Apply before 11:55 pm on Wednesday 26th November 2025
Summary
We have a great opportunity for a Finance Business Partner to join a dynamic team who are setting a high bar for finance business partnering across the civil service.
This will be a prominent role in HMLR working directly with a variety of stakeholders. It provides the opportunity to influence and shape policies, practises and processes across the organisation. We use a combination of world-leading financial systems (Oracle & Anaplan) which are developed by our in-house teams, providing the opportunity to directly influence how systems are designed and used.
The Finance Business Partnering Team takes a leading role in Management Accounts, Strategic Finance, Business Planning, Board Reporting and building financial capability so there is a wide variety of opportunities to continue your professional development and enhance your skills.
Job description
In this role you will be responsible for delivering an outstanding Finance Business Partnering (FBP) service to HMLR.
Each FBP will partner specific areas of HMLR incorporating both ‘business as usual’ and project/programme activities and will report into a Senior Finance Business Partner.
FBPs must enable a culture of strong financial management across the organisation, advising and constructively challenging stakeholders to enable high-quality decision making and effective long-term financial planning within financial and commercial governance requirements.
The role is responsible for delivering an outstanding Finance Business Partnering (FBP) service to HMLR.
Person specification
To be successful in this role you will be CCAB (or equivalent) qualified or nearing completion of qualification and be proficient Microsoft Excel skills. You can quickly build and maintain strong working relationships with a wide range of stakeholders, adapting communication styles to have maximum impact and establish yourself as a trusted, credible advisor. Have experience as a skilled finance professional, with strong analytical ability and commercial awareness. Able to interpret, analyse, simplify and present complex financial information to non-finance staff at all levels of the organisation. Can provide financial support and advice, effectively using data, to support and challenge teams appropriately. You can work to deadlines and prioritise effectively between multiple activities, delegating as required.
Please see the Candidate Pack for further information about the role.
Behaviours
We'll assess you against these behaviours during the selection process:
* Working Together
* Communicating and Influencing
* Managing a Quality Service
* Delivering at Pace
Technical skills
We'll assess you against these technical skills during the selection process:
* • CCAB (or equivalent) membership body and status. If part qualified, please explain your timeline and plan for achieving full qualification. • Proficient Microsoft Excel skills
Salary
£45,514
(Croydon £49,688) This role also attracts a non-pensionable allowance in addition to the base salary (up to £8,245 for CCAB qualification or equivalent).
Location
Croydon, London (region), CR0 2AQ : Plymouth, South West England, PL6 5WS
Selection process details
This vacancy is using Success Profiles (opens in a new window), and will assess your Behaviours, Strengths, Experience and Technical skills.
To apply please complete your CV to include your work history and qualifications.
Please complete the below technical question (in no more than 250 words):
* CCAB (or equivalent) membership body and status. If part qualified, please explain your timeline and plan for achieving full qualification.
* Proficient Microsoft Excel skills
Then complete the Personal Statement section (in no more than 1000 words), please demonstrate how you meet the following essential Experience criteria:
* Ability to quickly build and maintain strong working relationships with a wide range of stakeholders, adapting communication styles to have maximum impact and establish yourself as a trusted, credible advisor.
* Experience as a skilled finance professional, with strong analytical ability and commercial awareness.
* Strong ability to interpret, analyse, simplify and present complex financial information to non-finance staff at all levels of the organisation.
* Ability to provide financial support and advice, effectively using data, to support and challenge teams appropriately.
Please review your application form before clicking ‘submit’ –once you have submitted, you will not be able to amend your application. Ensure your application form is received by the closing date for receipt of applications –this is 11:55pm on the advertised date.
In case of a high volume of applications we may complete a pre-sift on the below technical criteria:
* CCAB (or equivalent) membership body and status. If part qualified, please explain your timeline and plan for achieving full qualification.
* Proficient Microsoft Excel skills
And then complete a second pre-sift on the below essential experience criteria:
* Ability to quickly build and maintain strong working relationships with a wide range of stakeholders, adapting communication styles to have maximum impact and establish yourself as a trusted, credible advisor.
The sift will take place shortly after the closing date.
If successful at shortlisting stage, you will be invited to attend a virtual, blended interview and deliver a pre-prepared presentation. Details will be provided on invitation to interview. The blended interview will test the Experience and Behaviours listed in the Candidate Pack, as well as the strengths associated with the role.
We want to hear your first, unrehearsed, natural response to strength questions, and so we don’t advertise which strengths are being tested. The best way to prepare for strengths questions is to reflect on what you identify as your own personal strengths, and your preferred ways of working.
We expect interviews to take place during the week commencing the 8th December 2025.
Candidates may refer to notes within their video interview, but they should be used as a prompt only.
Artificial Intelligence
Artificial Intelligence can be a useful tool to support your application, however, all examples and statements provided must be truthful, factually accurate and taken directly from your own experience. Where plagiarism has been identified (presenting the ideas and experiences of others, or generated by artificial intelligence, as your own) applications may be withdrawn and internal candidates may be subject to disciplinary action. Please see our candidate guidance for more information on appropriate and inappropriate use
HMLR is accredited to the Disability Confident Scheme, which denotes organisations which have a positive attitude towards disabled people.
If you require the panel to consider a reasonable adjustment or there is anything else you would like the panel to take into consideration, you are asked to notify us of this at application stage where possible or during the process as soon as it becomes a requirement.
Visa Sponsorship
Please note that we will only offer sponsorship for a skilled worker visa where a role is in a certain business critical category. This role does not meet that category, and we will not sponsor a skilled worker visa.
You must ensure you have the appropriate right to work in the UK before applying.
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Contact point for applicants
Job contact :
* Name :Sarah Callaway
* Email :sarah.callaway@landregistry.gov.uk
Recruitment team
* Email :hrresourcingteam2@landregistry.gov.uk