Financial Planning Advisor

Position: Financial Planning Advisor (Ref: 21591)
Location:

Staffordshire, UK;
City of Westminster;
Scotland;
Wales, UKSalary: 42,914 - 53,081 per year Employment:
Flexible Category:
Finance Posted:
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This position is based nationally.

Job description

Job Title :
Financial Planning Advisor Grade:
Senior Executive Officer Business Group:
Chief Operating Officer Group Contract Type:
Permanent Directorate:
Finance Strategy and Partnerships Team:
Financial Strategy and Planning

Location:

National Information about the MoJ and its priorities can be found at Finance / Strategy, Performance and Innovation Background The  Finance Strategy and Planning Team is responsible for setting MoJ's financial strategy and delivering our medium-term financial plan. We work with colleagues in every area of the department at every level, to make sure that finance is at the heart of decision making, and that when developing our strategic plans, we understand and have gained buy-in from policy, operational and corporate colleagues.

We also represent the department to HM Treasury, for whom we are the main link, including in negotiations over the department's financial settlement.

Our work is fast paced, high priority and strategic, regularly reporting directly to the Executive Committee, the Permanent Secretary and the Secretary of State, and influencing all areas of departmental planning.

Key work will include planning for, negotiating and delivering the recently announced Spending Review, assisting Ministers in forming their plans and priorities over this Parliament, managing the annual budget allocations process, and continuing to scrutinise and challenge how funding supports delivery of the department’s key objectives. FSP is a friendly multi-disciplinary team, representing policy, finance, and strategy experience. We work hard to foster an inclusive atmosphere and value a broad range of experiences in the team.

We have a good record of colleagues leaving these roles on promotion and to other high-profile roles in Private Office and at the centre of Government.

About the Role Role SummarySEO Financial Planning Advisors are expected to own the leadership of processes and products to support Financial Planning, Fiscal Events and build and maintain the single point of contact relationship with their counter parts in the department’s business groups.

They often have project management type roles to lead the delivery of set pieces, commissioning work, leading the collation of responses / outputs, and resolving issues presented.

They are required to understand the big picture of the delivery for their team and commission and collate with confidence, often asking senior stakeholders in the Department to complete delivery, sometimes on short deadlines.

Main Activities / Responsibilities The job holder will be required to undertake the following duties and responsibilities:

Developing a strategic understanding of the business, its stakeholders, and deliverables.

Clearly communicating technical, business and financial information to internal and external stakeholders, using the most appropriate methods, including leading on drafting for briefing to seniors (Senior Civil Servants) and Ministers.

The post holder will be responsible for building and maintaining effective key stakeholder relationships within their own areas of responsibility and the wider business area.

Leading on areas of ownership for preparation and delivery of Spending Review and Fiscal Events, e.g., may represent a specific area of the Department Own strategic product development and leadership, including embedding improvements in analytical capability across the team (including experience of or willingness to develop skills on Power BI or similar data analytical tools)
The post holder will support the business to manage their budgets effectively, providing challenge to decisions to help provide assurance that decisions being taken by stakeholders are making the most effective use of resources through the analysis of financial data to support key discussions across the Department and with HMTProviding guidance and coordination with other finance functions on HMT…