Finance Business Partner - Qualified​/Part Qualified Accountant

Birmingham, Blackpool, Leeds, Manchester, Newcastle upon Tyne and Sheffield

For candidates requesting to work in Blackpool Peel Park, please note these roles will initially be based at Blackpool Peel Park and will then move to Blackpool Fylde View by April 2027

For candidates requesting to work in Newcastle, Benton Park View, these roles will be based at 1 Pilgrim Place in Newcastle city centre by the end of 2027.

For candidates requesting to work in Sheffield Hartshead Square, these roles will initially be based at Hartshead Square and then move to 1 West Bar by early 2028

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The Department for Work and Pensions is one of the largest Departments in Whitehall, managing the delivering of benefit payments to citizens totalling over £200bn annually.

As a Finance Professional in Government, your role is to protect public funds and add value through finance assurance activities.

This is a fantastic opportunity for anyone who is fully qualified or studying towards a qualification and has an interest in joining DWP Finance Group.

Financial Management & Partnering (FM&P) support the business to develop credible multi-year plans that deliver business objectives, supported by robust financial forecasts. We also help ensure that financial matters are considered in long-term policy and service delivery decisions.

Financial Management and Partnering is organised into teams supporting each of the DWP Directors General. The role/s are to ensure that the Department’s funding and performance position is managed and communicated effectively to support senior decision making.

Our Finance Business Partners develop a strategic understanding of our financial position, using their interpersonal skills to develop great working relationships with budget holders from across the organisation as well as key contracted provision suppliers. You will join our organisation delivering partnering to one of many contracts that we support.

We support with the mitigation of risk, providing advice, guidance and challenge, highlighting opportunities which consider the political and economic landscape.

We prepare reports for presentation to HM Treasury and develop business cases for new initiatives.

You’ll use management information packs to showcase the financial position and future year plans. We produce analysis to support strategic decision making for services and entities with a total expenditure of over £9bn annually.

You’ll be responsible for financial modelling and supporting complex business cases as well as providing financial assurance to commercial and procurement exercises, analysing both affordability, accuracy and value for money.

You may also be responsible for line managing a team of Finance Business Partners, leading and advising on technical accounting treatment and alignment with Departmental policy.

DWP are part of the wider Government Finance Function and information on the types of roles and skills needed in this role and to progress can be found in the Finance Career Framework.

This role may be suitable for hybrid working, which is where an employee works part of the…