HR Budget Manager
| Posting date: | 12 December 2025 |
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| Salary: | £42,665 to £50,495 per year |
| Additional salary information: | National: £42,665 - £46,765, London: £46,060 - £50,495. For details of our pay on appointment policy, please see below under the heading ‘Salary’. |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 05 January 2026 |
| Location: | Warrington |
| Company: | Government Recruitment Service |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 439983/9 |
Summary
The HR Budget Manager is a pivotal position leading the financial management of Defra Group HR’s budget. Sound financial management of HR’s budget enables our delivery to the rest of Defra group. You will lead financial forecasting, financial management activities, and you will monitor spend to ensure it aligns with HR’s strategic priorities. You will be part of the business management team, who strongly encourage innovation and new ways of thinking. We are on a mission to innovate and automate our processes to deliver better results.
As the HR Budget Manager, you will play a key role in overseeing and optimising our financial processes. You will be responsible for day-to-day financial management activities as well as longer-term budget planning.
Day-to-day financial management activities include:
- Being responsible for Prompt Payment metrics for HR and ensuring that HR invoices are paid in line with government time commitments
- Leading on recharging; recovering costs from other organisations into HR’s budget
- Leading in responding to queries from the HR community on financial matters
- Purchase order management
Other strategic activities include:
- Working with senior leaders in budget forecasting to anticipate future spend
- Analysing transactions to identify spending trends to report to senior leaders
- Supporting the process of allocating HR’s budget between budget holders
- Apportioning costs to Defra’s Arms-Length Bodies
- Upskilling the HR community in financial management to achieve better outcomes
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