Financial Controller London, England
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Acas is at an exciting time due to an Operating Model transformation and this role is newly created. This position sits at the heart of the Finance and Governance directorate and is a key member to Acas’ Senior Leadership Team.
Acas is looking for a fully qualified Accountant, who will be able to manage, control and oversee the organisations finances and preparation of accounts. You will provide financial business partnering to Acas supplying financial data and advice that supports decision making. You will identify investment opportunities to help Acas meet their organisational strategic aims. A key aspect of this role will be responsible for managing relationships and ensuring fiscal responsibility across the various departments, managing the analysis of financial information and reporting both internally and externally as necessary. This position will also manage and oversee the Procurement team and manage Acas’ Estates function provided by the Government Property Agency (GPA).
If you’re excited about this opportunity, we would love to hear from you!
Job description
- Accounts Production – oversee the production of the Acas annual report and accounts.
- Financial Advice to Accounting Officer - provide financial advice and guidance to the Accounting Officer (CEO) regarding propriety of expenditure, including advice regarding the Treasury’s Managing Public Money.
- Management Accounting - financial planning, budgeting and reporting across the organisation.
- Calculating, planning and managing organisational funds – establishing the funds the organisation needs to deliver its strategic ambitions, securing the funding from the Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy and ensuring optimum and efficient use of funds.
- Financial Control - control, analysis and reporting of the organisational finances in the short, medium and the long-term completing periodic forecasts as required.
- Payroll Management - oversight of the organisational payroll systems and processes.
- Reward Policy - oversight of the implementation of reward policies and practices to support the organisation’s objectives, and contribute to delivering a motivated and effective workforce, ensuring reward is managed in a fair and consistent way.
- Finance Business Partnering - partnering with business functions to translate the financial data and impact the day-to-day decisions, and annual financial planning, providing 'real time' support and analysis, acting as a trusted adviser and to add value that will assist in decision making.
- Investment Identification & Control - identifying and overseeing the financial control of opportunities that will support the organisations strategic aims.
- Investment Benefits Estimation - understanding, documenting and agreeing the expected benefits that will result from investment decisions.
- Investment Risk Assessment - Identifying the organisations appetite for risk and providing advice and guidance on the impacts to allow for informed decision making.
- Establish and maintain financial policies and procedures for the organisation.
- Procurement - Oversight of significant tenders in collaboration with the service requester to ensure the service meets the specified needs, ensuring that the selection process is followed in a documented and transparent way.
- Contract Management - Ensure that we have the right contracts in place for all suppliers to the organisation and that these are maintained and up to date, with effective service level agreements in place.
- GPA Partnership - manage the Government Property Agency (GPA) to ensure adherence to Acas’s Estates Strategy.
Who we are
Acas exists to make working life better for everyone in Britain. We are the experts in workplace matters, we’re impartial, so we’re not on anyone’s side. That means we’re working for everyone to help prevent and resolve workplace issues.
Acas helps employers and employees by providing information, advice, training, conciliation and other services that prevent or resolve workplace problems.
Acas has been recognised for its Diversity and Inclusion in the workplace from the Employers Network for Equality and Inclusion awards – Disability Confident Highly Commended; Pay Gap award winner and Overall winner for public sector organisations. Acas is committed to providing services and developing policies which embrace diversity, promote equality of opportunity and eliminate unlawful discrimination.
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Experience
Essential:
- Experienced in leading a high-performing function to deliver a quality service.
- Consultative, able to work collaboratively while providing constructive challenge and holding senior colleagues to account.
- Experienced in working effectively and resiliently in a changing environment.
- Experienced in managing conflicting priorities, ensuring agreed outcomes and outputs are delivered.
- Excellent interpersonal skills and ability to build and maintain strong working relationships with stakeholders.
- Clear communication, influencing and negotiation skills.
- Analytical and problem-solving skills with the ability to present information clearly to senior audiences, to assess a business area’s financial situation and the implications.
- Advise on strategies, and to provide insight to enhance decision making and focus on critical issues.
- Experience of establishing the most efficient ways of working, harmonising and standardising processes across entities and optimise resource levels to deliver the service going forward.
- Able to explain complex financial matters in a clear and accessible way to those less technically experienced.
- Previous Finance Business Partnering experience with senior stakeholders.
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Behaviours
We'll assess you against these behaviours during the selection process:
- Changing and Improving
- Managing a Quality Service
Benefits
We’re big believers in rewarding people for the amazing work they do, take a look at some of the fantastic benefits we offer:
- Learning and Development;
- Health and wellbeing;
- Pension scheme;
- Cycle to work scheme;
- Childcare schemes;
- Interest free season ticket loans;
- Volunteering opportunities.
Could you ask for any more?
You’ll have access to a Life style website, were you’ll be able to grab savings over a wide range of products from holidays to your weekly shop.
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How to apply
Please click on the 'Apply now' button.
Please submit a tailored CV and/or an evidence-based statement of suitability reflecting the Essential Experience requirements as outlined in the JD.
Your statement of suitability should be no longer than 1000 words. It should avoid generalised assertions, instead including specific examples of achievements, explaining the degree of challenge, what you did and the outcomes.
Interview Details
If you have successfully passed sift, you will be invited to an interview via MS Teams which is likely to take place 3rd and 6th March 2023. The interview will be a Behaviours and Experience interview and will also include a presentation.
A reserve list will be created for this position, this means that if you have passed the interview, but we couldn’t offer you this position, you’ll be on a reserve list for 12 months if a similar position becomes available.
If a person with disabilities is put at a disadvantage compared to a non-disabled person, we have a duty to make reasonable changes to our processes. If you need a change to be made so that you can make your application, you should:
- Contact Acas HR Recruitment Service via [email protected] as soon as possible before the closing date to discuss your needs.
- Complete the “Assistance required” section in the “Additional requirements” page of your application form to tell us what changes or help you might need further on in the recruitment process. For instance, you may need accessibility considerations to enter the building or interview room, for communications or adjustments for testing procedures.
Feedback will only be provided if you attend an interview or assessment.
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This job is broadly open to the following groups:
- UK nationals
- nationals of Commonwealth countries who have the right to work in the UK
- nationals of the Republic of Ireland
- nationals from the EU, EEA or Switzerland with settled or pre-settled status or who apply for either status by the deadline of the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS) (opens in a new window)
- relevant EU, EEA, Swiss or Turkish nationals working in the Civil Service
- relevant EU, EEA, Swiss or Turkish nationals who have built up the right to work in the Civil Service
- certain family members of the relevant EU, EEA, Swiss or Turkish nationals
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