Global City Futures

4 weeks ago


Exeter, United Kingdom Oxygen House Full time

Permanent. Full-time (40 hours per week) **or** part time with a minimum of working 3 days (24 hours per week).

Exeter City Centre with hybrid working (minimum of 2 days a week in the office).

**Salary**: DOE from £55k per annum plus generous company benefits.

Global City Futures (GCF) is part of Oxygen House, a group of companies that invest in projects fostering social, environmental and economic prosperity.

GCF is a professional and financial services consultancy that works with public and private sector clients to help fund, develop and manage a range of sustainably focused projects, such as aiding local authorities to develop net zero infrastructure or hospital trusts to build sustainably. From Green Book-compliant business case production, end-to-end project management, and expert financial advice, Global City Futures has a highly motivated and collaborative team who offer a full-service consultancy to its clients.

**The Role**

We’re looking to hire an enthusiastic individual with a broad range of skills that wants to go beyond traditional accounting to join a rapidly expanding team of consultants delivering exciting sustainable projects across the South West and beyond.
You will initially spend time managing the company’s key projects including commercial project management, development of business cases and delivering financial advisory engagements as a part of a consultant team encompassing a wide mix of skills.

The main responsibility would be supporting more junior team members and holding the overall responsibility for preparing business cases on behalf of our clients. This would involve project managing the proposal, researching, developing and writing up business cases while having close contact with clients and key stakeholders. An understanding of Green-book compliant business cases and/or the 5 case model framework would be highly desirable but is not essential.

**Core Responsibilities**:
**Primary**
- Project management for multiple cross-organisation, multi-stakeholder commercial projects
- Business Case drafting and review
- Direct and regular contact with clients, including preparing and presentation of information at regular update meetings.
- Preparation of budgets and commercial and economic modelling
- Support and mentoring of more junior team members
- Business development and active networking
- Assistance with preparation of tender documents and evaluation of tenders for financial and other specialist consultants
- Financial model outputs generation and manipulation

**Secondary**
- To analyse government announcements, funding settlements and policy statements
- Ensure that legislative changes, public sector expectations and funding allocations are financially appraised
- Be aware of and propose development and funding initiatives
- Ad hoc project work

We're looking for a dynamic Accountant who is keen to utilise their skills outside of month end or audit. An interest in sustainability, development or renewable energy would also be highly desirable as our main projects involve sustainable urban development.

**Ideally you will you:

- **
- Be a qualified accountant (ACA/CIPFA/CIMA or equivalent), **or** have another relevant professional qualification
- Have an interest in sustainable placemaking or be suitably qualified by experienced
- Have an understanding of public sector financing regulations and public sector projects through the business case process
- Be able to take ownership of complex projects and draw in resource as and when required
- Have strong verbal and written communication skills with an ability to liaise across all levels
- Have an eye for detail and a hands-on approach
- Be an excellent team player with a flexible mind-set
- Have excellent organisational skills and time management
- Have experience of managing multiple stakeholders
- Have strong IT Skills including PowerPoint (or equivalent presentation skills)
- Be able to use Excel regularly to an advanced level, ideally understanding complex formulae

**Desirables:

- **
- Knowledge of UK GAAP and IFRS
- Real estate fund experience
- Green book compliance

If you don't fit our person specification 100% but are keen to work with us and learn then please apply, as we're happy to support the right person to deliver the role. Furthermore, we offer excellent opportunities for progression and personal development. We have a very open and highly collaborative team structure and employees are encouraged to develop within their role and are actively supported to find their own area of specialism and take ownership of this.

**Benefits of working with us**

️ Annual Leave - 25 days’, rising to 30 days’ after 5 years’ service

Family and Finance Benefits - Contributory pension (matched up to 5%), Group life assurance, Employee assistance programme

️ Food and Drink - We provide our staff a wide range of healthy (and not so healthy) snacks, drinks and quick lunches when in the office to make su


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