Public Sector Resourcing Hiring for Assistant Finance Business Partner – Inside IR35 Job at Remote Full Time

Assistant Finance Business Partner – Inside IR35

Contract Term: 3 Months

Cabinet Office

Location: Remote

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At the Cabinet Office we support the Prime Minister and the Minister for the Cabinet Office in delivering key objectives and milestones which help to form the wider government. The Cabinet office is both a “corporate centre” for government and a policy department in its own right that challenges, supports, leads and provides services to other Ministerial Departments.

The Cabinet Office currently employs 6,000+ people who are in a variety of roles across the UK

Cabinet Office Finance is responsible for all aspects of the Cabinet Office’s finances, including business and financial planning, performance reporting, in-year financial management, financial accounting, management of Parliamentary Supply, and production of the Cabinet Office’s annual accounts. Cabinet Office Finance is within Assurance, Finance and Controls Group, a multidisciplinary team that brings together finance, commercial and other corporate functions under the leadership of the Cabinet Office Chief Financial Officer.

Within Finance, the Business Partner teams leads engagement with business units across the department. We need to be resourceful, exercise good judgement and have quick reflexes to make sure that senior leaders have the right financial advice at the right time to deliver important and urgent parts of the Government’s agenda. The variety and breadth of the issues we deal makes these fascinating and fast-paced roles.

We are looking for individuals who are enthusiastic, self-starters who will thrive in a fast-paced and dynamic work environment.

The role will cover the following responsibilities:

• Developing a deep knowledge of diverse business areas, their needs and priorities, looking at the bigger picture to make sure that the business understands the financial implications of decisions and available choices.

• Acting as key liaison point between Finance and the business, building in depth understanding of different business areas and performance priorities.

• Providing analysis to support decision making and using benchmarking to highlight opportunities and add value.

• Identifying sustainable cost savings targets and initiatives as part of the business planning cycle.

• Supporting the financial analysis of business areas to prepare for Spending Reviews, risk management and business planning processes.

• Leading on financial reporting, including analysing financial information and preparing summary reporting, ensuring that the leaders of the Cabinet Office are able to make decisions based on accurate financial information.

• Supporting on the construction of business cases through financial challenge and the identification of commercial implications of options considered.

• Assessing accounting implications and providing accounting advice in accordance with international financial reporting standards and central government accounting rules.

• Building financial and commercial awareness of non-finance staff within the business.

Experience and Skills

• A high level of competence in budget management, planning, forecasting and risk identification combined with excellent problem solving skills.

• Well-developed communication, presentation and relationship management skills including an ability to engage effectively with multidisciplinary teams.

• Credibility with senior colleagues and stakeholders and the ability to influence decision-making.

• Excellent technical accounting skills across a wide range of financial disciplines and a proven ability to apply them effectively.

• Strong Excel and data analysis skills combined with a clear understanding of how this should be applied for the benefit of the organization.

• Knowledge of government finance and fiscal events such as spending reviews.

• CCAB, or equivalent, qualified (or with considerable financial/ commercial experience and/or the ability to gain formal CCAB qualifications within a reasonable time.)

If this sounds like something that you would be interested in, please click the link to apply

“In applying for this role you acknowledge the following; this role falls in scope of the Off Payroll Working in the Public Sector legislation. Any rates of payment quoted will reflect the gross rate per day for the assignment, and will be subject to appropriate taxes and statutory costs. As such the payment to the intermediary and your income resulting from this contract will be different.”

Job Type: Full-time

Benefits:

• Work from home

Schedule:

• Monday to Friday