Lead Financial Analyst
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Job Title: Lead financial analyst
Band: 5
Salary: 57954 - 65400
Location:Liverpool/Norwich
Terms:Permanent
Hours: Full time/compressed
Closing Date: 14/07/2025
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Are you an experienced leader that enjoys analytical decision making Do you like managing stakeholders and using your technical finance skills to help others Come and join our Commercial Finance team.
Job Summary
As Senior Financial Analyst you will be responsible for leading a team of 4 to deliver financial assurance activities for the many suppliers active on CCS commercial agreements. This role will also deputise for the Head of Commercial Finance.
Your team will develop and deliver a structured high quality supplier financial risk analysis service line to support ongoing commercial agreement management. You will provide real time support and guidance act as a trusted adviser and contribute to the CCS customer value proposition. You will be required to manage multiple stakeholders and prioritise a varied workload whilst maintaining a focus on detail and accuracy.
Directorate Overview
Finance Planning and Performance oversees our financial reporting develops budgets and projections formulates business plans tracks implementation progress measures success metrics and manages corporate risk.
Team Summary
This fantastic and rare opportunity within the Commercial Finance Team which supports CCS to manage financial risk for over 10000 suppliers. Our team really makes a difference working with procurement operations to deliver commercial agreements while ensuring compliance with financial stability policy and delivering value for our customers through performing financial risk assurance activities as part of CCS supplier relationship management.
Responsibilities
lead and guide team members manage performance to ensure a high-performing team and support staff development through regular feedback
Deputy team lead for Commercial Finance engage and influence senior stakeholder within CCS
Lead the post-award assurance team to deliver a proactive assurance service line provide instruction and development to direct reports
Oversee the creation of risk evaluation reports by reviewing financial information applying financial ratios and providing concise conclusions
Act as a trusted partner to commercial teams to manage emerging risk and agree contractual remedies
Input to the commercial finance systems and reporting enabling timely high quality reports to Procurement Operations and Category teams
Identify and lead on initiatives to develop the commercial Finance service offering
Engage with Cabinet Office and other departments to share best practice and contribute to cross government risk management
Communicate financial reports processes and financial risk guidance in a simple easy to understand manner
Essential Criteria (to be assessed at application stage
Ability to deliver to strict deadlines and to work under pressure
Ability to interpret financial information to identify financial risk and make critical contractual recommendations
Experience of working with multiple stakeholders with varying levels of financial knowledge
Professional accounting qualification (minimum level of Part Qualified - ICAEW or equivalent)
Team leadership experience
Desirable Criteria
Working knowledge of Government Playbooks and the Economic and Financial Stability policy
In the event of a high number of strong candidates we will use desirable as a second sift
Success profiles (To be assessed at interview stage):
Behaviours
Leadership
Managing a Quality Service
Making effective decisions
Communicating and Influencing
And the following technical skills:
Financial risk analysis
(A link to the Civil Service Success Profiles Framework is provided below)
What we will offer you here are some of the benefits you can expect:
Competitive salary
Generous pension scheme
A discretionary non-contractual performance related bonus
Working remotely in addition to working in advertised office location
Flexi time scheme (available for B1-B6)
Minimum 25 days annual leave to a maximum service related 30 days excluding bank
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At CCS we actively support promote and celebrate our differences for the benefit of our employees suppliers and customers. CCS is proud to be an equal opportunities employer. CCS believes that diversity and inclusion is critical to our success and we seek to recruit develop and retain the most talented people.
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Working flexibly delivering outcomes
CCS is a flexible business with a smarter working model where our colleagues benefit from a mix of home and office working. Successful candidates are expected to work from one of the office locations listed. Our current office attendance approach requires a minimum of 26 days per quarter (approx 2 days per week which may be subject to change) in CCS office locations or off site meetings with suppliers customers partners networking / industry events. This is pro rata for those who work part time. Our smarter working principles mean that our people have the advantage of both office and offsite based collaboration and learning as well as working from home. This way of working allows us to honour our commitment to being a responsible business offer flexibility and better work life balance as well as ensuring we deliver our business with confidence and in accordance with our CCS values.
Selection Process
Candidates who are successful at sift will be contacted as soon as possible following the closing date and advised of the interview process in more detail. The sift and interview times and dates to be confirmed. (Subject to change)
To find out more about our recruitment process please click here
Please note: Applicants can make use of artificial intelligence but the information presented at application must be factual.
A reserve list may be held for up to 12 months which the Civil Service may use to fill future suitably similar vacancies across government for candidates who are considered appointable following interview. Should you be placed on a reserve list and want to be removed please contact
Complaints procedure:
Our recruitment processes are underpinned by the principle of selection for appointment on merit on the basis of fair and open competition as outlined in the Civil Service Commissioners Recruitment Principles details of which can be found at
If you feel your application has not been treated in accordance with the Recruitment Principles and you wish to make a complaint you should contact in the first instance.
If you remain unsatisfied with the response you receive you can then contact the Civil Service Commission at
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Complaints Procedure
Our recruitment processes are underpinned by the principle of selection for appointment on merit on the basis of fair and open competition as outlined in the Civil Service Commissions Recruitment Principles details of which can be found at you feel your application has not been treated in accordance with the Recruitment Principles and you wish to make a complaint you should contact in the first instance.
If you remain unsatisfied with the response you receive you can then contact the Civil Service Commission at
Internal candidates should apply using their Workday account. Please use the careers hub for your application.
Required Experience:
IC
Employment Type
Full-Time
