Summary: The Finance Manager (People Services) role involves managing financial operations within the Government Commercial Function, focusing on payroll recovery and stakeholder collaboration. This position requires overseeing budget management, month-end processes, and compliance while working in a hybrid arrangement. The role is critical for ensuring sound financial management and supporting various projects across government departments. Candidates must hold CTC Clearance and be eligible for security checks.

Key Responsibilities:

• Budget Management and Forecasting: Work closely with budget holders and service delivery teams to manage financial targets effectively.
• Month-End Process: Review, analyse, prepare, and post monthly accruals, prepayments, and other accounting entries; report significant budgetary variances.
• Internal Reporting: Prepare clear, accurate reporting packs; ensure budget holders have access to financial support through regular meetings and updates.
• Finance Business Partnering: Collaborate with stakeholders, build partnerships, maintain strong relationships, and manage data effectively to keep deliverables on track.
• Compliance: Ensure adherence to internal policies, financial reporting standards, and lead audit requirements.
• Financial Modelling: Prepare financial models for pricing projects and achieving deliverables.

Key Skills:

• Fully qualified or near completion of ACA, CIMA, ACCA, CIPFA, or at least AAT qualified with a minimum of two years' post-qualification experience in a financial environment.
• Strong technical ability to create templates, work out adjustments, analyse and reconcile large volumes of data, and understand journals and reconciliations.
• Proven experience in managing finance cycles (monthly, quarterly, annually), budget management, forecasting, and providing high-quality finance business partnering services.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills to convey complex financial information to diverse audiences.
• Strong interpersonal skills to build and maintain relationships with stakeholders, manage conflicts, and influence others effectively.
• Demonstrable experience in using initiative to solve problems, working independently, and being a team player.

Salary (Rate): undetermined

City: London

Country: United Kingdom

Working Arrangements: hybrid

IR35 Status: inside IR35

Seniority Level: undetermined

Industry: Other