Building and maintaining key relationships, in particular developing trust and rapport. This includes managing expectation of senior managers and stakeholders.
G6 FBPs will typically have responsibility across a specific part of the Department, for Financial advice, planning and reporting. They develop a good understanding of the areas of the business they support, and build and maintain strong relationships at a senior level in their areas of responsibility, across the department, and beyond. They will bring insight and influence to bear through effective advice, presentation and communication, enabling them to ensure finance is considered in commercial and operational decisions at all key stages.
G6 FBPs will have responsibility across part of the Department, for financial planning, reporting and advice. They have a good understanding of the business area and focus on complex or high risk issues. They maintain strong relationships with senior and wider stakeholders, bring insight and influence through effective communication, and ensure Finance is considered in strategic, commercial and operational decisions.
Suitable for staff with the required skills and/or experience in a Strategic Financial Role.
Essential:
Building and maintaining key relationships, in particular developing trust and rapport. This includes managing expectation of senior managers and stakeholders.
Developing a good understanding of the business, seeking out opportunities to better understand the commercial and operational drivers.
Providing strategic advice and analysis on financial impact, performance and risk to senior stakeholders and through this contributing to strategic direction of the wider business area. This includes supporting accurate current and multi-year financial forecasts and plans.
Responsibility for providing timely, accurate and clearly communicated financial management information and analysis, making full use of available data and analytics tools, to support recommendations to drive efficiency and effectiveness through value added insight and advice.
Working closely with leads on major projects, policies and programmes to ensure sound business cases are developed and monitored with strong commercial focus, options appraisal risk management, internal control and that governance procedures are followed.
Leading a Business Partner team effectively to ensure effective support and advice to the business, effective engagement with other Finance teams, and opportunities for continual improvement are identified and pursued.
For details of Behaviours read the Success Profiles guidance on GOV.UK.
Seeing the Big Picture
Leadership
Communicating and Influencing
Making effective decisions
Working Together
Managing a Quality Service
Developing Self and Others
Ability to influence and make impact at senior levels through excellent interpersonal and communication skills including building and maintaining networks and relationships.
Excellent oral and written communication skills, including the ability to put complex financial issues into layman's terms for non-specialist audiences.
A collaborative approach to problem solving and the ability to consider a number of options and scenarios in order to achieve effective outcomes.
Leadership, and the ability to motivate and develop a diverse finance team and promote excellence.
Leading, promoting and embedding the use and value of data and analytics, in particular as part of senior level reporting. Identifying additional data sources and tools to support specific programmes or areas of spend, keeping aware of developments and changes in technology.
Key for Levels of Professional Skills
A = Awareness
W = Working
P = Practitioner
E = Expert
| Subheadings | Professional Skills | Level | Learning Resources |
|---|---|---|---|
| Core | Budgeting, Forecasting and Costing | P | |
| Commercial acumen | P | ||
| Investment appraisal and evaluation | P | ||
| Strategic analysis and insight | P | ||
| Performance and Risk management | P | ||
| Accounting officer responsibilities | W | ||
| Oral and Written Presentation skills | E | ||
| Data and analytics interpretation | E | ||
| Useful | Taxation | W | |
| Interpretation of accounts | W | ||
| Government financial reporting | W | ||
| Supporting the PAC agenda | W | ||
| Understanding the role of NAO | W | ||
| Risk management and Fraud | W |
Essential:
Working towards qualification
Experience in a relevant strategic financial role
Accelerated qualification is available for G6s and SCS1 with the relevant experience.
This role may be suitable for FBP G7s and other individuals at G7 or G6 with strong relationship building skills, reporting/analytical skills and strategic thinking.
This role is not suitable for non-finance professionals or individuals without significant finance experience.
Staff in this role typically move into: