Financial Governance Officer - London, United Kingdom - Department for International Trade

Department for International Trade

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London, United Kingdom

1 week ago

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Tom O´Connor

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Salary:

- £28,070 - £35,557-HEO: National:
£28,070 - £31,824; London: £31,804 - £35,557
Job grade:

Higher Executive Officer
Contract type:
Permanent
Business area:
DIT COO: Finance, Business & Shared Services
Type of role:
Finance
Governance
Working pattern:
Flexible working, Fulltime, Job share, Parttime
Number of jobs available:
1Contents

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Location

Darlington, LondonAbout the job

Job summary:

This is an exciting time to join the Department for International Trade (DIT), where our aim is to promote British trade and investment around the world, which is vital for the prosperity of the UK.

DIT brings together policy, promotion and financial expertise to break down barriers to trade and investment in global markets to help businesses succeed.

This is a great opportunity to work in an international government department that plays a critical role in delivering the UK's trade goals and future prosperity.

The Financial Governance team plays a unique role within the Finance, Assurance, Risk and Control (FARC) team.

The Financial Governance Officer will be expected to work closely with all areas of the department and will regularly be communicating and delivering difficult messages to colleagues, including senior officials.

The postholder will be exposed to the wide variety of work the Financial Governance team undertakes, which presents a unique opportunity to cover multiple workstreams and work with multiple internal and external stakeholders.

Job description:

Effectively manage the departments travel and expenses policies, ensuring compliance across the department and promptly escalating any concerns or noncompliance to seniors
Play a key role in providing advice to business units on travel, expense and subsistence policies
Analyse and scrutinise employee travel and expenses claims with the ability to draw conclusions and present this data clearly and effectively
Deliver difficult messages to stakeholders and be able to stand your ground when required
Work with the department's travel management company and commercial colleagues to ensure the department's corporate travel offering remains appropriate
Work with the department's Shared Services Provider, UK SBS, to challenge existing processes and identify areas for improvement in respect of expenses management
Develop and enhance the department's expenses frameworks to provide further assurance that all travel and expense claims are representing value for money

The postholder will not have any line management responsibilities.

Hybrid working
Please be aware that this role can only be worked from within the UK and not overseas.

Informal hybrid working arrangements will be available as agreed with the vacancy manager and in line with the requirements of the role.

Most DIT employees will be working a hybrid pattern, spending 2-3 days a week (pro rata) in an office, on average.

If your office location is London, you will be eligible to receive London weighting.

Person specification:

Essential Criteria

Experience in a financial compliance environment, ideally in travel and expenses or similar
Analytical skills and the ability to present complex information to finance and nonfinance colleagues
Be confident in delivering difficult messages to colleagues of all grades
Good IT skills, including MS Excel

Desirable Criteria

Experience in creating or updating financial policies
Experience in using PowerBI/Amazon Quicksight or equivalent

Personal Attributes & Skills

We are looking for:
A confident individual with the ability to see the big picture and find ways to continuously improve the department's travel and expenses policies and processes.
An individual who is comfortable working with large amounts of data and who can draw conclusions and present these confidently.
An excellent communicator who can clearly and concisely articulate issues
A resilient and motivated individual, who can deliver difficult messages confidently whilst being able to stand their ground when challenged.

Behaviours:

We'll assess you against these behaviours during the selection process:

Seeing the Big Picture
Communicating and Influencing
Making Effective Decisions
Managing a Quality Service

Benefits:

Learning and development tailored to your role
An environment with flexible working options
A culture encouraging inclusion and diversity
A Civil Service pension with an average employer contribution of 27%

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Selection process details:

This vacancy is using Success Profiles, and will assess your Behaviours, Strengths and Experience.

Sift will take place week commencing 03/01/2023

Interviews will take place week commencing 16/01/2023

Please align your CV with previous skills and experience. Ma