Senior Financial Controls & Process Improvements Manager

Action for Children

4d • Remote

About The Position

As Senior Financial Controls & Process Improvement Manager, you will utilise a professional technical accountancy approach to enable the development and application of a robust controls’ environment across Action for Children (particularly, Finance & Procurement), including the review and enhancement of policy and process, using lean methodology to identify and eliminate waste and create efficiencies. As a senior member of the Finance department, you will provide an important contribution to ensuring the department delivers its objectives in support of Action for Children’s mission. You'll help to create brighter futures by: Providing professional and technical direction across the full range of financial and other services. Using technical accounting expertise to manage and implement change programmes. Fully reviewing current processes within the wider finance teams. Ensuring that controls are in place to enable a clean year end statutory reporting process and to partner with our Internal Auditors to support the implementation of their recommendations. Work closely with the Senior Business Partners and Procurement Manager to identify and understand different working practices. Proactively overseeing the Balance Sheet reconciliation process. Being the crucial point of contact regarding VAT treatment, working with external VAT advisors. Produce reports for board, committees, and management teams.

Requirements

• Qualified Accountant or equivalent qualification with demonstrable technical proficiency.
• Experience of working with the public sector or in an organisation that provides delivery contracts to its customers.
• Experience working with a new system implementation, preferably Oracle and streamlining new processes around system.
• Working at senior level and partnered with senior stakeholders.
• Demonstrable understanding and application of EDI policies in the workplace.
• Demonstrable application of Project Management skills.
• Demonstrable interpersonal skills sufficient to build relationships and to communicate complex technical financial matters to a range of stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Providing professional and technical direction across the full range of financial and other services.
• Using technical accounting expertise to manage and implement change programmes.
• Fully reviewing current processes within the wider finance teams.
• Ensuring that controls are in place to enable a clean year end statutory reporting process and to partner with our Internal Auditors to support the implementation of their recommendations.
• Work closely with the Senior Business Partners and Procurement Manager to identify and understand different working practices.
• Proactively overseeing the Balance Sheet reconciliation process.
• Being the crucial point of contact regarding VAT treatment, working with external VAT advisors.
• Produce reports for board, committees, and management teams.

Benefits

• 29 days annual leave PLUS bank holidays pro rata, with up to 5 additional days for continuous service and option to buy or sell leave.
• Gain professional qualifications and excellent training/development opportunities.
• Flexible maternity, adoption, and paternity packages.
• Pension with up to 7% employer contribution with included life assurance cover.
• Staff discount portal and Blue Light Card eligibility with 15,000 national retailer's discounts.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior
• Education Level: No Education Listed