment
Supporting to ensure compliance with and the continual improvement of financial and governance processes
Reviewing and supporting the development of Business Cases
Where required, supporting with wider Finance team activities, including but not limited to policy refreshes, journal reviews and posting as well as transparency report checks.
The ideal candidate will have:

• Proven experience of working as an effective finance business partner in a high-profile environment, with ability to work effectively under pressure while managing conflicting priorities.
• Excellent communication skills, including written skills and strong negotiation and influencing skills to influence senior management as well as the wider business.
• Strong quantitative and analytical skills, including intermediate/advanced Excel skills for data manipulation, analysis, modelling and reporting.
• Experience working with and classifying Capital expenditure.

The ideal candidate will be an experience Finance Business Partner and ideally a qualified Accountant with membership to professional body (ICAEW, ACCA, CIMA, CIPFA or equivalent)
Morgan Hunt is a multi-award-winning recruitment business for interim, contract and temporary recruitment and acts as an Employment Agency in relation to permanent vacancies. Morgan Hunt is an equal opportunities employer. Job suitability is assessed on merit in accordance with the individual's skills, qualifications and abilities to perform the relevant duties required in a particular role.

Skills Required