Senior Finance Business Partner 30 views

The Senior Finance Business Partner is a trusted advisor to the business and is expected to have strong interpersonal skills, capable of translating and presenting complex financial information clearly. You will provide valuable financial advice, strategic insights, and business solutions to directors and other budget holders.

You will support DVSA to deliver assurance on the financial position and performance of the Service/Business so that effective action is taken on a timely basis. This role will help ensure high quality financial management is embedded throughout the business and that regular, robust, timely financial information and insight is provided to key stakeholders to enable quality decision-making.

Responsibilities include but are not limited to: 

• You will be a trusted advisor to the business and develop significant business expertise.
• You will build and maintain key relationships with internal and external stakeholders, manage senior managers’ and stakeholders’ expectations, and develop a deep understanding of the business’s commercial and operational drivers.
• You will carry out sufficient analysis and challenge to demonstrate Business and Medium-Term plans are affordable within Spending Review totals, are central case estimates and represent value for money.
• You will provide strategic insight through your deep understanding of the financial data and the external / internal factors that influence the drivers of cost / income.

For more information about the role and responsibilities please see the attached Candidate Pack.

To thrive in this role, you have strong leadership skills and the ability to motivate and develop a diverse finance team and promote excellence. You can comfortably influence at all levels of the business, by using logical persuasion and consensus building within groups.

You are a confident communicator and are comfortable with advising and challenging senior stakeholders, including communicating complex financial issues to non-specialist audiences.

You are highly proficient in using and interpreting data and analytics to support analysis and decision making, identifying gaps in data and reporting, and collaborating with colleagues to develop additional reporting as required.

Additional Information

This role can be based in Birmingham, Bristol, Leeds, Newcastle, Nottingham or Swansea, your presence at one of these locations will form part of the working arrangements agreed with you. We operate a hybrid working model giving you greater flexibility about where and when you work. Our expectation is that you will spend a minimum 60% of your time at your base location. Visits to other DVSA sites or work locations count towards this.

Please note that this role will require the successful applicants to travel across the UK, on occasions, including overnight stays.

Whilst we welcome applications from those looking to work with us on a part time basis, there is a business requirement, for the successful candidate to be able to work at least 30 hours per week.

Please take note that DVSA does not hold a UK Visa & Immigration (UKVI) Skilled Worker License sponsor and are unable to sponsor any individuals for Skilled Worker Sponsorship.