Senior Finance Manager (Systems)
Cardiff
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Permanent
£47,675 - £56,445 a year
- You will lead the financial management functions, developing systems to optimise performance and compliance in support of revenue for public services in Wales.
- The ideal candidate should have extensive finance experience, strong analytical skills, and a collaborative, innovative mindset to enhance our systems.
- The role offers flexible working arrangements based in Cardiff or Merthyr with a competitive salary and significant Civil Service pension contributions.
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- About the job
- Benefits
- Things you need to know
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About the job
Job summary
We?re responsible for Land Transaction Tax, Landfill Disposals Tax and the introduction of the Visitor Levy in Wales. Our work raises revenue to support public services, like the NHS and schools, in communities across Wales. But that?s not all, we're also involved with and support future tax design for Wales.
Join a place with purpose
You?ll join a team of 100+ talented people from across 14 different professions. Our culture is best described as innovative, collaborative and kind. By working together, we?ll deliver a fair tax system for Wales.
Our people
You?ll be working with people from a wide range of backgrounds and experience. From Operations, Policy, Digital and Data, HR, Communications to Finance ? there?s a place for you in our friendly team.
You?ll be our greatest asset
You?ll be joining an inclusive organisation and be part of a team where you can thrive, be rewarded and heard.
We?re recognised as one of the top organisations for people engagement in the Civil Service People Survey. Inclusion and fairness are one of our strongest areas, as well as pay and benefits ? our People Survey results say it all!
We?re also recognised for being innovative and a digital, ?cloud-based? organisation that supports hybrid and flexible working enabling a great work-life balance.
More about working for us, our roles and our Corporate Plan 2025 - 2028 .
Job description
The roles have been developed to take into account the changes within WRA and its areas of business. These changes are creating new opportunities within the team and new areas for development. It is an exciting time to join WRA as we look to take on Visitor Levy/National Registration in addition to the tax collection.
?Working at the WRA has been highly rewarding, providing the opportunity to contribute to a modern Welsh tax authority that supports vital public services through devolved taxes. The organisation has allowed me to further develop and apply my finance and leadership skills while helping to deliver a fair and effective tax system.
As part of a small, collaborative team of specialists, we work closely together and with colleagues across the organisation to deliver high-quality services for taxpayers.?
Nicola Greenwood, Head of Finance
We recommend you review the job description (or candidate pack) under the 'attachments' section before completing your application.
Person specification
Key Tasks
- Ensure that separation of duties is maintained within the teams and work processes.
- Manage and support the Head of Finance to develop accounting policies for the WRA.
- Maintain the integrity of roles within the finance system.
- Ensure the integrity of the accounting processes and procedures in the finance system.
- Prepare and manage the bank account processes including transfer of funds.
- Ensure tax revenues are promptly paid over to the Welsh Consolidated Fund in line with Welsh Treasury requirements.
- Ensure that all corporate functions including staff payments are carried out promptly and in line with current processes.
- Maintain the financial governance of the finance system between Corporate and Tax finance.
- To ensure system is fit for purpose/suitable from a continuous development view and with regards to proposed changes to remit of WRA
- To be key point of contact for HMRC compliance visits/reviews
- Manage and develop the finance teams for both Tax finance and Corporate finance of the WRA.
- To support in the development, implementation and rollout of the Visitor Levy/National Registration programmes and its link into finance. Engagement with key stakeholders.
- Develop and deliver appropriate management reporting systems within the Authority; ensuring that relevant forecasts are provided to the senior team, Board and Welsh Government.
- Key point of contact for financial/system issues relating to D365 contract
- To cover for other members of the finance team ? as/when required.
- To deputise for Head of Finance in times of absence.
Candidate information session
If this seems like a role you?d be interested in, join us for our virtual Candidate Information Session. You?ll meet the Line Manager, get an overview of the role as well a feeling for what it?s like to work at the WRA. We?ll also talk through our benefits and provide helpful tips for your application with us. Please register for one of the sessions below:
Register here for 12.30pm on 21st August https://SeniorFinanceManagerSystems.eventbrite.co.uk
Qualifications
Languages
Welsh language skills - Welsh skills are not essential. This means that you do not need Welsh language skills to undertake this role and these skills won?t be assessed during the recruitment process. However, we actively encourage all staff to learn, or improve their Welsh language skills and offer a range of opportunities to suit everyone.
