Senior Finance Manager
| Posting date: | 09 June 2025 |
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| Salary: | £42,848 per year |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 22 June 2025 |
| Location: | Swansea |
| Company: | Government Recruitment Service |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 407639/1 |
Summary
Can you communicate complex financial information to a variety of audiences?
Are you looking for a dynamic and rewarding career?
If so, we would love to hear from you!
We offer a modern, flexible working environment with a strong focus on continuous improvement and professional development. You’ll be part of a welcoming, innovative team that values collaboration, agility, and high-quality service.
With access to formal training, mentoring, and shadowing opportunities, we’re committed to helping you reach your full potential.
Finance and Assurance Services (FAS) Directorate is at the heart of Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency’s (DVLA’s) decision-making—providing expert financial insight and assurance to support strategic goals and deliver value for money.
We are looking for a senior finance manager to join our Business Finance Support Team in the FAS Directorate. Our team has a wide remit, and we work with a vast range of internal and external stakeholders to ensure excellence in finance business partnering.
Of the functional accountabilities set out in the role profile attached, this role relates primarily to providing a comprehensive support and advice service to business areas, customers and stakeholders and collate, monitor and interpret data, providing reports where necessary.
Responsibilities
Your responsibilities will include but will not be limited to:
- Financial Analysis and Reporting – preparing financial reports, forecasts, and variance analysis to provide clear insights into business performance for each of the directorates
- Budgeting and Forecasting – assisting with the development, and providing assurance over, current and future year budgets and forecasts, helping to ensure that the Directorate and Agency financial goals are met
- Stakeholder Collaboration – acting as a trusted advisor to non-financial managers, helping them understand financial information and how it impacts on their directorate and the Agency as a whole
- Strategic Planning – contributing to the Agency’s strategic planning process by contributing to Spending Reviews, Business Cases and reporting on Risks, Pressures and Opportunities for the Support Functions
- Continuous Improvement – identify areas for improvement in financial processes to increase efficiency and accuracy
You may also be required to develop financial models, support the implementation of financial processes, and offer expert guidance on financial policies, procedures, and processes.
At present, there are no line management duties associated with this role; however, this may evolve over time.
For further information about the role please see the attached role profile.
Additional Information
Applications will be accepted from full time/part time/job sharers. Full time roles at DVLA consist of 37 hours per week. Part time and/or flexible working may also be available subject to the needs of the business. If you have a flexible or part time working requirement, you should contact the vacancy holder in advance of making an application to avoid possible disappointment later in the process should your desired working arrangements not be compatible with the requirements of the role. To contact the vacancy holder, please use the job contact details listed under ‘Contact point for applicants’.
Great line management is important to us as an organisation, and we will equip and support line managers to develop the skills set out in the Civil Service Line Management Standards. We aim to empower line managers to create teams where people can flourish and deliver excellent outcomes for the public.
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