Finance Manager
Job summary
To deliver a comprehensive Finance function to include, Finance Business Partnering, Financial Control, Strategic Finance and Transactional Services to support operational delivery of the Agency. To advise management across the business, up to Board level, on all aspects of day-to-day financial and management accounting within the NCA.Job description
The post holder will manage a team within Finance Business Partnering, Financial Control or Strategic Finance area, supporting the business through policy development, planning, performance, service delivery and governance.
The post holder will be key in providing support to senior management in the delivery of an effective and efficient departmental service. You will provide key management reporting and information for the business area to support decision making and achieve business objectives.
Financial Control set the control environment for the Agency are responsible for producing the Annual Report and Accounts, and managing the external audit process.
Duties and Responsibilities
Provide effective and timely financial and management reports, in line with business requirements and both statutory and regulatory duties, including supporting documentation to audit standard, ensuring that NCA complies with general accounting standards and NCA’s corporate governance requirements - Helping budget holders to develop budget and savings proposals to inform negotiations on future budget delegations.
Ensure budget holders are clear on their delegated budgets and savings targets, working proactively with the business to ensure accurate budget forecasts are received and accurately reflected on the finance system.
Champion financial awareness and financial management across the business area - Manage the design, development, planning and delivery of training products to meet learning requirements (as required).
Manage projects, resources, programmes, planning activity or campaigns - Ensure work is completed within agreed timescales/budgets and quality standards, in line with NCA policy, providing high quality financial advice to business areas and the Finance Senior Leadership Team.
Manage the quality, secure handling and dissemination of data/information - Including developing policy, reports and procedures and management of data systems across business areas
Develop and build internal and external partners - Working collaboratively to foster good relations.
Contribute to the long term financial planning and strategy of the Agency - Contribute to short and medium term financial planning.
Work with government departments and attend working groups, government committees/meetings (as required) - Cross government working to ensure alignment with partners across government.
Manage issues relating to the performance and conduct of officers in line with the NCA values - Manage, coach and develop staff.
Person specification
Skills, Knowledge and Experience
Ability to provide first line management in a financial environment - Post holder will manage the finances of a particular business area, or service delivery function.
Good technical knowledge of accounting processes, policies, statutory requirements and internal controls - To ensure financial management is implemented within appropriate controls and with adherence to accountancy standards in financial accounts.
Strong customer service and stakeholder management skills - The role will require engagements across a wide range of internal and external stakeholders.
Strong analytical and reasoning skills, and ability to develop financial models - To ensure data can be accurately analysed on which decisions will be made against.
Knowledge of government accounting guidance, such as Managing Public Money, is preferred, but not essential - To ensure the appropriate financial processes are followed that align to government accounting principles.
Qualifications
Part-qualified or hold a full professional CCAB accountancy qualification: ACCA, CIPFA, ICAEW, ICAI or ICAS, or CIMA.Any applications from candidates not meeting this eligibility criteria will not progress.
Behaviours
We'll assess you against these behaviours during the selection process:
- Delivering at Pace
- Seeing the Big Picture
Technical skills
We'll assess you against these technical skills during the selection process:
- Experience of providing a Finance Service involving multiple customers and mixed funding streams and/or working in Financial governance with good technical knowledge of accounting processes and policies.
- Experience of working in Partnership with both internal and external stakeholders
- Strong analytical and reasoning skills, with experience of analysing and presenting financial information.
Benefits
Alongside your salary of £55,575, National Crime Agency contributes £16,100 towards you being a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme. Find out what benefits a Civil Service Pension provides.New entrants to the NCA receive 26 days annual leave, rising to 31 on completion of 5 years continuous service, plus 8 bank holidays.
If qualifying criteria is met new joiners from UK Police Forces or the UK Intelligence Community (UKIC) will have service with those employers taken into account for continuous service purposes for annual leave entitlement only, this will be up to a maximum of 31 days leave (including 1 privilege day).
