AMS PSR

On behalf of DWP, we are looking for a Finance Manager for a 12 Month Contract. (Inside IR35)

Hybrid - 2 days per week in Newcastle & the remainder WFH.

The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) is responsible for welfare, pensions, and child maintenance policy. As the UK’s biggest public service department, it administers the State Pension and a range of working age, disability and ill health benefits to around 20 million claimants and customers. As such, we operate on a scale that is almost unmatched anywhere in Europe and most people in Britain come into contact with us at some point in their lives.

As a Finance Manager, your main responsibilities will be to:

• Iterate and continuously improve financial modelling across RBC, support with understanding and resolving issues within the model
• Assess and ensure financial model and processes operate optimally and efficiently across RBC.
• Monitor and manage all expenditure across RBC cost centres and services, accurately tracking and allocating expenditure across service lines.
• Work collaboratively with Delivery Leads to provide robust individual monthly forecasts building into the overall RBC forecast
• Support and challenge Delivery Leads to ensure finances are accurate, reasonable and achievable, developing a clear understanding of the bottom up modelling between forecasted costs
• Undertake detailed analysis on monthly variances, providing MI and narrative to RBC and central stakeholders.
• Review and analyse monthly accounts for RBC, working with partners to resolve cost queries
• Work with Delivery Leads to link finances and cost model to deliverables.
• Collaborating with a wide range of stakeholders involved within financial management across RBC
• Work closely with RBC finance colleagues to ensure finance model and commercials landscape remain fully aligned, and any changes are clearly communicated / audit trailed.

Essential:

• Forecasting & Planning
• Financial Management
• MI Analysis and Insight
• Relationship Management
• Strong excel skills

Please be aware that this role can only be worked within the UK and not Overseas.

Disability Confident 

As a member of the Disability Confident Scheme, DWP guarantees to interview all candidates who have a disability and who meet all the essential criteria for the vacancy. In cases where we have a high volume of candidates who have a disability who meet all the essential criteria, we will interview the best candidates from within that group. This scheme encourages candidates with a disability and/or neurodivergence to apply.

Armed Forces Covenant

DWP guarantees to interview veterans or spouses / partners of military personnel who meet all the essential criteria for the vacancy. In cases where we have a high volume of ex-military candidates / military spouses or partners, who meet all of the essential criteria, we will interview the best candidates from within that group.

In applying for this role, you acknowledge the following "this role falls in scope of the Off Payroll Working in the Public Sector legislation. Any rates of payment quoted will reflect the gross rate per day for the assignment and will be subject to appropriate taxes and statutory costs. As such the payment to the intermediary and your income resulting from this contract will be different".