Benefits
What we offer
- 31 days annual leave + Bank holidays, and 2 Privilege days
- Flexible and hybrid working
- Generous employer pension schemes with a contribution of up to 28.97%
- Tusker car scheme
- Vivup Cycle2Work and advances of salary for season Travel Tickets
- Lifestyle Benefits offering discounts on shopping, restaurants and entertainment
- Wellbeing hour each week
- Access to subsidised sports groups
- Generous family-friendly leave policies
- Free Welsh language courses and time off to learn
- Access to a range of staff diversity networks
- Free counselling and support service via our Vivup Employee Assistance Programme and Your Care Health platform
- A thriving culture that?s described as innovative, collaborative and kind.
Things you need to know
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Selection process details
We?ll always be clear about how we assess your application, at each stage of the process. This will usually include:
- Assessment of your Application Form and CV against the relevant Success Criteria
- A panel interview (if you?re successful at the initial sift stage) Interviews will take place in person
- If any additional assessments are needed for this role, such as a test or presentation at interview, we?ll let you know in advance.
- Should a large number of applications be received, an initial sift will be conducted using the lead behaviour, Changing and Improving.
We?re proud to be a Disability Confident Leader so we?ll ask you if you need any adjustments at each stage of the recruitment process. So that we can support you in a way that works for you, we?ll offer a pre-interview accessibility chat to anyone that declares a disability or needs any adjustments. This will take place with someone who is independent of the recruitment process and you won?t be placed at any disadvantage as a result of needing adjustments.
A reserve list may be held for this role for applicants that have scored above the appointable threshold at interview. This means that if a similar vacancy becomes available in the next 12 months we may contact you to offer you the role.
Success criteria
Behaviours
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Assessed during interview or assessment
Seeing the Bigger Picture
Align activities to contribute to wider organisational priorities
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No
Changing and improving
Work with others to identify areas for improvement and simplify processes to use fewer resources
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Yes
Delivering at pace
Take responsibility for delivering timely and quality results with focus and drive
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Strengths
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Adaptable
You can adapt to variations in work or environment. Your effectiveness is not affected by change. You are flexible and versatile. You act as an advocate for change.
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Team Player
You work well as part of a team and strive to ensure the team pulls together and is effective.
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Yes
Strategic
You look at the big picture. You consider the wider factors and long term implications of decisions
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Yes
Experience
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Assessed in personal statement and CV
Assessed during interview or assessment
Experience of Public Sector finance
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Yes
Technical knowledge
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Assessed in personal statement and CV
Assessed during interview or assessment
To have knowledge/experience of Financial systems (Dynamics 365)
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Yes
Qualifications
Criteria
Assessed in personal statement and CV
Assessed during interview or assessment
CCAB Qualified Accountant or Part Qualified (PQ to qualify within 3 years of appointment if successful)
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No
We recommend you review the job description (or candidate pack) under the 'attachments' section before completing your application.
Feedback will only be provided if you attend an interview or assessment.
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Nationality requirements
This job is broadly open to the following groups:
- UK nationals
- nationals of the Republic of Ireland
- nationals of Commonwealth countries who have the right to work in the UK
- nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities with settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS)
- nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities who have made a valid application for settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS)
- individuals with limited leave to remain or indefinite leave to remain who were eligible to apply for EUSS on or before 31 December 2020
- Turkish nationals, and certain family members of Turkish nationals, who have accrued the right to work in the Civil Service
Working for the Civil Service
We recruit by merit on the basis of fair and open competition, as outlined in the Civil Service Commission's recruitment principles .
Diversity and Inclusion
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Contact point for applicants
Job contact :
- Name : WRA Recruitment Team
- Email : Recruitment@wra.gov.wales
- Telephone : 03000254000
Recruitment team
- Email : Recruitment@wra.gov.wales
Further information
If you feel your application has not been treated in line with the recruitment principles, and you wish to complain, you should contact the Head of HR.
Email: hr@wra.gov.wales
If you?re not satisfied with our response, you can contact the Civil Service Commission.
Cardiff
New Jobs
Permanent
£47,675 - £56,445 a year