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Budget management

Planning, monitoring, and controlling a budget, including forecasting, managing variances, and following financial rules.

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Levels

1. Awareness

You can:

  • follow the rules for spending and ordering
  • explain how your work is funded
2. Working

You can:

  • track spending against a small budget and raise variances
  • authorise spending within your limit
3. Practitioner

You can:

  • hold and manage a budget, forecasting and explaining variances
  • build a business case with costs and benefits
4. Expert

You can:

  • manage large or multiple budgets and set financial plans
  • make funding trade-offs across services

Closest ESCO skills

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Role levels that expect this skill

Role levelRoleBandExpected level
Senior administratorAdministrator4Awareness
Head of analytics engineeringAnalytics engineer8cPractitioner
Principal application operations engineerApplication operations engineer8bWorking
Head of business analysisBusiness analyst8cPractitioner
Head of categoryCategory manager8cPractitioner
Chief clinical information officerChief clinical information officer9Practitioner
Clinical coding managerClinical coder7Working
Head of clinical informaticsClinical informatician8cPractitioner
Communications managerCommunications officer7Working
Head of communicationsCommunications officer8bPractitioner
Head of content designContent designer8cWorking
Senior cyber security managerCyber security manager8bWorking
Head of cyber securityCyber security manager8cPractitioner
Chief information security officerCyber security manager8dPractitioner
Head of data engineeringData engineer8bPractitioner
Lead data governance managerData governance manager8bWorking
Head of data governanceData governance manager8cWorking
Head of data scienceData scientist8bPractitioner
Senior delivery managerDelivery manager8aWorking
Head of delivery managementDelivery manager8cPractitioner
Lead DevOps engineerDevOps engineer8bWorking
Principal DevOps engineerDevOps engineer8cPractitioner
Head of digital portfolioDigital portfolio manager8cPractitioner
Principal end user computing engineerEnd user computing engineer8bPractitioner
Lead enterprise architectEnterprise architect8cWorking
Principal enterprise architectEnterprise architect8dPractitioner
Executive office managerExecutive assistant6Working
Head of frontend developmentFrontend developer8cWorking
Head of corporate governanceGovernance and risk manager8bWorking
Deputy head of legal servicesHead of legal services8cWorking
Head of legal servicesHead of legal services8dPractitioner
General counselHead of legal services9Practitioner
Head of HRHead of people8cPractitioner
Deputy director of peopleHead of people8dExpert
Director of peopleHead of people9Expert
Head of procurementHead of procurement8cPractitioner
Head of HR business partneringHuman resources business partner8bPractitioner
Principal infrastructure engineerInfrastructure engineer8bPractitioner
Head of interaction designInteraction designer8cWorking
Senior IT service managerIT service manager7Awareness
Head of IT service managementIT service manager8bPractitioner
Digital skills leadLearning and development specialist7Practitioner
Head of learningLearning and development specialist8aPractitioner
Head of performance analysisPerformance analyst8bWorking
Procurement assistantProcurement officer3Awareness
Lead product managerProduct manager8bWorking
Head of productProduct manager8cPractitioner
Programme delivery managerProgramme delivery manager8bPractitioner
Senior programme delivery managerProgramme delivery manager8cExpert
Head of project managementProject manager8bPractitioner
Project coordinatorProject support officer4Awareness
PMO analystProject support officer5Working
PMO managerProject support officer6Working
Digital talent partnerRecruitment officer5Working
Recruitment managerRecruitment officer6Working
Head of service designService designer8cWorking
Head of service deskService desk analyst7Working
Service ownerService owner8bPractitioner
Senior service ownerService owner8cExpert
Principal solution architectSolution architect8dWorking
Head of testTest manager8cPractitioner
Head of user researchUser researcher8cWorking