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Head of Financial Services

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Posted By: Assembly Parliamentary Service
Address:
Contact: 02920 898909
Date Posted: 27th Oct 2008
Salary: The salary range is £42,500 to £53,270 (Band F)
Location: Newport (Cardiff)
Reference Code: AC/017/08
Views Since Posting: 51
Full Description:

Purpose of Post:

The post leads the Financial Services team under the Head of Assembly Resources, providing a central financial control and payments service to support the successful functioning of the National Assembly for Wales. The teams within Financial Services cover payroll and staff expenses, pensions’ administration, financial and cash management, finance system management (CODA), prompt payments to our suppliers, resource accounting and budget planning.

You will apply your considerable management experience to work with your teams to deliver first class services to our customers, and apply your considerable finance/accounting experience to deliver excellent financial management and financial governance for the Assembly Commission. Your focus will also be on achieving the highest standards of control and delivery so ensuring effective stewardship of public funds coupled with contributing to the success of the Commission’s services in supporting the National Assembly for Wales.

Key objectives include:

• Developing, maintaining and promoting the highest standards of governance, financial management and control expected of this prominent publicly funded body
• Taking the corporate lead in forward planning financial resources to meet operational needs across the Commission’s services, preparing budget proposals in accordance with Standing Orders and the Government of Wales Act 2006.
• Advising on the position of the Commission’s finances throughout the year and recommending any appropriate actions needed
• Delivering a timely, accurate and informative set of annual accounts for the Assembly Commission, promoting transparency and probity
• Playing an active and effective leadership role with the Head of Assembly Resources and other Heads of Service on corporate and cross-boundary matters to strengthen the Operations Directorate’s ability to make a positive and effective contribution to achieving the Commission’s Strategic Goals
• Working collaboratively with the Head of HR and the Procurement & Sustainability Adviser to develop seamless HR, Finance and Sustainability services under the Head of Assembly Resources
• Delivering first class services by leading, motivating, empowering, developing and encouraging members of the Financial Services team to secure commitment, contribution, excellence and reward
• As a lead accountancy professional, to provide advice and report to senior colleagues, the Assembly Commission and the Corporate Governance Committee, as necessary.

Competence areas and behaviours specific to the Post:

ESSENTIAL JOB SPECIFIC CRITERIA:

o You must be a CCAB qualified accountant with experience of preparation of budgets and accounts, and financial performance reporting.
o You must have experience of working in a political environment or with the public sector.
o You must have strong analytical skills and an excellent grasp of figures, being competent in handling complex financial issues and communicating outcomes to colleagues in plain language.
o You must be experienced in working to tight timescales and ensuring accuracy, clarity and effective presentation.

Leadership

o You’ll need to analyse and evaluate the impact of issues affecting the organisation, working with others to achieve the best solution.
o You’ll lead by example: toeing the corporate line yet shaping it and pushing it forward too; managing your own performance as well as your team’s.

Learning and Improving

o You’ll need to be risk-aware but not risk-averse, using risk management to deliver improvements not avoid change.
o You’ll need to be great at service planning, using resources to best effect, encouraging ideas and contribution, and providing constructive feedback to further drive improvements.

Working with and Valuing Others

o The Team has to work well together if it is to deliver excellent services – you’ll need to inspire and motivate team members to achieve this.
o You’ll want yourself and the team to work beyond the boundaries – helping others to deliver, and actively contributing to the wider corporate agenda.

Delivering Results to Customers

o The achievement of excellence requires an understanding of what excellence means, and an understanding of customer needs. You’ll need to build links with others and take active steps to improve yourself in order to inform your delivery standards, objectives and results.

Applying Expertise

o You’ll be a performance-focused manager: identifying and communicating key performance areas; understanding performance variances; acting on performance deficiencies; celebrating performance successes.

Development Opportunities Offered by the Post:

The opportunities are fantastic! You’ll be leading a team that aspires to achieve excellence in financial management to ensure that we really make a difference to the effective functioning of the National Assembly for Wales. But we’re not there yet, so this post will give you the opportunity to take the lead, be imaginative and bold in shaping the team’s direction, and give you a great sense of achievement when you deliver.

The wide ranging role, and close working with senior management across the organisation, will develop your skills in communication, leadership and cross-boundary collaborative working. You’ll be able to combine your excellent financial/accountancy skills with developing leadership skills and place yourself as a key-player in decision making.

We’ll expect results from day one, and we’ll invest in you and develop you to make sure you go from strength to strength.

Contact Point: Steven O’Donoghue
Head of Assembly Resources
Tel: 029 2089 8746
Email: steven.o’donoghue@wales.gsi.gov.uk

Please note that you will be asked to undertake an IT/finance based assessment and to respond to a scenario as part of the selection process.

Timescale:

Closing Date for Advert: 10 October 2008
Sift Date: 16 October 2008
Test Date: 22 October 2008
Interview Date: 5-6 November 2008