Other benefits include:
- Flexible working, including flexi-time, compressed hours and job sharing (in line with business requirements)
- Family friendly policies, notably above the statutory minimum
- Learning and Development opportunities
- Interest free loans and advances, including season tickets, childcare and rental deposits
- Housing schemes - Key Worker status
- Discounts and Savings with a wide variety of services including Cycle to Work, Smart Tech schemes, dental insurance, gym discounts and savings on everyday spending, available through the Reward Gateway , Edenred and Blue Light Card schemes.
- Staff support groups/networks
- Sports and social activities, including membership to the Civil Service Sports Council (CSSC)
Further information is available on the NCA Website.
Things you need to know
Artificial intelligence
Artificial intelligence can be a useful tool to support your application, however, all examples and statements provided must be truthful, factually accurate and taken directly from your own experience. Where plagiarism has been identified (presenting the ideas and experiences of others, or generated by artificial intelligence, as your own) applications may be withdrawn and internal candidates may be subject to disciplinary action. Please see our candidate guidance (opens in a new window) for more information on appropriate and inappropriate use.Selection process details
This vacancy is using Success Profiles (opens in a new window), and will assess your Behaviours, Experience and Technical skills.Your application will be assessed against the following:Experience - This will be assessed:Experience Criteria - will be assessed by 250 word examples on:- Experience of providing a Finance Service involving multiple customers and mixed funding streams and/or working in Financial governance with good technical knowledge of accounting processes and policies.
- Experience of working in Partnership with both internal and external stakeholders
- Strong analytical and reasoning skills, with experience of analysing and presenting financial information.
Longlist
In the event of a high number of applications, we may operate a longlist. Applicants will need to meet the minimum pass mark for the lead criteria.
- Experience of providing a Finance Service involving multiple customers and mixed funding streams and/or working in Financial governance with good technical knowledge of accounting processes and policies. .
Candidates who do not meet the minimum pass mark for the lead criteria will not progress to having their other criteria assessed. Applications must meet the minimum criteria to be progressed to the assessment stage.
You will receive an acknowledgement once your application is submitted.
We aim to have sift completed and scores released within 10 working days of the closing date of the advert. For high volume campaigns this timeframe may be extended.
Scores will be provided but further feedback will not be available at this stage.
For guidance on the application process, visit:NCA Applying and Onboarding
Assessment 1
The format of this assessment will be Interview which will be tested on the criteria listed in the Success Profiles at Assessment section.
Success Profiles at Assessment
Behaviours- Delivering at Pace
- Seeing the Big Picture
- Experience of providing a Finance Service involving multiple customers and mixed funding streams and/or working in Financial governance with good technical knowledge of accounting processes and policies.
- Experience of working in Partnership with both internal and external stakeholders
- Strong analytical and reasoning skills, with experience of analysing and presenting financial information.
If successful but no role is immediately available, you may be placed on a reserve list for 12 months.
Reserve lists can be used to fill similar role types across the Agency where the assessment criteria is considered a match by the recruitment team and the business area.
In the event of a tie at the assessment stage, available roles will be offered in merit order using the following order:
- Lead criteria (behaviours/technical/experience)
- If still tied, desirable criteria will be assessed (if advertised)
- If still tied, application sift scores will be used
Feedback will only be provided if you attend an interview or assessment.
Security
Successful candidates must meet the security requirements before they can be appointed. The level of security needed is security check (opens in a new window).See our vetting charter (opens in a new window).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
Working for the Civil Service
The Civil Service Code (opens in a new window) sets out the standards of behaviour expected of civil servants.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.
Diversity and Inclusion
The Civil Service is committed to attract, retain and invest in talent wherever it is found. To learn more please see theCivil Service People Plan (opens in a new window) and the Civil Service Diversity and Inclusion Strategy (opens in a new window).Apply and further information
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Job contact :
- Name : Recruitment Team
- Email : central.recruitment@nca.gov.uk
Recruitment team
- Email : central.recruitment@nca.gov.uk
Further information
If you believe your application has not been treated fairly, email: Central.Recruitment@nca.gov.uk (quoting the vacancy reference).If unresolved, you may escalate your complaint to the Civil Service Commission.
Salary range
- £55,575 - £57,093 per year