House Manager Jobs

About The Position

Requirements

• Strong experience in a senior finance function role in a complex organisation, with well-developed knowledge of financial planning and reporting.
• Experience developing Medium-Term Financial Plans, long-term financial strategies and investment planning; ideally including zero-based approaches.
• Strong analytical skills and proven experience using business intelligence and reporting tools and Power BI or similar data visualisation platforms to design and develop financial models and financial reporting.
• Excellent influencing and stakeholder management skills, including experience in a multi-stakeholder or shared services environment and building trusted relationships within teams and across organisational boundaries.
• Excellent written and oral communication skills, including presenting technical information to non-technical audiences, drafting formal papers, and presenting financial information to Boards and senior governance bodies.
• Experience as a successful leader and manager, managing personal and team workloads to meet multiple deadlines, motivating and developing colleagues, and role-modelling House of Lords Administration values.

Nice To Haves

• Demonstrable understanding of the public sector financial framework, including Managing Public Money, and experience of complex governance structures.
• Understanding of and interest in the fast-paced political environment of the House of Lords and the wider UK.

Responsibilities

• Lead and develop financial reporting, planning, budgeting, forecasting and strategic financial analysis for the House of Lords.
• Report on the financial position of joint departments and shared services delivered in partnership with the House of Commons.
• Work with the Finance Business Partnering team to provide financial reports and analysis to the House of Lords Management Board, Finance Committee, House of Lords Commission, and other Boards and Committees as required.
• Provide high-quality reports and strategic financial advice on business cases to the Clerk of the Parliaments in their role as Accounting Officer.
• Collaborate with teams responsible for workforce, operational and other performance reporting to support senior leaders’ decision-making.
• Co-manage development of the Medium-Term Financial Plan with the Senior Finance Business Partner.
• Scrutinise financial plan figures to support value for money and effective governance.
• Lead and manage colleagues, motivating and developing them and managing workloads to meet multiple deadlines.

Benefits

• 30 days’ annual leave, rising to 35 days after one year.
• Generous Civil Service pension scheme.
• Comprehensive Parliamentary health and wellbeing programme.
• Access to a wide range of learning and development opportunities across diverse professions.
• Opportunity to witness democracy in action and work in a place of historic national significance.