FOI request detail

External advert

Request ID: FOI-2416-1920
Date published: 20 November 2019

You asked
Further to my previous FOI request, (FOI-2358-1920) I request to receive a copy of the external advert for Finance Business Partner as it appeared during the recruitment campaign. I checked TfL website / careers / search and apply, but I was not able to find any historical data relating to this recruitment and I don’t know where this advert appeared.

We answered

Our ref: FOI-2416-1920

Thank you for your request received by Transport for London (TfL) on 9 November 2019 asking for an external job advert.

Your request has been considered in accordance with the requirements of the Freedom of Information Act and our Information Access Policy. I can confirm we do hold the information you requested. You asked:

Further to my previous FOI request, (FOI-2358-1920) I request to receive a copy of the external advert for Finance Business Partner as it appeared during the recruitment campaign.

Please see the information you requested below:

Finance Business Partner Job purpose To provide comprehensive financial support for the partnered business area, working with decision makers and budget holders to ensure that the business area has robust financial information to support effective decision making. Alongside a complete management accounting service, the role holder will operate with the business area to provide commercial support and insight, being a sounding board to new initiatives, helping to identify risks and opportunities and have the ability to explain financial concepts to non finance people. Key Accountabilities •Be a key, visible point of contact for the budget holders within the business area and overcome silo working through partnering approach providing an integrated view on financial performance and financial input into decision making •Responsible for providing key management reporting and information for the business area to support decision making and achieving business objectives •Undertake the collection, collation and challenge of financial and other planning information with supporting risks and opportunities to inform the financial planning process encompassing short and long term plans for the business area •Provide ad hoc analysis and insight on business performance, including using investment and project appraisal techniques, to support effective decision making and the delivery of objectives •Provide an accounting service, maintaining the management & financial transactions on SAP and supporting systems for the partnered business area, and implementing policies and procedures to account for a wide-ranging set of activities including reporting and planning •Interfaces with local and central finance teams to ensure an efficient and effective finance service •Be an active member of the Finance community, contributing to the continuous improvement and added value of the finance function. Knowledge •Educated to degree level or equivalent •Numerate and experience and understanding of Finance and accounting-Qualified or part Qualified CCAB (Desirable) •Experience at building relationships at senior management level •Working knowledge of investment appraisal tools and methodologies and their application Skills •Variance and Financial/Budgetary Analysis (Experience) •Forecasting (Practitioner) •Systems and Software (Practitioner) •Cost Accounting (Practitioner) •Business Case Analysis, Development and Assurance (Experience) •Risk and control (Practitioner)-Professional Accounting principles and standards (Practitioner) •Management reporting and external reporting and ad-hoc communication (Practitioner) •Commercial acumen (Practitioner) Experience •Experience in managing delivery of key management accounting services to time, budget and quality •Extensive experience working in a business environment with senior management with demonstrable skills in challenging and collaborating with this type of stakeholder •Experience of integrated ERP accounting platforms (SAP) able to manage, use and manipulate data and information to enable effective reporting, planning, financial management and control •Demonstrable experience of driving value through effective analysis and management of financial information

If this is not the information you are looking for, please do not hesitate to contact me.

Please see the attached information sheet for details of your right to appeal.

Yours sincerely,

Melissa Nichols

FOI Case Officer

General Counsel

Transport for London

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