Strategic Finance & Risk

Sheffield, Yorkshire
REED Talent Solutions

Strategic Finance & Risk

SEO: £39,000 – £42,900

Permanent

Are you a finance professional looking for your next challenge? Do you have great communication skills? Are you looking to work for an organisation that helps to improve people’s lives? Then look no further, as the Home Office could be the place for you.

The Finance Directorate is one of the most dynamic and forward-looking places to work. They provide professional finance advice and challenge which ensures that the Home Office delivers value for money to the taxpayer.

The team are recruiting a variety of exciting new positions within Strategic Finance Strategic & Risk, Accounting Operations, Finance Business Partnering, Fees & Income and Portfolio & Programme finance for dynamic and innovative people.

Location:

Home Office can offer various locations:

• Sheffield – Millsands, Sheffield, S3 8NU (Vulcan House)
• Manchester – Soapworks, Colgate Lane, Salford, M5 3LZ (Soapworks)
• Liverpool – Shannon Court, 10 Princes Parade, Princes Dock, Liverpool, L3 1QY (The Capital)
• Stoke – Smithfield, ST1 4FD (Smithfield Two)

Working Pattern – Full Time, Part Time, Flexible Working, Hybrid Working

Strategic Finance & Risk

The Strategic Finance & Risk team is a central finance function that combines finance with strategy within a political context and significant Ministerial interest.

• They lead the department’s relationship with HM Treasury and have the overarching objectives of securing the future funding requirements for the Home Office; ensuring resources are allocated to ministerial priorities; supporting the Department to achieve maximum value for money; delivering on an ambitious productivity and efficiency programme; and owning the department’s risk reporting and management processes.
• The team is comprised of finance professionals, as well as colleagues from operational backgrounds and strategy. This means that we benefit from a diverse skills-set.

Person Specification

Essential

• A proven track record of providing high quality financial analysis and advice across a wide range of complex business and financial issues.

• Excellent stakeholder management and strong interpersonal skills, including experience of providing professional finance and corporate services to senior stakeholders and influencing business decisions.

• Ability to ensure plans and activities in your area of work reflect wider strategic priorities and communicate effectively with senior leaders to influence future strategies

• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills which are tailored to the recipient

• Strong organisational skills with experience of working in a fast-paced environment with a proven track record of delivering quality outputs to tight deadlines.

• Good coaching and leadership skills with the ability to effectively develop strong and collaborative relationships within own team and wider.

• Experience of fostering a culture of knowledge sharing and collaboration between the business, finance and other corporate services

• Excellent Excel skills and a strong rounded knowledge of IT and accounting packages

Desirable

• Qualifications: CCAB or CIMA qualified, part qualified or currently studying for one of these qualifications.

• Experience of working with Oracle financial systems.

Benefits

The Home Office understands that excellent results can only be achieved by investing in and retaining the people who work for them.

Apart from crunching the numbers that shape big decisions, they look after the interests of their staff. They invest in training and development to enhance skills and offer a good work-life balance to improve well-being and staff retention. As well as a competitive salary, you’ll enjoy:

• Generous holiday allowance – 25 days annual leave, rising to 30 days after 5 years’ service in addition to 8 public holidays and one privilege day

• Civil Service Pension schemes – Contribute to the Civil Service Pension Scheme and in addition to your personal contribution, we’ll pay in a substantial contribution each month up to 27.9%

• A good work-life balance – family-friendly working options including flexible working arrangements.

• Hybrid working – 40% office-based working

• Career development and progression – on and off-site training courses and opportunities to gain qualifications and professional accreditations

• A strong ethos of diversity and inclusion

You will also have access to benefits such as:

• Season ticket and rental deposit loans

• Cycle to work and payroll giving

• Staff reward vouchers and support networks

• Up to 5 days’ paid volunteering leave

• Employee discounts with many retailers

• Maternity, adoption or shared parental leave up to 26 weeks’ full pay followed by 13 weeks of statutory pay and a further 13 weeks unpaid

• Maternity and adoption support leave (paternity leave) of 2 weeks’ full pay

Disability Confident Scheme

The Civil Service embraces diversity and promotes equal opportunities. As such, we run a Disability Confident Scheme (DCS) for candidates with disabilities who meet the minimum selection criteria.

Therefore if a person with disabilities is at a substantial disadvantage compared to a non-disabled person, we have a duty to make reasonable changes to our processes.

Please note, clicking the application link, you will be directed to Civil Service Jobs whereby you can read through the full details regarding the various vacancies within the Finance Directorate at the Home Office. It is strongly advised you read through the advert thoroughly.