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Finance Business Partner

Job details
Posting date: 30 May 2025
Salary: £42,402 per year
Additional salary information: An additional £4,000 (fully qualified) or £1,000 (part-qualified) in accountancy allowance (subject to evidence of full membership or up to date exam records/student membership).
Hours: Full time
Closing date: 15 June 2025
Location: RG1 7EB
Company: Government Recruitment Service
Job type: Permanent
Job reference: 407624/1

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Summary

We are looking for a highly motivated and experienced individual to be part of TRA’s small and dynamic Finance & Commercial Team. As the Finance Business Partner (FBP); you will work with TRA’s Budget Holders – using your finance expertise to build effective relationships with them and ensure effective operation of TRA’s financial and budgetary controls.

Working closely with colleagues to influence key decisions to support robust decision-making, you will ensure sound financial management is maintained across our organisation. You will report to our Management Accounts Lead and support our Head of Finance & Commercial, providing critical support across TRA.

As a FBP, you will manage our month end processes along with supporting on management accounts duties.

This is a key role, supporting TRA’s ExCo and other budget holders to manage their non-pay budgets.


  • Lead on monthly management accounting and month-end responsibilities such as ensuring accruals/prepayments journals are posted accurately with supporting evidence, carrying out general ledger analysis, informing budget managers of actual spend reporting.
  • Lead the bi-monthly non-pay forecasting and management reporting process such as preparing the management information packs, carrying out budgets vs actuals variance analysis, preparing budget performance commentary.
  • Support year end processes such as capturing material accruals and prepayments adjustments, closing the ledgers.
  • Provide training and support to the business on key financial processes.
  • Support Financial Reporting Lead with year-end audits.
  • Liaise with sponsor department on forecasting discussions, including forecasts and actuals reporting in the central forecasting system (Enterprise Performance Management-EPM).

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