Senior Finance Business Partner - #1775351

Birmingham, Leeds, Liverpool, London–Canary Wharf

Job Summary

The Chief Operating Officer Finance Business Partnering team have an exciting opportunity for a G7 Senior Finance Business Partner to provide strategic financial leadership across specific portfolios within UKHSA. This may involve supporting both Business As Usual (BAU) and Change portfolios.

G7 FBPs are business experts with strong interpersonal relationships. As a Grade 7 FBP you will use your strong technical skills and sound understanding of the relevant UKHSA business area to provide advice, challenge and scrutiny to business area colleagues.

The Role Requires You To Be Able To

• Understand the business and are able translate and present complex financial information clearly.
• Provide valuable strategic advice, challenge and influence as required to ensure the best outcome for the organisation.
• Take on larger or more complex areas of the business, often with a focus on business cases and you will deputise, where required, for the Head of Finance Business Partnering.
• Be responsible for line management of up to 3 SEO’s, of which some may be training to become a qualified finance professional and will require your support.
  
  

We pride ourselves as being an employer of choice, where Everyone Matters promoting equality of opportunity to actively encourage applications from everyone, including groups currently underrepresented in our workforce.  

UKHSA ethos is to be an inclusive organisation for all our staff and stakeholders. To create, nurture and sustain an inclusive culture, where differences drive innovative solutions to meet the needs of our workforce and wider communities. We do this through celebrating and protecting differences by removing barriers and promoting equity and equality of opportunity for all.

Job Description

• Providing specialist strategic financial advice - engaging with experts on behalf of the business and providing advice on key financial planning, processes and budget setting.
• Taking responsibility for all strategic financial information provided to the business, and the associated recommendations, using all available data and analytics tools.
• Challenging weakness in process compliance within the business and reporting on control effectiveness.
• Supporting the development and implementation of credible financial plans and forecasts that are consistent with the department performance and activity plans.
• Attending and influencing senior leader team boards.
• Involved at the start of the idea pipeline, engaging early in the development of policy and business cases.
• Driving evidence based policy-making by inputting financial insight throughout the process.
• Challenging and supporting the business to enhance decision-making and increase performance.
• Providing coaching and feedback proactively to identify gaps in the financial knowledge of the business.
• Supporting and coordinating delivery of financial services to the directorate.
• Horizon scanning to identify potential issues and helping
• Directorates develop solutions.
• Management of team members or oversight of other's work and developing leadership skills within and across teams
• Providing specialist strategic financial advice - engaging with experts on behalf of the business and providing advice on key financial planning, processes and budget setting.
• Taking responsibility for all strategic financial information provided to the business, and the associated recommendations, using all available data and analytics tools.
• Challenging weakness in process compliance within the business and reporting on control effectiveness.
• Supporting the development and implementation of credible financial plans and forecasts that are consistent with the department performance and activity plans.
• Attending and influencing senior leader team boards.
• Involved at the start of the idea pipeline, engaging early in the development of policy and business cases.
• Driving evidence based policy-making by inputting financial insight throughout the process.
• Challenging and supporting the business to enhance decision-making and increase performance.
• Providing coaching and feedback proactively to identify gaps in the financial knowledge of the business.
• Supporting and coordinating delivery of financial services to the directorate.
• Horizon scanning to identify potential issues and helping
• Directorates develop solutions.
• Management of team members or oversight of other's work and developing leadership skills within and across teams
  
  

Person specification

Essential Criteria

You will be assessed on the below 8 essential criteria, which have been selected from the Job Description Document.

• Qualified with either; The Consultative Committee of Accountancy Bodies (CCAB), Chartered Institute of Management Accountants (CIMA) or equivalent or working towards qualification.
• Ability to influence at all levels of the business hierarchy, using logical persuasion and consensus building within groups.
• Budgeting, forecasting and costing
• Investment appraisal and evaluation
• Strategic analysis and insight
• Understand the vision for the business, highlighting areas of potential conflict between stakeholders and manages them accordingly.
• A visible, confident communicator, comfortable with challenging senior business leaders.
• Highly proficient in using and interpreting data and analytics to support analysis and decision making, identifying gaps in data and reporting and working with Financial Systems colleagues to develop additional reporting as required.
  
  

Please visit our careers site for more information https://gov.uk/ukhsa/careers

Alongside your salary of £54,416, UK Health Security Agency contributes £15,764 towards you being a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme. Find out what benefits a Civil Service Pension provides.

• Learning and development tailored to your role
• An environment with flexible working options
• A culture encouraging inclusion and diversity
• A Civil Service pension with an employer contribution of 28.97%
  
  

Selection process details

This vacancy is using Success Profiles and will assess your Behaviours, Ability, Experience and Strengths

Stage 1: Application & Sift

Success profiles

Required

You will be required to complete an application form. You will be assessed on the listed 8 essential criteria, and this will be in the form of a:

• Application form (‘Employer/ Activity history’ section on the application)
• 500-word Statement of Suitability.
  
