Senior Finance Business Partner
Ref: 411172
Salary: £57,515 per annum; recruitment & retention allowance: £4,000 per annum.
Location: Swansea (Wales) and other sites: Birmingham, Bristol, Leeds, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Nottingham.
Type: Permanent
Posted: 12 March 2026 • Closing date: 31 March 2026 22:59
Job description
The Senior Finance Business Partner is a trusted advisor to the business and is expected to have strong interpersonal skills, capable of translating and presenting complex financial information clearly. You will provide valuable financial advice, strategic insights, and business solutions to directors and other budget holders.
You will support DVSA to deliver assurance on the financial position and performance of the Service/Business so that effective action is taken on a timely basis. This role will help ensure high‑quality financial management is embedded throughout the business and that regular, robust, timely financial information and insight is provided to key stakeholders to enable quality decision‑making.
Responsibilities
- Be a trusted advisor to the business and develop significant business expertise.
- Build and maintain key relationships with internal and external stakeholders, manage senior managers’ and stakeholders’ expectations, and develop a deep understanding of the business’s commercial and operational drivers.
- Carry out sufficient analysis and challenge to demonstrate that Business and Medium‑Term plans are affordable within Spending Review totals, are central case estimates and represent value for money.
- Provide strategic insight through your deep understanding of the financial data and the external/internal factors that influence the drivers of cost/income.
Great line management is important to us as an organisation, and we will equip and support line managers to develop the skills they need. We aim to empower line managers to create teams where people can flourish and deliver excellent outcomes for the public.
Benefits
- Employer pension contribution of 28.97% of your salary. 25 days annual leave, increasing by 1 day each year of service (up to a maximum of 30 days), plus 8 bank holidays, a privilege day for the King’s birthday.
- Flexible working options where we encourage a great work‑life balance.
Person specification
Required experience:
- Leadership, and the ability to motivate and develop a diverse finance team and promote excellence.
- Ability to influence at all levels of the business using logical persuasion and consensus building within groups.
- A confident communicator, comfortable with advising and challenging senior stakeholders, including communicating complex financial issues to laymen’s terms for non‑specialist audiences.
- Highly proficient in using and interpreting data and analytics to support analysis and decision making, identifying gaps in data and reporting, and collaborating with colleagues to develop additional reporting as required.
You will be required to provide evidence that you hold any essential qualifications at some point during the recruitment process. If you cannot provide evidence, your application will be withdrawn.
To Apply
If you feel you are a suitable candidate and would like to work for DVSA, please proceed to the following link to be redirected to our website to complete your application.
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