Job Description

Details

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Reference number

436872

Salary

46,000 - 48,193
A Civil Service Pension with an employer contribution of 28.97%
GBP

Job grade

Other

Contract type

Permanent

Type of role

Finance

Working pattern

Full-time

Number of jobs available

1

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Location About the job Benefits Things you need to know Apply and further information

Location

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Remote working (anywhere in the UK)

About the job

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Job summary

A key role supporting the organisation in delivering IPSA's strategic plan by delivering high-quality finance business partnering services, and driving accurate, consistent and timely advice to IPSA's customer-facing teams. The role provides comprehensive support, ensuring that issues with an MP's funding are resolved quickly while maintaining strong financial management, planning and control.


The Finance Business Partner role supports improving customer service and delivering financial value and sits within the Finance function but has visibility across the organisation, building successful and productive relationships.

Job description

This role is responsible for building effective relationships and working collaboratively to support both the Management Accountant and Financial Control teams in pursuit of performance excellence. The role reports to the Senior Finance Business Partner.

Key Responsibilities

Collaborating with the wider Finance team and other functions to resolve finance queries, ensuring MP-facing teams are provided with appropriate and timely information and accounting advice on MP funding in accordance with international financial reporting standards and central government accounting rules. Acting as Finance Business Partner through dedicated matrix team working with MP Services and Payroll - responsible for a region, answering queries, turning data into insights, proactively identifying trends and managing risks, dealing with ad hoc requests, and attending internal matrix meetings, as required. Using available finance tools to conduct regular in-depth analysis and review MP spend versus budget, ensuring correct budgeting treatment, forecasting, and identification of overspends. Enhancing IPSA's financial acumen and knowledge of finance policies, budgets, forecasts, and actual results through financial training and coaching. Implementing and continually improving the monitoring and reporting processes for MPs' budgets and financial expenditure, ensuring accuracy of financial transactions (including approval of devolved journals), policy adherence, contributing to systems improvements, improvement of the year-end processes and adding value to IPSA. Contributing to strategic decisions which impact our customers in collaboration with the Senior Finance Business Partner. Undertaking autonomous projects and other ad-hoc pieces of work as well as contributing to wider IPSA projects, as required. Reflecting IPSA's values of staying connected, seeing the bigger picture, being open, doing the right thing and making a difference through all that you do.

IPSA is a learning organisation. We constantly review our work against our strategic objectives, actively seek views from our stakeholders and assess the environment in which we operate so that we can continuously improve. Therefore, the list of key responsibilities may adapt and change over time within the spirit and nature of organisational change and the development of the role.

Person specification

You'll be a qualified (or part-qualified) CCAB accountant with strong financial management experience. Understanding how data-led insights drive wider organisational success will come naturally to you. Your ability to interpret complex financial information will be a key asset in this role.


You'll work closely with your matrix region to understand their priorities, acting as a trusted partner to help them manage budgets and deliver clear, timely financial reports that tell the full story. You'll explain financial information in a way that's easy to understand for those with less finance knowledge and confidently offer insight, challenge, and support where it matters most. You'll use your knowledge and experience to help build financial capability in your region and you'll always look for smarter ways to work. You'll be adept at offering well-informed insight and support to facilitate informed decision-making.


Your adaptable approach means you thrive in a fast-paced environment, ready to meet shifting priorities with confidence. You'll be someone who works well with others and fostering strong, constructive partnerships will come naturally to you. Most importantly, you'll reflect IPSA's values in how you work each day.


The experience and technical level required for the role, along with personal qualities, skills, attributes, and qualifications (where relevant) are listed below.

