Business Relationship Manager – Forecasting FinOps and Financial Analysis

Job summary

It is an exciting time for HM Land Registry (HMLR) as we continue on a major transformation programme. HMLR's ambition is to become the world’s leading land registry for speed, simplicity and an open approach to data

An opportunity has arisen within Transformation & Technology directorate for a Business Relationship Manager – Forecasting FinOps and Financial Analysis.

The practice contains a mature IT Infrastructure engineering community who are responsible for the support and maintenance of our technical infrastructure. This role sits within FinOps team supporting primarily, but not exclusively, budget management of the support contracts that deliver our IT Infrastructure. This includes management of RDEL and CDEL expenditure.

Job description

The role holder will proactively and effectively manage accurate financial records and processes and budget alignment activities working to strict accounting deadlines, support the management of spend approvals and pipeline planning. The role is vital in ensuring the services we run are maintained and contracts are in place to support our infrastructure services.

Main duties include:

• Work with the Budget Holders to ensure effective financial accounting and control of the IT Operations, IT Service Management and IT Supplier and Contract management Practice Business As Usual (BAU) and Fixed Asset (FA) budgets, aiming to keep within the tolerance allowed
• Manage the regular monthly, quarterly and year-end processes, including reconciling the transaction reports, accruals and prepayment files with the IT Operations Practice, IT Supplier & Contract Management Practice and IT Service Management Practice Monitoring and Forecasting documentation.
• Maintain accurate monitoring and forecasting records, collating new and committed spend, explaining variances, identifying trends and tracking change
• Respond to both routine and ad-hoc requests for information from DDaT Finance Business Partner for the Technology Management Board (TMB) and Finance and Business Services (FABS), and complete variance and other returns, in a timely manner.
• Support the management of expenditure planning for spending reviews and business planning cycles, researching and preparing accurate information within the deadlines set.
• Understanding of cloud platforms (AWS and Azure), their pricing models and FinOps
• Referral point for requisitions, purchasing, receipting and invoice queries including correct coding of expenditure and treatment of VAT for IT Operations Practice, IT Supplier & Contract Management Practice and IT Service Management Practice, providing guidance when required to Projects and Programmes regarding wider DDaT purchasing queries. This may require engagement with suppliers.
• Work with technical and supplier and contract management teams to ensure contract renewals are managed on time and within budget
• Pipeline plan financial expenditure and ensure it is aligned with technical roadmaps, to deliver service continuity.
• Contribute to financial, technical and commercial discussions and liaise with customers, IT partners and suppliers.
• Act as a role model and leader within the IT Operations Practice and associated areas.
• Leading and guidance given to junior members of staff.
• Share knowledge and experience with others, in line with the continuous improvement agenda and to help build capability within the IT Operations Practice
• Understand the asset lifecycle, including depreciation.
• Ensure a customer focused approach to financial management

HMLR expect everyone to spend at least 60% of their working time in the office.

Please note you will be required to work a minimum of 30 hours per week in this post.

This role may involve occasional travel which may include stays away from home. The role may require occasional planned out of hours working to deal with IT changes and maintenance.

Person specification

To be successful in this role you will have Financial Analysis capability and be confident in working with numbers, in particular the ability to reconcile different sets of information. You will be a strong communicator, who can build working relationships with engineers and stakeholders. You are a team player, who can work to deadlines and be able to prioritise urgent tasks, with a logical analytical approach to problem solving.

You will have proven knowledge and experience of working practices within IT Operations. You will be competent with MS office, in particular strong Excel skills.

You will need the right to work in the UK in order to commence employment with HMLR. Any offer of employment will be withdrawn if you do not have the right to work

For more information about the role, please see the attached Job Description.

Behaviours

We'll assess you against these behaviours during the selection process:

• Making Effective Decisions
• Working Together
• Delivering at Pace

Benefits

Alongside your salary of £39,849, HM Land Registry contributes £11,544 towards you being a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme. Find out what benefits a Civil Service Pension provides.

#WeAreHMLR

At HM Land Registry our vision is a world leading property market as part of a thriving economy and a sustainable future. We are unique in terms of the economic and social impacts of our work, our ability to make a positive difference to the lives of our customers, our sense of mission, and our great people. They are the foundation of all we have achieved and all we aspire to in the future. We want our people to feel proud to work for HM Land Registry and able to fulfil their full potential.

