Deputy Head of Management Accounts – Reporting

Job Objective 

Reporting to the Head of Administration Accounts, this senior position is chargeable for the strategic and operational administration and improvement of the central Administration Accounting staff in delivering an environment friendly, efficient and high quality monetary service to all stakeholders.

Working intently with the Head of Administration Accounts and the Director/ Deputy Director of Finance the submit holder will present complete, efficient and environment friendly monetary administration, governance, help, problem and route. They’ll contribute as a senior supervisor to make sure the availability of a strategic, skilled and efficient resolution centered finance companies which is aligned to the achievement of the College’s Finance Technique.

The position will present top quality technical help by means of insightful evaluation and difficulty decision and repeatedly enhance processes and procedures to help environment friendly and efficient operations inside a powerful inside management setting.

The position could have duty for one direct report and three oblique experiences and also will require the constructing of robust working relationships with enterprise companions and senior leaders throughout the College.

Fundamental Duties and Tasks 

1. Lead the finance enter contributing to the supply of an efficient budgeting and planning course of throughout the College:

The position holder will work with the Vice Principal (Technique & Sources) and the Head of Planning to agree the annual timetable and underlying assumptions for use in preparation of the College’s three yr budgets. The position holder will outline the monetary budgeting templates required from the Faculty Finance groups and can present acceptable coaching and steerage. The position holder will make sure that key milestones are delivered and can consolidate the price range inputs for evaluate with the Finance Workplace Directorate forward of conferences with key members of the Senior Administration Group. The position holder will even take the lead in producing the monetary price range papers for conferences with the Vice Principal Technique and Sources, the Director of Finance, the Principal and Finance Committee.

2. Present an efficient, environment friendly and constant monetary administration reporting service throughout the College:

The position holder will coordinate all month-end exercise throughout the College, together with timetabling, transaction processing, provision of normal experiences to the Faculty Finance groups and definition of the inputs required from the Faculty Finance groups. The position holder will even consolidate, evaluate and problem the month-to-month outcomes and forecasts and put together the month-to-month reporting pack for evaluate with the Finance Workplace Directorate, forward of publishing to Senior Administration Group. The position holder will even make sure that particular stability sheet reconciliations are carried out, in liaison with the Monetary Accountant. The position holder will even be anticipated to repeatedly evaluate the College’s monetary reporting and determine alternatives for enhancing the knowledge provision while bettering the effectivity and automation of the report preparation.

3. Work Planning & Organisation:

Work with the Head of Administration Finance to evaluate all work exercise inside the administration accounting staff to determine work to cease, begin, proceed and to assign duties throughout the staff in a means that ensures the best activity supply and improvement of the staff’s ability units. Be chargeable for the continuing planning of employees exercise inside the staff, guaranteeing all planning takes account of set deadlines and probably conflicting work pressures.

4. Knowledgeable Evaluation:

To supply direct help to the Director/ Deputy Director of Finance for advert hoc requests and knowledgeable evaluation required to help determination making and the event of technique.  It will embody sourcing, analysing and evaluating monetary data from throughout the College, utilizing perception and experience to attract conclusions and make suggestions.    Current findings and suggestions to tell and help strategic determination making at Senior Administration Group, Finance Committee, Courtroom and to exterior stakeholders.

5. Course of effectivity and effectiveness:

The position holder might be anticipated to optimise the service that the administration accounting staff present to the Faculty Finance groups and take away duplication and wasted effort. They’ll have a transparent understanding of the wants of the shopper base and can work to offer an efficient service degree supply. In doing so they are going to be anticipated to work intently with Faculty Finance employees and Monetary Accounting employees to make sure that administration reporting and the underlying knowledge integrity and processing is delivered in a managed, efficient and environment friendly method utilising a typical company course of.

6. Audit:

Act as a key contact in relation to inside and exterior audit guaranteeing compliance with all legislative, greatest observe and College company monetary necessities and procedures.  Work intently with the central College finance operate to make sure all insurance policies and procedures are complied with and transactional help is delivered in an efficient and environment friendly method utilising the suitable company system and course of and all employees adjust to the inherent monetary controls.

7. Co-own the Chart of Accounts and Value Centre construction:

The position holder will co-own the Earnings & Expenditure accounts code construction and the organisational value centre construction inside Agresso (with the Monetary Accountant). They’ll make sure that the design ideas are in keeping with outlined Finance Workplace coverage and observe and can deal with any under-lying problems with non-compliance at supply.

8. Coaching and consciousness:

Develop and enhance the potential of Finance employees throughout the College.   Work intently with the Heads of Faculty Finance to develop and ship coaching programmes to realize a step change within the monetary consciousness and functionality of educational and administrative colleagues.