Essential

Financial management expertise: demonstrable experience in financial management, including strategic planning, cost management, forecasting and financial reporting in a complex organisational environment Public sector and regulatory understanding: sound knowledge of the UK public sector financial framework (including FReM)*, with the ability to operate confidently within a regulatory or HM Treasury-funded setting.
Insight and analytical capability: strong financial acumen and exceptionally strong attention to detail and committed to getting it right first time. Thoroughness in completing tasks through concern of all areas involved, with good monitoring and checking processes of work, including that of others. Stakeholder management and influence: demonstrable experience in a business partnership setting with a proven ability to build and maintain strong, credible relationships with internal stakeholders. Able to provide clear, evidence-based financial advice that influences strategic and operational decision making. Strong coaching and feedback skills to help develop colleague's financial acumen and awareness. Prioritisation and workload management: skilled in managing competing priorities and multiple workstreams across teams and matrices. Able to work independently and collaboratively, demonstrating initiative and self-awareness. Takes initiative to respond to the needs and priorities of other teams. Communication and presentation skills: excellent verbal and written communication skills. Able to interpret and clearly present complex financial concepts and data into meaningful insights for others. Adaptability, flexibility and resilience: flexible and proactive in responding to organisational needs, changing priorities, and emerging challenges. Resilient under pressure, with a continuous improvement mindset and a constructive approach to feedback and setbacks. Technology: strong IT and data analysis skills, with experience using financial systems to interrogate and interpret complex datasets. Strong functional and technical finance skills. Qualified CCAB accountant (or part qualified and studying towards qualification) with a commitment to maintaining own professional development.

Desirable

Proven experience in leading or contributing to finance-related continuous improvement and change projects.

Benefits

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Alongside your salary of 46,000, Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority contributes 13,326 towards you being a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme. Find out what benefits a Civil Service Pension provides.
o Hybrid and flexible working, with occasional travel to London for team meetings

o Generous contributions into a 'Civil Service' pension.

o 25 days holiday entitlement (+ bank holidays), increasing by 1 day each year up to 30 days.

o Option to purchase additional holiday days each year.

o Access to learning and development tailored to your role with coaching opportunities.

o Working in a high-performing organisation which supports democracy with a great team ethic.

o A culture encouraging equity, diversity and inclusion.

o Time in your work to time to participate in our inclusive workplace networks.

o Mental Health First Aid network and access to our EAP

o Enhanced family leave provisions

o Workplace awards programme for living IPSA's values and innovative ideas.

o Season ticket/rent deposit loans.

o Cycle to work scheme.

o Give As You Earn scheme.

o Volunteering days and 'you' time.

Things you need to know

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Selection process details

If you're selected for interview this will be virtual and will take place on Microsoft Teams, so you'll need access to a secure WIFI network and a private space.

Interview


Our interviews are competency and values-based. We'll ask you a series of questions designed to help assess your suitability for the role and for IPSA.


The closing date for this role will be

30 November 2025

, so we encourage you to submit your application without delay. Shortlisting will take place in w/c 1 December 2025.

Interviews will take place 8 and 9 December

- please make a note of these dates in your diary as we will be operating a tight interview schedule and we will be unable to reschedule interviews.

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Feedback will only be provided if you attend an interview or assessment.

Security

Successful candidates must undergo a criminal record check.
Successful candidates must meet the security requirements before they can be appointed. The level of security needed is counter-terrorist check .



See our vetting charter .
People working with government assets must complete baseline personnel security standard (opens in new window) checks.

Nationality requirements

This job is broadly open to the following groups:


UK nationals nationals of the Republic of Ireland nationals of Commonwealth countries who have the right to work in the UK nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities with settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS) nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities who have made a valid application for settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS) individuals with limited leave to remain or indefinite leave to remain who were eligible to apply for EUSS on or before 31 December 2020 Turkish nationals, and certain family members of Turkish nationals, who have accrued the right to work in the Civil Service
Further information on nationality requirements

Working for the Civil Service

The Civil Service Code sets out the standards of behaviour expected of civil servants.



We recruit by merit on the basis of fair and open competition, as outlined in the Civil Service Commission's recruitment principles .
The Civil Service embraces diversity and promotes equal opportunities. As such, we run a Disability Confident Scheme (DCS) for candidates with disabilities who meet the minimum selection criteria.

Diversity and Inclusion

The Civil Service is committed to attract, retain and invest in talent wherever it is found. To learn more please see the Civil Service People Plan and the Civil Service Diversity and Inclusion Strategy .

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Contact point for applicants

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Job contact :

Name : The People Team Email : People@theipsa.org.uk
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Recruitment team

Email : people@theipsa.org.uk

Further information

https://www.theipsa.org.uk/