Job Overview

As a Finance Business Partner, within Treasury & Exchequer, you will have the opportunity in supporting a wide number of stakeholders across a department, this could include supporting projects. The successful candidate will act as a critical friend to the service area they support, giving key critical insight and support, fostering the relationship between Treasury and wider government.

You will achieve this through building effective relationships, strong analytical and data management skills, and strong communication, keeping an open dialogue, whilst putting finance at the heart of decision making. 

Government offers a career of unrivalled impact. We’re the Island’s biggest employer, and with such diverse services, no other organisation can provide the same scale, complexity and variety of challenge. Finance Business Partnering, within the Treasury & Exchequer Department, is looking for a qualified professional who is keen to develop their skills and experience in a modern, fast moving and developing finance environment.

Finance Business Partnering key responsibilities/skills:

- establishment of effective partnering relationships to ensure open and continuous dialogue on all financial matters and decisions
- putting finance at the heart of decision making in departments by providing high quality financial advice on policy, cost drivers and performance metrics - providing financial support, insight, challenge and financial advice to departmental managers and teams
- analytical, data management and modelling skills with capacity to understand and communicate the critical issues
- ability to build strong business relationships that are capable of delivering under pressure and be a key point of contact between Government of Jersey services and the Finance function
- use performance indicators, costing techniques, and modern appraisal techniques to enable better decision making

For further information please contact Jordan Moss - j.moss2@gov.je

Job Purpose

The Finance Business Partner will work with the Head of Finance Business Partnering, acting as the “ambassador” for finance to their specific departmental customer group, providing high-quality financial insight, strategic support and challenge to departments.

The post holder will represent and support a customer-focused Finance Business Partnering capability for specific departments and key Corporate functions (such as commercial colleagues) to put Finance at the heart of departmental decision-making. Working alongside the Director General as part of their departmental leadership team, this role will provide valued financial insight, strategic support and challenge to the department and drive the local financial and performance plan. They will act as the link between strategic finance and the business.

The Finance Business Partnering team must be accessible, and provide the “voice of the customer” back into the States Treasury and Exchequer and its Finance Hub. The post-holder is expected to communicate effectively - being comfortable to challenge budget holders (estimated budgets between £50m and £200m) and other stakeholders to ensure that expenditure is prioritised effectively as well as providing insightful and proactive support that drives local decision making. In addition, working with Strategic Finance is important to drive strategic, corporate and departmental business planning to ensure there is a clear and consistent ‘golden thread’ aligning departmental budgets to the Corporate Plan.

Statutory Responsibilities

Active engagement, participation and compliance with any other statutory responsibilities applicable to the role, as amended from time to time.

This role is politically restricted. The job holder is not permitted to undertake political activity involving standing for election to the States or as a Parish Constable, or publicly supporting someone who is standing for election or playing a public part in any political manner.

Job Specific Outcomes

• The establishment of effective partnering relationships with specific departments to ensure open and continuous dialogue on all financial matters and decisions.

• Delivering the “ambassadorial” aspects of the Finance Business Partnering team, supporting their personal development and building relationships with Director Generals and their teams

• Promoting the strategic direction outlined by Ministers, Senior Leadership and the vision for Finance. Supporting the delivery of the Corporate Plan outcomes by translating it into 4 year rolling plans for all departments.

• Put Finance at the heart of decision-making in departments by providing high quality financial advice, principally to the Director General and departmental management team on policy, cost drivers and performance metrics. Using performance indicators, costing techniques, business cases and investment appraisal guidance and other centrally led finance initiatives to meet corporate priorities.

• Using the reports from the Finance Hub, provide insight and analysis with departmental officers and managers to interpret financial performance and drive financial forecasting in year and beyond. Support improvements to financial reporting quality and timeliness with the Heads of Analytics and Management Information and Group Reporting.

• Propose and influence methods to improve financial literacy within departments through advocating and executing financial process, policies and standards. Act as a coach and conduit to develop financial management understanding and champion training in systems, business cases, reporting, costing, as well as adherence of Jersey Public Finance Law and Financial Directions

• Evaluate the departmental revenue and capital programmes and projects for value of money, including changes to funding streams, commercial opportunities and financial targets to support the delivery of the Corporate Plan.

• Understand, monitor and report on financial risks resulting from decision making, escalating any concerns or issues in a timely manner whilst seeking to find resolutions for and managing any conflict which may arise to resolution.

• Assist the Head of Business Partnering with providing Finance leadership and partner organisations with independent analysis and interpretation of financial and performance material; ensuring decisions are made with consideration for financial resources and meet the financial objectives of the States.

• Deputise for the Head of Business Partnering as necessary.

• Manage your professional development, keeping up to date with relevant accounting standards, developments and statutory legislation – including, but not limited to, Jersey Public Finance Law, service developments/initiatives and States policies and procedures to provide strategic insight to departments.

• Undertake other duties and responsibilities of a similar nature as may be required from time to time.