Finance Manager

ACCA Careers; Warrington; On-site; GBP 55,000 - 85,000; Full time

Job summary

ACCA Careers is seeking a Finance Business Partnering professional to support the NCA’s Corporate Business Services function. You will oversee financial reporting, budgeting, and governance while advising senior management on day-to-day and strategic financial matters.

The role focuses on developing budgets, providing high-quality management information, and building strong internal/external partnerships to drive efficiency and accountability within the agency.

Qualifications

• Must be able to lead a team of finance professionals
• Strong knowledge of accounting processes, policies and internal controls
• Proven skills in stakeholder engagement across varied internal and external partners
• Excellent analytical and modelling abilities to inform decision making
• Familiarity with government accounting principles and public sector reporting

Responsibilities

• Provide timely financial and management reports in line with requirements and governance standards.
• Lead design and delivery of training to support financial awareness across the business.
• Manage projects, resources and campaigns within agreed timescales and budgets.
• Ensure data handling quality and secure management of information.

Skills

First line management

Accounting processes

Stakeholder management

Analytical reasoning

Financial modelling

Public sector accounting knowledge

Education

Part qualified ACCA/CIPFA/ICAEW/ICAI/ICAS/CIMA

Job description

About the job

Corporate Business Services (CBS) is led by the Chief Financial Officer (CFO) for the NCA and enables the operational capability of the NCA to protect the public from serious and organised crime.

Location

Belfast, Bristol, London, Warrington

Job Summary

Corporate Business Services (CBS) is led by the Chief Financial Officer (CFO) for the NCA and enables the operational capability of the NCA to protect the public from serious and organised crime.

The command includes Business Services, Commercial, Concordis Programme, Estates and Finance. Together, these functions ensure the NCA's activity is financially and commercially compliant, helps achieve value for money and improves the Agency financial capabilities and performance. CBS also aligns the NCA estates strategy in promoting a safe, secure and compliant estate with delivering a fit for purpose vehicle Fleet in line with a sustainability and fleet strategy.

Information About The Business Area

The Finance team 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 internal corporate governance requirements. The Finance Management Team also help Commands develop budget and savings proposals to inform the negotiations on future budget delegations.

Job Description

To support delivery of a comprehensive Finance function to include, Finance Business Partnering, Financial Control, Strategic Finance and Transactional Services which underpins the operational delivery of the Agency. This will include financial support and advice to management across the business, up to Board level, on all aspects of day-to-day financial and management accounting within the NCA.

Role 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.

The focus of this campaign will be recruitment to the Finance Business Partnering Function.

This position attracts a Recruitment and Retention Allowance (RRA) of £1000 (Per Annum) for fully qualified staff available as an addition to the advertised salary (subject to annual review).

Person specification

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 partnerships - 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.

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.

Essential Criteria

You must meet the essential criteria and evidence this within your application to be considered for the role.

Qualifications, Membership And Licences

• Part qualified having passed all exams up to the Strategic/Advanced level of one of the bodies listed and be actively studying.
• In all cases proof of membership of the accountancy body and exams passed must be included within the application to include the Professional Body, Type of Membership and current position on exam pathway.
• ACCA - Association of Chartered Certified Accountants
• CIPFA - Chartered Institute of Public Finance and Accountancy
• ICAEW - Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales
• ICAI - Institute of Chartered Accountants in Ireland
• ICAS - Institute of Chartered Accountants in Scotland
• CIMA - Chartered Institute of Management Accountants

Any applications from candidates not meeting this eligibility criteria will not progress.

Desirable Criteria

Desirable criteria are only used for assessment in the event of a tie break.

Hold a full professional CCAB accountancy qualification: ACCA, CIPFA, ICAEW, ICAI or ICAS, or CIMA

Behaviours

• Delivering at Pace
• Seeing the Big Picture

Technical skills

• Experience of working in Partnership with both internal and external stakeholders
• Strong analytical and reasoning skills, with experience of analysing and presenting financial information.