About the job

Job summary

The is an exciting opportunity to join a dynamic team who are setting a high bar for using Management Information (MI) to enable effective decision making in Finance and across HM Land Registry (HMLR). 

As our Senior Financial Planning System Analyst, you will play an integral role supporting the on-going development and maintenance of our financial planning and reporting system, currently Anaplan.  We are looking for a logically minded individual, someone confident with Excel, and experienced in building financial planning and reporting systems to help take forward our financial reporting system to support HMLR in achieving its future goals and objectives.

There will be the opportunity to build effective working relationships across HMLR and the Anaplan network, and we will support you in gaining official Anaplan Qualifications (or obtaining further qualifications).

Job description

Working within the Finance team, you will be the technical expert for queries on the financial planning system (Anaplan), providing advice to stakeholders (including senior managers) and explaining often complex issues/tools in an understandable way.

You will help identify and implement opportunities to enhance data connectivity between all systems, and take a proactive role in identifying potential improvements to the system and processes.

You will be a key decision maker for any system changes, taking account of wider and sometimes complex implications such as costs and wider cross HMLR impacts.

You will build capability on the financial planning system (Anaplan) across the wider the wider organisation through co-ordination, development and delivery of training material and courses that build understanding of the use of and outputs from the models.

Please see the attached Candidate Pack for more details.

Person specification

To be successful in this role you will have experience of managing, maintaining, and developing a complex reporting system, and of training system users.

You will be adept at complex data analysis, and have experience of manging system access controls.

You will be comfortable with managing multiple stakeholders at all levels, and have the ability to explain complex system issues to non-technical users.

Where an individual taking up the responsibility will be based in our Swansea Office, the ability to speak Welsh is desirable.

Benefits

Alongside your salary of £41,887, HM Land Registry contributes £11,309 towards you being a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme. Find out what benefits a Civil Service Pension provides.

Things you need to know

Selection process details

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

To apply you will need to complete the short application form and take the online Civil Service Numerical Test.

You MUST build in time to complete the full application process if you pass the online test, so we recommend completing the test as soon as possible, and no later than midday on 18 March 2024.

If you pass online test, you will then move onto the next stage of the application process, where you will be invited to submit your full application form, which includes your CV and Personal Statement.

Please copy and paste your CV onto the online application form, detailing your qualifications and work history.

The Personal Statement section (in no more than 500 words) should be used to outline your skills and experience for the role and detail how you meet the essential experience criteria listed below:

• Experience of managing, maintaining, and developing a complex reporting system
• Experience of training system users

In the event of a high volume of applications, the panel may pre-sift on the lead criteria - Experience managing, maintaining, and developing a complex reporting system

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 a short pre-prepared presentation.

The blended interview will test the experience and behaviours listed in the above job description, 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.

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

You should ensure you read the attached Candidate Pack fully before submitting an application.

Please note, the Civil Service values honesty and integrity and expect all candidates to abide by these principles. Please ensure all examples provided throughout the entire recruitment process are of your own experience. HM Land Registry take any incidences of cheating very seriously. Any detected instances of plagiarism or other forms of cheating, including the use of artificial intelligence, will be investigated and, if proven, the relevant applications will be withdrawn from the process.

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.

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.

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For applicants applying to our Coventry office, please note that our office will be moving to our new location, Cheylesmore House, 5 Quinton Road, Coventry CV1 2WT. The move from our current location (CV1 3BH) will happen in phases, with all staff due to have moved to Cheylesmore House by July 2024.

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

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Working for the Civil Service

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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.