Job Description:

Finance Business Partner - Location: Hybrid working, with 3 days per week on site presence required in either Stratford (East London) or Bristol - 9 months - £585 per day outside IR35

Key responsibilities:

• Providing financial oversight and support to the programme.
• Providing insight and analysis, linking financial data to workstream deliverables. Monitoring the workstreams performance against schedule and financial plan at project and workstream level.
• Contributing to key decisions and reports through financial insight.
• Acting as a financial advisor (technical and operational accounting).
• Responsible for accurate financial reporting and provision of appropriate management information for the projects/workstreams including the provision of monthly finance project/workstream reports that incorporate costs and benefits.
• Provide ad-hoc support to relationship with commercial partners aligning the financial analysis to commercial procurements supporting any requirements for options analysis.
• Provide benefits management (identification, assessment, and tracking). Monitoring of cashable benefits and understanding the metrics that drive the savings.
• Supporting governance such as risk and opportunities quantification, actively managing risks and opportunities against the latest plan and financial forecasts, change control etc.
• Provide asset management (valuation, recording and tracking) and actively manage the balance sheet in line with the workstream deliverables.
• Production of the finance case in business cases and spending proposals.
• Advise on regularity and propriety to protect the Accounting Officer.
• Compliance with accounting standards (e.g. CDEL /RDEL classification; treatment of VAT; treatment of assets under construction)
• Implementation of the corporate system of financial control and ensuring workstream financial controls are efficient and effective.

Key Competencies:

• Experience in the management of stakeholders and budgets across multiple funding streams. Developing and maintaining effective relationships and partnerships to provide financial support and constructive challenge to optimise VFM.
• Experience in providing specialist financial advice, commercial acumen and engaging with experts on behalf of the business and providing advice on key financial planning, processes, and budget setting.
• Experience of working in challenging weakness in process compliance and reporting on control effectiveness and supporting the workstreams to enhance decision-making and increase performance.
• Experience of working in a changing, fast-paced environment, able to manage your own time and priorities and to plan, collaborate, and deliver through others.
• Advanced proficiency in Excel, presentation tools, and strong IT capability.

This temporary contract is outside IR35 and will be delivered on a statement-of-work basis. The supplier will determine the method, resources, and approach to deliver the agreed outcomes

This temporary contract requires the successful candidate to undergo and be eligible for UK Security Vetting at SC level. Clearance sponsorship will be provided where required. Due to the nature of the work, candidates should meet the relevant residency requirements. If applicable, reserved post nationality restrictions will be confirmed by the client. Damia is committed to inclusive recruitment and welcomes applicants from all backgrounds.

More details relating to UK Security Clearance can be found here:

United Kingdom Security Vetting: clearance levels - (url removed)

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Please note that no terminology in this advert is intended to discriminate on the grounds of a person's gender, marital status, race, religion, colour, age, disability or sexual orientation. Every candidate will be assessed only in accordance with their merits, qualifications and ability to perform the duties of the job.

Should the role require the successful candidate to undergo and be eligible for UK Security Vetting. Clearance sponsorship will be provided where required. Due to the nature of the work, candidates should meet the relevant residency requirements. If applicable, Reserved Post nationality restrictions will be confirmed by the client. Damia is committed to inclusive recruitment and welcomes applicants from all backgrounds.

Damia Group is acting as an Employment Business in relation to this vacancy and in accordance to Conduct Regulations 2003.