Financial Controller - London, United Kingdom - The Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority
2 weeks ago
Description
Background:
IPSA is on a mission We want to enable MPs to do what really matters by providing an exemplary, seamless regulatory service.
We publish detailsof business costs claims made by MPs and their staff, as well as annual data about every MP's spending and other aspects of their activity.
We are looking for an experienced
Financial Controller to help us redesign and maintain robust financial controls ensuring the production of accurate, timely and complete financial information.
You'll be qualified CCAB or equivalent Accountantwith demonstrable experience in the role of Financial Controller with regulatory experience in the public sector.
You'll take pride in ensuring the data is right first time every time, and you'll work with others to improve processes, ensuring that sound financialmanagement and governance runs through any broader organisational change.
About the role:
The Financial Controller is a leadership role within the Finance team and you will work alongside an excellent, dedicated team.
As part of the leadership team, this role is visible across IPSA and you'll play a significant role in driving transformationand continuous improvement across the organisation, especially in ensuring that the financial data used by our customers, MPs and their staff, is current and accurate and drives excellent customer service.
You'll ensure IPSA regulates through service, deliveringexcellent service to MPs and colleagues across IPSA and maintaining robust financial controls.Main responsibilities:
It's an exciting time to join IPSA as we undertake the next stage of our transformation and change programme.
We're intent on continually improving our processes and ways of working so that we can deliver on our mission:
to enable MPs to focus on what reallymatters by providing an exemplary, seamless regulatory service.
To do this, there are number of immediate priorities which you'll be responsible for:
- Designing and maintaining robust financial controls. There are over 100 spreadsheets in use within the finance team currently, so you'll determine which can be eliminated through process redesign, which can be moved to the ERP and which require an alternativesystem.
- Leadership of a high performing Financial Control team (Accounts Payable, Accounts Receivable and Financial Reporting Manager) to ensure accurate processing of payments, receipts and cash management and foster collaborative working across IPSA.
- Running the month end process and managing all delegated activities. You'll ensure accounts close runs to time, the balance sheet is accurate and variances are understood.
- Ensuring transactions are accurate, validated and comply with relevant financial control KPIs.
- Maintaining the integrity of IPSA's accounting system (Unit4 Business World), including ledger and sub ledgers, to ensure accounting entries are generated correctly.
What we are looking for:
Qualified CCAB or equivalent, you make complex and challenging financial information accessible to people at all levels of the organisation.
You'll be an excellent communicator who can challenge constructively and can work with, and through, others to achieve results. You can manage multiple workstreams, maintaining your own, and your team's performance. You adapt to changing situations and areproactive in responding to needs and priorities of others. You are aware of your limits and you know when to seek support and guidance. Resilient, you perform well under pressure and respond constructively, setbacks don't phase you.
A full person specification is available on our website.
How to apply:
Interview Process
Our interview and onboarding processes are virtual.
If you want to join our team, you'll need access to a secure WIFI network and a private space to work from.
If you're successful we will provide you with equipment for onboarding, training, and workingfrom home.
If you are shortlisted, there will be a competency-based interview where we will ask you a series of questions designed to help the panel assess your suitability for the role and for IPSA and we may also ask you prepare a short presentation.
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