Senior Finance Business Partner inNottingham inNottingham PUBLISHED
FRI 10 JAN 2025
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This position also requires maintaining expertise in various financial systems and participating in the business planning process and risk management activities. The Senior Finance Business Partner will work closely with the Deputy Director, providing essential financial insights and serving as a critical resource for the preparation of business cases and financial estimates. The role is part of the HRA Resources directorate, which combines various functions to support the organisation effectively. Applicants must demonstrate how they meet the essential criteria specified in the job description, as applications will be evaluated solely on submitted forms—CVs are not considered.
The Senior Finance Business Partner will be responsible for managing the finances relating to our digital transformation including Research Systems Programme (RSP) and digital team financial area, a highly complex and strategically important activity. This includes investigating and advising on highly complex issues and providing corporate reports, strategic financial and business planning advice in this area.
The Senior Finance Business Partner will be responsible for leading the overall management and performance of finance for our digital transformation including digital team and RSP, a highly strategic and financially complex programme. This includes preparing strategic and operational financial information, providing high quality business partnering services to RSP senior budget holder and senior team members and offering critical friend challenge and added value to financial estimates, budgets and forecasts.
They will ensure that they maintain an excellent level of strategic, technical and operational expertise over the financial, employee record and expenses systems in operation.
They will provide a framework of assurance to the Director and Deputy Director including supporting the business planning process, risk management and ensuring compliance with policy and quality management documents.
The post holder will provide high quality, expert technical expertise, advice and challenge to support the preparation of programme business case(s) including responding to subject matter expert requests from DHSC Strategic Finance team.
They will fully support the Deputy Director in providing HRA with financial information including reporting, complex analysis and forecasting as well as general financial support and will provide cover for the Deputy Director as necessary.
About us
This role sits within the HRA Resources directorate which consists of various functions that work collaboratively to provide and deliver a range of services to staff committee members and suppliers of goods and services to the organisation.
The directorate functions are:
- HR
- Finance
- Governance
- Commercial
- Equality & Diversity
- Learning & Development.
To find out more and to understand the full duties of the role, please refer to the job description attached.
In submitting your application with us, please note the following:
We currently do not accept applications via recruitment agencies.
We do not hold a sponsorship licence and are unable to offer employment under any sponsorship arrangement.
Where applicants fail to demonstrate how they meet any one of the essential criteria of the person specification, the application will not be shortlisted. You will be considered based only on the information in your application form. CVs will not be considered.
The HRA reserves the right to close this vacancy early should it receive a sufficient number of applications.
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