# Finance Business Partner

**Company**: Department for Work and Pensions
**Location**: Birmingham, West Midlands, England; Blackpool, Lancashire, North West, England; Leeds, West Yorkshire, Yorkshire and the Humber, England; City of Westminster, Greater London, England; Manchester, Greater Manchester, North West, England; Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear, North East, England; Sheffield, South Yorkshire, Yorkshire and the Humber, England
**Work arrangement**: hybrid
**Experience**: senior
**Job type**: Flexible
**Salary**: GBP 44,447 - 60,413 per year
**Category**: Finance
**Industry**: Finance

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## Description

We are looking for an experienced, qualified finance professional to join our small team providing financial support to DWP’s Service Delivery, Change Finance and Shared Services, and Automated Buying, Business Services and External Resources Commercial functions covering a portfolio of c £2.8bn.

The successful candidate will provide advice and insight on the financial implications of commercial contracts and commercial strategy decisions. Responsibilities will involve providing support throughout the commercial lifecycle, including procurement stages, pricing approaches, evaluation of bids, assessment of supplier viability, financial analysis and in-life management of contracts.

The role involves working in multi-disciplinary teams across the department and is a fantastic opportunity for anyone looking to hone their commercial skills.

**Responsibilities:**

- Providing finance support to complex procurements including contributing to the development of payment mechanisms, drafting tender documents, and financial evaluation.

- Providing ‘Should Cost’ analysis and contributing to Delivery Model Assessments to determine the most appropriate delivery method for the service.

- Providing analysis of financial statements and opinion on the relative strength and ongoing financial viability of suppliers.

- Reviewing and analysing Supplier financial and operational data on a regular and ad-hoc basis to ensure the department is gaining the maximum economic value from existing contracts.

- Working collaboratively within a small team of finance professionals, contributing to joint team and corporate objectives.

- Assisting in keeping DWP safe by reviewing commercial activity against financial accounting policies, and published guidance such as Managing Public Money, highlighting any concerns.

- Providing advice and insight to support data driven decision making and working collaboratively with other functional experts at all levels to deliver shared objectives.

- Demonstrating professional and personal credibility and generating confidence in senior stakeholders.

**Requirements:**

- Experience of analysing and modelling complex financial information in a commercial environment, using techniques such as value-for-money analysis, should-cost modelling and sensitivity analysis.

- Experience of reviewing supplier proposals and underlying cost bases to develop pricing mechanisms or challenge contract costs.

- Experience of working across boundaries with multidisciplinary teams and collaborating with subject matter experts towards a common goal.

- Ability to communicate complex financial data, concepts and risks clearly to non-financial audiences demonstrating credibility to stakeholders at all levels.

**Qualifications:**

- A full chartered level professional qualification awarded by a UK-recognised accountancy body: CIMA, ICAEW, ACCA, CIPFA, ICAS or Chartered Accountants Ireland.

**Benefits:**

- Competitive salary: GBP 44,447 - 60,413 per year

- Comprehensive benefits package

## Skills

### Required
- financial analysis
- commercial contracts
- procurement
- supplier management

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