Overview
We are delighted to share that we are now hiring for a Senior Commercial Finance Manager to join us in Commercial Finance at Department for Work and Pensions (DWP).
The Commercial Finance team is a small team with a broad reach, operating across critical commercial and procurement categories and projects, providing colleagues with financial guidance and support, before and during the life of critical commercial contracts.
The position of Senior Commercial Financial Manager will be focused largely upon commercial finance activity supporting different workstreams within the Commercial Directorate, currently Employment, Health, and Estates.
Responsibilities
* Provide specialist and strategic commercial finance advice to senior decision makers and ministerial advisors.
* Support major procurement projects and post‑award activities, including Open Book analysis, supplier viability analysis, payment modelling, and financial strategy development.
* Design payment methodology for new procurement activity, drive the financial evaluation strategy, and lead in procurement dialogue and contract negotiations.
* Act as a business partner to senior stakeholders within Commercial, Operational and Policy communities, offering analytical insight and data‑driven recommendations and challenging where needed.
Impact and Stakeholders
Our team supports over £11bn of public sector contracts. You will collaborate with and support senior stakeholders within Commercial, Operational and Policy communities to develop and implement our wider approach to commercial finance.
Disability Confident
A Disability Confident employer will generally offer an interview to any applicant that declares they have a disability and meets the minimum criteria for the job as defined by the employer. It is important to note that in certain recruitment situations such as high‑volume, seasonal and high‑peak times, the employer may wish to limit the overall numbers of interviews offered to both disabled people and non‑disabled people.
Career Development & Learning
Colleagues have joined us from a variety of backgrounds, sectors and specialisms; they enjoy the exposure and stretch opportunity this position provides. Your learning, development and career growth journey doesn’t end when you join DWP. Everyone in DWP gets a guaranteed 5 days of learning per year when they want to expand their accounting skills, and you’ll have access to as much learning as you want. DWP Finance has a significant remit to implement the Government’s welfare and economic growth, so there is lots of opportunity to progress. You’ll be able to tap into coaching and mentoring through our collaborative finance and commercial community.
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