We have a strong and positive culture, a commitment to inclusivity, an emphasis on continuous learning and development, and flexible ways of working. We offer competitive pay and annual leave, attractive pension options and a wide range of other benefits.

• We have integrity– we value honesty, trust and doing the right thing in the right way.
• We drive innovation– we are forward-thinking, embrace change and are continually improving our processes.
• We are professional– we value and grow our knowledge and professional expertise.
• We give assurance– we guarantee our services and provide confidence to the property market.

You can find more information on our rewards package on our website.

Things you need to know

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 (opens in a new window) for more information on appropriate and inappropriate use.

Selection process details

This vacancy is using Success Profiles (opens in a new window), and will assess your Behaviours and Experience.

To apply, please complete the online application form and personal statement. You should also attach a CV which demonstrates how you meet the Essential Experience listed in the job description.

The personal statement section (in no more than 750 words) must be used to provide details of how you meet the essential experience listed below:

• Financial Analysis Capability such as use of Fusion or Anaplan or equivalent tools
• Confident in working with numbers, particularly the ability to reconcile different sets of information.
• Effective communication skills, including ability to interact and build working relation with engineers and other stakeholders.

In a case of high application numbers, the following may be used as the lead criteria:

• Financial Analysis Capability such as use of Fusion or Anaplan or equivalent tools

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 23:55pm on the advertised date.

* Please note we may sift whilst this campaign is open, therefore we encourage you to submit your application as soon as possible *

If successful at the shortlisting stage, you will be invited to attend a face to face interview, in our Plymouth office. Interviews will be held shortly after the closing date.

The blended interview will assess the experience and behaviours listed in the Job Description.

Candidates may refer to notes within their interview, but they should be used as a prompt only.

HMLR is accredited to the Disability Confidence Scheme, which denotes organisations which have a positive attitude towards disabled people. Disabled applicants who meet the minimum essential criteria at the shortlisting stage are guaranteed an invitation to interview. If any candidate requires the panel to consider a reasonable adjustment or there is anything else they would like the panel to take into consideration they are asked to notify us of this at application stage where possible or during the process as soon as it becomes a requirement.

You can find more information on how we use your personal data on our website.

Feedback will only be provided if you attend an interview or assessment.

Security

Successful candidates must undergo a criminal record check.People working with government assets must complete baseline personnel security standard (opens in new window) checks.

Nationality requirements

This job is broadly open to the following groups:

• UK nationals
• nationals of the Republic of Ireland
• nationals of Commonwealth countries who have the right to work in the UK
• nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities with settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS) (opens in a new window)
• nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities who have made a valid application for settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS)
• individuals with limited leave to remain or indefinite leave to remain who were eligible to apply for EUSS on or before 31 December 2020
• Turkish nationals, and certain family members of Turkish nationals, who have accrued the right to work in the Civil Service

Further information on nationality requirements (opens in a new window)

Working for the Civil Service

The Civil Service Code (opens in a new window) sets out the standards of behaviour expected of civil servants.

We recruit by merit on the basis of fair and open competition, as outlined in the Civil Service Commission's recruitment principles (opens in a new window).The Civil Service embraces diversity and promotes equal opportunities. As such, we run a Disability Confident Scheme (DCS) for candidates with disabilities who meet the minimum selection criteria.The Civil Service also offers a Redeployment Interview Scheme to civil servants who are at risk of redundancy, and who meet the minimum requirements for the advertised vacancy.

Diversity and Inclusion

The Civil Service is committed to attract, retain and invest in talent wherever it is found. To learn more please see theCivil Service People Plan (opens in a new window) and the Civil Service Diversity and Inclusion Strategy (opens in a new window).

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Contact point for applicants

Job contact :

• Name : Emma Price
• Email : Emma.Price@landregistry.gov.uk

Recruitment team

• Email : hrresourcingteam2@landregistry.gov.uk

Further information

If you feel your application has not been treated in accordance to the Recruitment Principles and you wish to make a complaint, please email hrresourcingteam2@landregistry.gov.uk in the first instance. If you are not satisfied with the response you receive from HM Land Registry then you may take your complaint to the Civil Service Commission: http://civilservicecommission.independent.gov.uk/making-complaint/

Attachments

Transformation & Technology Candidate Pack 2026 Opens in new window (pdf, 1990kB)Business Relationship Manager - Forecasting FinOps and Financial Analaysis JD Opens in new window (pdf, 200kB)