Finance Business Partner

We have a great opportunity for someone to join our finance business partnering team as a Finance Business Partner. As part of this dynamic team you will set a high bar for finance business partnering across the civil service. This will be a prominent role in HMLR working with business leaders and budget managers., In this important role you will report into a Senior Finance Business Partner, delivering a high-quality finance business partnering service to the organisation, providing high quality financial analysis, and supporting and driving effective business decision making and strong financial management and planning. The role involves building and maintaining strong working relationships with budget managers and other stakeholders at all levels across the organisation.
Through this role there will be plenty of opportunities to continue your financial continual professional development from structured course to cross team learning., We'll assess you against these behaviours during the selection process:
+ Working Together
+ Communicating and Influencing
+ Delivering at Pace
+ Seeing the Big Picture, + Are you a CCAB (or equivalent) qualified accountant?
Please complete the CV to include your work history and qualifications and complete the Personal Statement within the online application form before 11:55pm on 19 November 2024.
The Personal Statement section (in no more than 750 words) should be used to demonstrate how you meet the following essential Experience criteria:
+ Strong ability to interpret, analyse, simplify and present complex financial information to non-finance staff at all levels of the organisation.
+ Experience as a skilled finance professional, with strong analytical ability and commercial awareness with a focus on value for money.
+ Ability to exercise sound judgement in providing financial support and advice, effectively using data, balancing the need to challenge and support teams appropriately.
In the event of a high volume of applications for this vacancy, an initial sift will be conducted on the lead essential experience criteria:
+ Strong ability to interpret, analyse, simplify and present complex financial information to non-finance staff at all levels of the organisation.
Only those applications that pass the initial sift will be fully sifted.
Please review your application form before clicking ‘submit’ –once you have submitted, you will not be able to amend your application. Ensure your application form is received by the closing date for receipt of applications –this is 11:55pm on the advertised date.
The sift will take place shortly after the closing date.
The final stage will consist of a pre-prepared presentation and blended interview, which will be conducted as a video interview using MS Teams. We expect interviews to take place during the week commencing the 2nd December 2024.
The topic for the pre-prepared presentation will be provided to candidates invited to interview.
The blended interview will assess the essential Experience criteria and Behaviours listed in the ‘Person Specification’ as well as the strengths associated with the role.
We want to hear your first, unrehearsed, natural response to strength questions, and so we don’t advertise which strengths are being tested. The best way to prepare for strengths questions is to reflect on what you identify as your own personal strengths, and your preferred ways of working.
Candidates may refer to notes within their video interview, but they should be used as a prompt only.
HMLR is accredited to the Disability Confident Scheme, which denotes organisations which have a positive attitude towards disabled people. Disabled applicants who meet the minimum essential criteria at the shortlisting stage are guaranteed an invitation to interview.
If you require the panel to consider a reasonable adjustment or there is anything else you would like the panel to take into consideration, you are asked to notify us of this at application stage where possible or during the process as soon as it becomes a requirement.
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Security
Successful candidates must undergo a criminal record check.
People working with government assets must complete baseline personnel security standard (opens in new window) checks.

Nationality requirements
This job is broadly open to the following groups:
+ UK nationals
+ nationals of the Republic of Ireland
+ nationals of Commonwealth countries who have the right to work in the UK
+ nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities with settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS) (opens in a new window)
+ nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities who have made a valid application for settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS)
+ individuals with limited leave to remain or indefinite leave to remain who were eligible to apply for EUSS on or before 31 December 2020
+ Turkish nationals, and certain family members of Turkish nationals, who have accrued the right to work in the Civil Service
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Working for the Civil Service
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We recruit by merit on the basis of fair and open competition, as outlined in the Civil Service Commission's recruitment principles (opens in a new window).
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.
The Civil Service also offers a Redeployment Interview Scheme to civil servants who are at risk of redundancy, and who meet the minimum requirements for the advertised vacancy.

Diversity and Inclusion
The Civil Service is committed to attract, retain and invest in talent wherever it is found. To learn more please see the Civil Service People Plan (opens in a new window) and the Civil Service Diversity and Inclusion Strategy (opens in a new window).

To be successful in this role you will be a CCAB (or equivalent) qualified accountant and have proficient Microsoft Excel skills. Through your experience as a skilled finance professional, you will have strong analytical ability and commercial awareness. You will have a strong ability to interpret, analyse, simplify, and present complex financial information to non-finance staff at all levels of the organisation. Additionally, you will have a strong focus on ensuring value for money is always considered. You can quickly build and maintain strong working relationships with a wide range of stakeholders, adapting communication styles to have maximum impact and establish yourself as a trusted, credible advisor. Can exercise sound judgement in providing financial support and advice, effectively using data, balancing the need to challenge and support teams appropriately. Experienced in training and coaching to build financial capability in an organisation., Are you a CCAB (or equivalent) qualified accountant?

Alongside your salary of £41,887, HM Land Registry contributes £12,134 towards you being a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme. Find out what benefits a Civil Service Pension provides.
#WeAreHMLR
At HM Land Registry our vision is a world leading property market as part of a thriving economy and a sustainable future. We are unique in terms of the economic and social impacts of our work, our ability to make a positive difference to the lives of our customers, our sense of mission, and our great people. They are the foundation of all we have achieved and all we aspire to in the future. We want our people to feel proud to work for HM Land Registry and able to fulfil their full potential.
We have a strong and positive culture, a commitment to inclusivity, an emphasis on continuous learning and development, and flexible ways of working. We offer competitive pay and annual leave, attractive pension options and a wide range of other benefits.
+ We have integrity – we value honesty, trust and doing the right thing in the right way.
+ We drive innovation – we are forward-thinking, embrace change and are continually improving our processes.
+ We are professional – we value and grow our knowledge and professional expertise.
+ We give assurance – we guarantee our services and provide confidence to the property market.
You can find more information on our rewards package on our website.