Head of Financial Accounts

2 weeks ago


Darlington, Darlington, United Kingdom Disclosure & Barring Service Full time

The Disclosure and Barring Service is now recruiting for a Head of Financial Accounts to join their team.

Directorate: Finance and Corporate Services

Reports to: Head of Operational Finance

Salary : £53,400 to £62,000

Line Management: Yes

Security clearance level required: Standard DBS Vetting

Location: Must have base location of Darlington or Liverpool. Can work remotely but must attend the office based on business needs

About the Department:

DBS operates in the complex world of safeguarding, protecting people's health, wellbeing and human rights, and enabling them to live free from harm, abuse and neglect.

We provide a service that enables organisations in the public, private and voluntary sectors to make better informed, safer recruitment and other decisions.

Job Purpose:

As the Head of Financial Accounts, your role will be to lead the Financial Accounts team, providing guidance and support in establishing a controls-based environment, to provide advice, and develop policies, to ensure compliance with accounting standards, tax regulations, and other government financial reporting requirements.

The Head of Financial Accounts is a senior member of the Finance team and is also responsible for providing an efficient, effective and high-quality professional service meeting all reporting requirements.

Essential Criteria

  • Proven ability to communicate complex matters to a non-financial audience and to build effective relationships with senior stakeholders
  • Strategic thinking, planning and analysis skills, with the ability to develop creative solutions to support the management of change and mitigate associated risks
  • Excellent relationship management, influencing, facilitation and presentation skills
  • Presence and credibility to work with senior colleagues across the organisation
  • Highly organised and able to plan and manage a broad portfolio of activities
  • Resilience in challenging circumstances: ability to work under pressure, remaining calm but decisive.
  • Highly effective communicator in person, in writing and in electronic media.
  • Highly developed people leadership, management and communication skills
  • Successful relationship-building with own staff team members and wider Finance department
  • Leading the annual report and accounts production process
  • Managing the external audit process through to the delivery of annual audited financial statements
  • Excellent knowledge of latest accounting standards (IFRS experience and FReM knowledge preferred)
  • Communicating complex accounting and tax issues to non-finance stakeholders
  • Developing financial policies, frameworks and procedures
  • Best practice financial controls
  • Experience within a senior Financial Accountant role and ability to draw upon practicable experience of managing multiple deliverables to tight timescales whilst implementing financial controls
  • Experience of driving improvements in processes to increase efficiency
  • Experience coaching and developing finance colleagues
  • Must hold an accounting qualification from a recognised CCAB accountancy body or CIMA

For more information and to apply please visit: 24.41 Head of Financial Accounts

The closing date for applications is Monday 3rd June 2024.



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