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Senior Accountant in Newport

3 months ago

Newport, United Kingdom Charity Commission Full time

Apply before 11:55 pm on Monday 1st July 2024

Job grade: Grade 7

Working pattern: Flexible working, Full-time, Part-time

Location: Bootle, North West England, L20 7HS : Newport, Wales, NP10 8XG

Job summary

Are you good at applying analytical skills to inform decision making?

Would you like to work for a national regulator and make a difference to society?

Do you enjoy working as part of a multi-disciplinary team?

You will use your analytical, investigative and accountancy skills to identify and assess concerns about charities. You will provide expert advice to progress the commission’s highest risk cases which will include complaints that are brought to us, and also regulatory issues that we have identified as a result of our own proactive work.

Working in and influencing multi-disciplinary teams you will improve and drive case outcomes and enhance our credibility through your expert accountancy interventions in the highest risk casework. You will be responsible for delivering and explaining analysis that informs the commission’s understanding of how charities are operating. You will pro-actively identify risks and solutions, making decisions to ensure that our resources are managed effectively.  You will contribute to: improving our quality review process; providing policy advice; creating guidance and fulfilling financial training needs of colleagues across the Commission.

The Accountancy team is a close-knit team of 20 that leads on proactive projects relating to charity finances arising out of the Commission's tasking and co-ordination, as well as leading on policy proposals with a significant Accountancy element and advising on projects within the business.

You will develop the profile of the directorate working closely with the Assistant Director and will assist with the strategic Directorate Business Plan deliverables and projects, and the wider Directorate with regard to the overall provision of professional services of high quality.

This is a senior technical leadership role, with responsibility for building capability of the accountancy team in line with continuous professional development requirements and the specialist skills and knowledge needed for the role.

You will support external engagement with the accountancy profession and regulatory accountancy bodies.

Key Responsibilities:

As senior accountant you will:

Lead on advising on the Commission’s highest-risk and complex cases that it investigates. You will analyse financial information, assess risk and where appropriate employ creative solutions to achieve case outcomes and interventions.  This will include: assessing charity financial statements; analysing charity bank accounts and financial records, assessing financial performance and working with professional advisors. 

Lead on building capability of the Accountancy Division, working closely with learning and development.

Review, update and monitor accountancy specific guidance to include internal and external guidance, assessing and engaging with developments affecting charities. This will include influencing, negotiating and commenting on relevant government consultations and policy proposals and assessing the consequences of any policy changes.

Provide strong leadership and support to the division to ensure that the expert advice that the team delivers achieves constructive outcomes to support our regulatory objectives.

Build capability by supporting the upskilling of casework officers through the transfer of knowledge and training delivery and through the Quality Review process.

Enhance our reputation as a national regulator through expertise with key external stakeholders such as other regulators, trustees, professional advisers and the accountancy profession. This will involve delivering external presentations and ensuring that relevant issues are fed into strategy considerations.

Provide accountancy subject matter expert advice to the senior management team and the Board as required.

Provide accountancy subject matter expert advice to cross Directorate or cross Commission projects and initiatives maintaining important relationships and mutually acceptable solutions with senior stakeholders.

Proactively taking responsibility for ensuring that the Commission’s regulatory approach and operational projects are informed by and developed in accordance with the UK charity accountancy framework.

Person specification

Ability:

Excellent analytical skills both generally and related to financial analysis to inform and support effective decision making.

Ability to explain complex information, in a variety of media, including excellent written communications skills.

In complex and sensitive cases, where the Commission may exercise its statutory power, the ability to bring sound judgement and expert handling to the situation.

Ability to work as part of team, using accountancy knowledge and skills, supporting the work of policy, case officers and senior decision makers, taking a lead role in our more complex cases.

Ability to apply accountancy knowledge and experience in a compliance and regulatory context.

Ability to contribute to policy development with a financial focus.

Ability to plan and prioritise competing demands to ensure operational performance targets and deadlines are met.

Change management skills to deliver cultural change and embed new models and practices.

Ambassadorial skills to represent the accountancy function internally and externally.

Experience:

Experience of managing staff and/ or successfully managing a project involving two or more people.

Experience in developing others and building capability.

Effectively manage a workload/task throughout its lifecycle.

Maintaining a professional approach when presented with a challenging discussion /interview by using techniques to understand need(s); manage expectations and provide a constructive and proportionate outcome.

Forensic or investigatory accounting experience within the accountancy profession or with a civil or criminal regulator.

Technical:

A CCAB qualified accountant (ICAEW, ICAS, ICAI, ACCA, CIPFA) or CIMA membership or any equivalent with sound technical knowledge gained through post qualification experience.

Application of risk management principles during the management of work and when making decisions.

Handling data and information sensitively in accordance with the business procedures and/or law.

Working knowledge of Microsoft Office Applications including a working knowledge of Microsoft excel and its application.

Able to provide both focused leadership and high-level technical support to policy and operational work, identifying abuse and risk, and delivering a proportionate regulatory response.

Sound understanding of auditing principles and methods of investigation.

Knowledge and understanding of the principles of the Bribery Act 2010 and money laundering regulations.

Sound understanding of charity reporting and accounting framework and practice including the charities SORP and UK-Irish GAAP.

Qualifications

A CCAB qualified accountant (ICAEW, ICAS, ICAI, ACCA, CIPFA) or CIMA membership or any equivalent with sound technical knowledge gained through post qualification experience.

Memberships

A CCAB qualified accountant (ICAEW, ICAS, ICAI, ACCA, CIPFA) or CIMA membership or any equivalent with sound technical knowledge gained through post qualification experience.

Behaviours

We'll assess you against these behaviours during the selection process:

Making Effective Decisions

Communicating and Influencing

Working Together

Developing Self and Others

Benefits

Alongside your salary of £56,764, Charity Commission contributes £15,326 towards you being a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme. We operate a flexible hybrid working policy where office attendance is combined with homeworking days dependent on role and corporate requirements.

We offer access to the highly competitive Civil Service Pension Scheme (employer contributions of 27.1%), far more than in the private sector, and a flexible, family-friendly environment. Additionally, you can look forward to other great benefits via our ‘Perkbox’ and ‘Edenred’ schemes. These include everything from an interest-free season ticket loan and bicycle loan (after two months) to discounts on gym membership, cinema tickets and restaurants.  A minimum of 25 days of paid annual leave, increasing by one day per year up to a maximum of 30 days per year.