9. Employees Administration:

Help the Head of Administration Accounts in main, motivating and creating the Administration Accounts staff, guaranteeing behaviours and attitudes replicate College values. In doing so promote a steady enchancment method, guaranteeing that the staff applies acceptable skilled requirements and demonstrates a tradition of possession and accountability to make sure the supply of wonderful companies and monetary consciousness and governance.

The position holder will line handle 4 employees members inside the administration accounting staff and can make sure that all elements of individuals administration, improvement and evaluate are in place throughout the staff. They will even work with the Monetary Accountant to evaluate the College monetary reporting exercise and assess whether or not there ought to be any change in duty for the underlying duties carried out.

Information, {Qualifications}, Abilities and Expertise 

Information/{Qualifications} 

Important: 

A1 Capability to show the mandatory strategic competencies required to undertake the duties related to this degree of submit having acquired the mandatory skilled information and management expertise in an analogous or variety of totally different specialist roles, together with being professionally certified in related self-discipline, with a broad vary {of professional} management expertise in strategically vital specialist areas Capability to show the mandatory strategic competencies required to undertake the duties related to this degree of submit having acquired the mandatory skilled information and management expertise in an analogous or variety of totally different specialist roles.

A2 Membership of a recognised CCAB accounting skilled physique.

A3 Robust proof of continuous skilled improvement related to the position.

A4 Complete information of strategic planning, budgets and forecasts.

Abilities 

Important: 

C1 Glorious management and administration expertise.

C2 Excessive degree influencing and interpersonal expertise, in a position to rapidly construct credibility and ship impression in any respect ranges.

C3 Capability to create an setting of accountability for outcomes and actions.

C4 Strategic thinker, capacity to develop technique and coverage and implement successfully.

C5 Capability to drive ahead and ship change consistent with strategic and operational targets and priorities.

C6 Capability to constructively problem the established order, affect change and current arguments based mostly on sound skilled judgement and experience.

C7 Confirmed robust industrial consciousness with a transparent understanding of key enterprise drivers and the flexibility to rapidly perceive the strategic company agenda with a purpose to work successfully in partnership with senior managers.

C8 Properly-developed report writing and presentation expertise with the flexibility to current and translate complete and sometimes complicated data and monetary ideas for non-financial and senior colleagues.

C9 Excellent and confirmed analytical and problem-solving expertise with the flexibility to make well-considered choices, resolve conflicts and show sound, skilled judgement.

C10 A self-motivated particular person with the flexibility to work successfully below stress and to tight timescales with an inherent ability for prioritising and managing competing calls for.

C11 Superior expertise in using business commonplace and specialist monetary and accounting software program packages together with Microsoft Excel, Phrase and PowerPoint.

Expertise 

Important: 

E1 Intensive post-qualification challenge accounting expertise ideally inside Greater Training sector.

E2 Demonstrable expertise of working with and influencing throughout all ranges of an organisation together with senior administration working in a political or extremely complicated setting – offering route, delivering outcomes, constructing on relationships and functionality and demonstrating private resilience.

E3 Intensive expertise of constructing sturdy enterprise instances with non-financial professionals and presenting these at board degree.

E4 Confirmed expertise of working as a key member of a multidisciplinary staff, offering monetary management, help and problem.

E5 Confirmed expertise of efficiently contributing to steady monetary course of enchancment and alter with demonstrable operational and monetary efficiencies delivered.

E6 Expertise of creating modern options and sensible implementations for strategic change.

E7 Confirmed challenge administration expertise, offering management, modern pondering and supply towards set targets and timelines.

Phrases and Circumstances 

Wage might be Grade 9, £57,696 – £64,914 every year.

This submit is full time and glued time period to cowl maternity depart for as much as 12 months or till the substantive postholder returns.

Please Word: The College would think about a secondment alternative for this submit. Candidates ought to search clearance for launch for secondment from their employers / line supervisor earlier than making a proper utility. 

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As a valued member of our staff, you’ll be able to count on:

1 A heat welcoming and fascinating organisational tradition, the place your abilities are developed and nurtured, and success is well known and shared.

2 A wonderful employment package deal with beneficiant phrases and circumstances together with 41 days of depart for full time employees, pension – pensions handbook https://www.gla.ac.uk/myglasgow/payandpensions/pensions/, advantages and low cost packages.

3 A versatile method to working.

4 A dedication to help your well being and wellbeing, together with a free 6-month UofG Sport membership for all new employees becoming a member of the College  https://www.gla.ac.uk/myglasgow/employees/healthwellbeing/.

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