Planning, Fiscal Events & Reporting Strategic Finance Advisor
| Posting date: | 15 April 2024 |
|---|---|
| Salary: | £40,201 to £47,986 per year |
| Additional salary information: | National: £40,201 - £43,347 Inner London: £45,724 - £47,986 Civil Servants applying on promotion will usually be appointed to the salary minimum or within 10% of existing salary. New Entrants to the Civil Service will start on the band minimum. |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 29 April 2024 |
| Location: | London |
| Company: | Government Recruitment Service |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 342917/5 |
Summary
We want to maximise the potential of everyone who chooses to work for us and offer a range of flexible working patterns and support to make a fulfilling career at DWP accessible.
Diverse perspectives and experiences are critical to our success and welcome applications from all people and backgrounds with the experience and skills needed to perform this role.
As one of the largest government Departments, almost every individual in the UK is a direct customer of DWP at some point in their lives. DWP’s mission is to improve people’s quality of life, now and in the future.
We seek to be an exemplar of the modern Civil Service, building on our achievements for the benefit of those we serve. At our best, we care, deliver, adapt, work together and value everyone, and seek to ensure these values guide the way we serve our country, communities, and fellow citizens.
The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) is one of the largest Departments in Whitehall, providing services and support to around 20 million people. Responsible for delivering benefit payments worth over £256 billion a year, to administer this system, we have a DEL budget of over £9 billion in 2023/24.
DWP is looking to fill one role as part of the Planning, Fiscal Events and Reporting (PFER) Team within the Strategic Finance Directorate.
Places for Growth and Social Mobility
As part of the Places for Growth Programme, we are committed to delivering a more geographically diverse Civil and Public Service that will better serve the public and ministers. As part of this initiative, we are continuously reviewing how we recruit into each location.
This role will sit in the Departmental Expenditure Limit (DEL) Spending Team who lead the Department’s medium-term financial strategy. This includes setting and executing the strategy for Summer and Winter Planning Rounds and supporting fiscal events, as well as leading preparations and developing a spending review strategy for the Department to maximise funding for DWP objectives. The role balances financial and analytical capabilities, alongside strategic thinking and project management.
The team are responsible for building strong relationships and leading key processes and products across the Department. We aim to communicate requirements and expectations clearly and provide valuable advice, challenge and support, and strategic insight to deliver quality outputs to time, often with tight deadlines for delivery.
This is a generalist role and therefore we are not looking for someone with a professional accounting qualification however we are looking for individuals who are comfortable working with numbers. The Department has opportunities for those that would like to pursue a financial qualification.
All PFER staff members are also expected to support the work of the Division in ways which reflect emerging priorities and therefore flexibility across the Division is incredibly important.
The successful candidate will be able to:
- Own the financial allocations figures and audit trails to support with reconciliation and analysis and provide challenge on the Department’s future years financial position.
- Lead the processes and products to support Financial Planning, Fiscal Events and build and maintain the single point of contact relationship with their counterparts in HMT.
- Lead the delivery of set pieces, commissioning work, leading the collation of responses/outputs and resolving issues presented.
- Understand the big picture of the delivery for their team and commission and collate with confidence, often asking senior stakeholders (including the Executive Team or someone on their behalf) in the Department to complete delivery, sometimes on short deadlines.
- Work independently, proactively, passionately and confidently on high-profile areas across the Department and lead others to achieve quality and on time delivery of outputs;
- Be comfortable and confident in working at pace to manage a full workload with conflicting short and long-term priorities.
- Build positive relationships with partners in other teams, and influencing others through excellent interpersonal and communication skills, tailored to the recipient. This includes the ability to critically consider and confidently challenge stakeholders regarding their delivery or information and translating across functions to obtain a joined-up approach.
- Influence policy development and decisions, using analytical skills and different evidence sources to provide ministers or senior officials with high-quality advice through written and oral briefings to Ministers and/or senior officials.
- Lead collaboratively with structure, by constructing clear timelines and processes, with interdependencies and owners, to lead others to successful delivery with clear products and outcomes for the process.
- Foster and lead a culture of knowledge sharing and collaboration between policy, programmes, the business, finance and other corporate services.
Postings
Posting will be made in merit order by location, this will be based on the geographical requirement at the time. A reserve list may be held for a period of 6 months from which further appointments can be made. Reserve list candidates will be posted in merit order by location. Successful candidates will be posted to a specific role and will have the opportunity to express a preference as part of the selection process, although final decisions may come down to business need, and the skills and development needs of candidates. Standard promotion rules will apply, and successful candidates will be placed on the pay scale and terms and conditions of DWP. The roles available will be based in:
- Birmingham – 3 Arena Central, B1 2AX.
- Blackpool – Peel Park, Brunel Way, FY4 5ES.
- Leeds – Quarry House, Quarry Hill, West Yorkshire, LS2 7UA.
- Manchester – 2 St Peter's Square, M2 3AA.
- Newcastle – Benton Park View, NE98 1YX.
- Sheffield – Hartshead Square, South Yorkshire, S1 2FD.
- London – Caxton House, 6-12 Tothill Street, London, SW1H 9NA.
- Cardiff - Treforest, Tŷ Taf, The Willowford, Treforest Industrial Estate, Pontypridd, CF37 5YN.
For jobs located in Wales the ability to speak Welsh is desirable.