Summary

HMRC is the UK's tax, payments and customs authority, and we have a vital purpose: we collect the money that pays for our public services and help families and individuals with targeted financial support!

Borders & Trade

We are recruiting a high calibre finance professional to join as a Finance Business Partner within the Borders & Trade Group. Borders and Trade brings together areas from across the department to design and develop the infrastructure, systems and processes required to support our borders and facilitate trade between the UK and the rest of the world!

Job description

Our ideal candidate will work with the group providing financial information, advice, challenge and assurance to enable effective decision making. You will champion a value for money culture and embed a robust financial planning management and control regime throughout the department.

We need a strong leader who is a clear communicator and can quickly build collaborative relationships with a range of partners. A problem solver who can come up with innovative solutions and someone able to use data and financial analysis to drive effective decisions is key for the ideal candidate. You will be comfortable working at pace but also able to lead your team to deliver key monthly tasks.

This is an exciting and unique opportunity to make your mark in a high-profile government priority area. The work is fast-paced, and you’ll make a difference by adding value and influencing strategic decisions to ensure that we deliver on key commitments.

Responsibilities

Your responsibilities will include:

• Developing a firm understanding of the business to ensure insight can be provided to senior leaders. This includes identifying cost drivers and the causes of demand to inform decisions on spend.
• Supporting, scrutinising and challenging the directorate in producing robust forecasts ensuring that we are effectively linking our finance performance to the delivery of the Department’s, Directorates and Projects objectives.
• Working closely with Directors and Project Leads, providing 'real time' support and positioning yourself as a trusted adviser.
• Work closely with commercial colleagues to manage supplier performance, contract changes and support and influence decision making.
• Provide robust financial management and sound financial analysis to support decision-making.
• Providing support on the development of business cases, leading on costings and ensuring value for money.
• Ensuring that internal control and governance procedures are understood and followed as the first line of defence for financial management.
• Line management of a small team, overseeing their work and supporting their development.
• Regular reporting to Programme Board, HMT and Cabinet Office.
• Working alongside policy and project leads to develop robust proposals for fiscal events, including ahead of the next spending review.

Essential Criteria

• A CCAB qualified accountant or equivalent or be willing to work towards a finance qualification .
• Be a credible and authentic leader, with the ability to articulate vision, engage and motivate to deliver results.
• Show the ability and willingness to make difficult decisions and stand by them, communicating effectively to inspire colleagues and partners to achieve desired outcomes.
• Show that you have the skills to provide insight and clear strategic understanding to ensure financial objectives are embedded into the decision-making process.
• Show the ability to build a network of relationships across organisational boundaries that support collaborative working in order to deliver.
• Recognise change as an opportunity to deliver efficiency and innovation acting as an agent for change when you identify the chance to protect, drive and add value.
• Ability to provide commercial insight and understanding, working with partners in a constructive way.
• Highly organised and can deliver at pace.

Desirable Criteria

• Prior experience working in a business partnering or strategic finance role is desirable.
• Significant experience working in a finance department is desirable. 

Behaviours

We'll assess you against these behaviours during the selection process:

• Communicating and Influencing
• Seeing the Big Picture
• Delivering at Pace
• Making Effective Decisions
• Working Together

Benefits

• Learning and development tailored to your role
• An environment with flexible working options
• A culture encouraging inclusion and diversity
• A Civil Service pension