  

This should outline how your skills, experience, and knowledge, provide evidence of your suitability for the role, with reference to the essential criteria. The Application form and Statement of Suitability will be marked together.

Longlisting: In the event of a large number of applications we will longlist into 3 piles of:

• Meets all essential criteria
• Meets some essential criteria
• Meets no essential criteria
  
  

Please note only pile 1 will be carried through to shortlisting

Shortlisting: In the event of a large number of applications we will shortlist on:

• Ability to influence at all levels of the business hierarchy, using logical persuasion and consensus building within groups.
• Strategic analysis and insight
• Understand the vision for the business, highlighting areas of potential conflict between stakeholders and manages them accordingly.
• A visible, confident communicator, comfortable with challenging senior business leaders.
  
  

If you are successful at this stage, you will progress to interview & assessment

Healthjobs UK has a word limit of 1500, but your statement of suitability must be no more than 500. Please do not exceed 500 words, we will not consider any words over and above this number.

Feedback will not be provided at this stage.

Reasonable Adjustments

The Civil Service is committed to making sure that our selection methods are fair to everyone. To help you during the recruitment process, we will consider any reasonable adjustments that could help you. An adjustment is a change to the recruitment process or an adjustment at work. This is separate to the Disability Confident Scheme. If you need an adjustment to be made at any point during the recruitment process you should contact the recruitment team in confidence as soon as possible to discuss your needs.

You can find out more information about reasonable adjustments across the Civil Service here: https://www.civil-service-careers.gov.uk/reasonable-adjustments/

Stage 2: Interview

Success Profiles

You will be invited to a (single) remote interview

Behaviours, Ability, Experience and Strengths will be tested at interview. There will be a 5-10 Presentation.

The Behaviours tested during the interview stage will be: -

• Seeing the Big Picture
• Communicating and Influencing
• Working Together
  
  

Once this job has closed, the job advert will no longer be available. You may want to save a copy for your records.

Please note you will not be able to upload your CV. You must complete the application form in as much detail as possible. Please do not email us your CV.

Eligibility Criteria

External 

Open to all external applicants (anyone) from outside the Civil Service (including by definition internal applicants).  

Location

Hybrid any Core HQ

This role is being offered as hybrid working based at any of our Core HQ’s. We offer great flexible working opportunities at UKHSA and operate using a hybrid working model where business needs allow. This provides us with greater flexibility about how and where we work, to get the best from our workforce.

As a hybrid worker, you will be expected to spend a minimum of 60% of your contractual working hours (approximately 3 days a week pro rata, (averaged over a month) working at one of UKHSA's core HQ’s (Birmingham, Leeds, Liverpool, and London)

Our core HQ offices are modern and newly refurbished with excellent city centre transport link and benefit from benefit from co-location with other government departments such as the Department for Health and Social Care (DHSC).

Security Clearance Level Requirement

Successful candidates must pass a disclosure and barring security check.

Successful candidates must meet the security requirements before they can be appointed. The level of security needed is Basic Personnel Security Standard.

International Police check

If you have spent more than 6 months abroad over the last 3 years you may need an International Police Check. This would not necessarily have to be in a single block, and it could be time accrued over that period.

Artificial Intelligence (AI)

Your application may be rejected and/or you may be subject to disciplinary action if evidence of plagiarism is detected. Examples of plagiarism can include presenting the ideas and experience of others, or generated by artificial intelligence (AI), as your own.

Internal Fraud check

If successful for this role as one aspect of pre-employment screening, applicant’s personal details – name, national insurance number and date of birth - will be checked against the Cabinet Office Internal Fraud Hub and anyone included on the database will be refused employment unless they can show exceptional circumstances. Currently this is only for External candidates to the Civil Service.

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

Security

Successful candidates must undergo a criminal record check.

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

Successful candidates must undergo a criminal record check.

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) (opens in a new window)
• 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 (opens in a new window)

Working for the Civil Service

The Civil Service Code (opens in a new window) 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 (opens in a new window).

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.

The Civil Service Code (opens in a new window) 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 (opens in a new window).

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 (opens in a new window) and the Civil Service Diversity and Inclusion Strategy (opens in a new window).

The Civil Service welcomes applications from people who have recently left prison or have an unspent conviction. Read more about prison leaver recruitment (opens in new window).

Once this job has closed, the job advert will no longer be available. You may want to save a copy for your records.

Contact point for applicants

Job Contact

• Name : Chris Williams
• Email : [email protected]
  
  

Recruitment team

• Email : [email protected]
  
  

Further information

The law requires that selection for appointment to the Civil Service is on merit on the basis of fair and open competition as outlined in the Civil Service Commission's Recruitment Principles. If you feel your application has not been treated in accordance with the Recruitment Principles, and you wish to make a complaint, in the first instance, you should contact UKHSA Public Accountability Unit via email: [email protected] If you are not satisfied with the response you receive from the Department, you can contact the Civil Service Commission: Visit the Civil Service Commission website: https://civilservicecommission.independent.gov.uk