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
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
Overview
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 NCAs 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.
Person Specification
Skills, Knowledge and Experience
Description
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
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
Desirable Criteria
Behaviours
We'll assess you against these behaviours during the selection process:
- Delivering at Pace
- Seeing the Big Picture
Technical skills
We'll assess you against these technical skills during the selection process:
- Experience of working in Partnership with both internal and external stakeholders
- Strong analytical and reasoning skills, with experience of analysing and presenting financial information.
All NCA employees are members of the UK Civil Service and eligible for the Civil Service pension scheme, alongside your salary the NCA contributes £16711.92. Further information on the benefits of the scheme is available on the Civil Service Pension Website.
New entrants to the NCA receive 26 days annual leave, rising to 31 on completion of 5 years continuous service, plus 8 bank holidays.
If qualifying criteria is met new joiners from UK Police Forces or the UK Intelligence Community (UKIC) will have service with those employers taken into account for continuous service purposes for annual leave entitlement only, this will be up to a maximum of 31 days leave (including 1 privilege day).
Other benefits include:
- Flexible working, including flexi-time, compressed hours and job sharing (in line with business requirements)
- Family friendly policies, notably above the statutory minimum
- Learning and Development opportunities
- Interest free loans and advances, including season tickets, childcare and rental deposits
- Housing schemes - Key Worker status
- Discounts and Savings with a wide variety of services including Cycle to Work, Smart Tech schemes, dental insurance, gym discounts and savings on everyday spending, available through the Reward Gateway , Edenred and Blue Light Card schemes.
- Staff support groups/networks
- Sports and social activities, including membership to the Civil Service Sports Council (CSSC)
Further information is available on the NCA Website.
Artificial intelligence
Selection process details
How we will assess you
CV
Please include your full career history, training, qualifications, key responsibilities, and achievements. Explain any employment gaps in the last two years. Ensure all accreditation dates are accurate.
Details of what is expected within your CV are as follows: Please include your full career history, training, qualifications, key responsibilities, achievements and how you meet the person specification.
Explain any employment gaps in the last two years.
Ensure all accreditation dates are accurate. Please include full details including dates to allow this to be assessed.
Please ensure your CV is font size 11 and is a maximum of 2 pages, any additional pages will not be assessed.
Statement of Suitability
Please provide a 250 word personal statement demonstrating how you meet the criteria below:
Please provide us with the details of what levels of exam you have passed and which professional body it is with.
- Experience of working in Partnership with both internal and external stakeholders.
- Strong analytical and reasoning skills, with experience of analysing and presenting financial information.
Longlist
In the event of a high number of applications, we may operate a longlist. Applicants will need to meet the minimum pass mark for the lead criteria.
- Experience of working in Partnership with both internal and external stakeholders. .
Candidates who do not meet the minimum pass mark for the lead criteria will not progress to having their other criteria assessed. Applications must meet the minimum criteria to be progressed to the assessment stage.
You will receive an acknowledgement once your application is submitted.
We aim to have sift completed and scores released within 10 working days of the closing date of the advert. For high volume campaigns this timeframe may be extended.
Scores will be provided but further feedback will not be available at this stage.
https://www.nationalcrimeagency.gov.uk/careers/applying-and-onboarding
Assessment 1
The format of this assessment will be Interview which will be tested on the criteria listed in the Success Profiles at Assessment section.
Success Profiles at Assessment
- Delivering at Pace
- Seeing the Big Picture
- Experience of working in Partnership with both internal and external stakeholders
- Strong analytical and reasoning skills, with experience of analysing and presenting financial information.
If successful but no role is immediately available, you may be placed on a reserve list for 12 months.
Reserve lists can be used to fill similar role types across the Agency where the assessment criteria is considered a match by the recruitment team and the business area.
In the event of a tie at the assessment stage, available roles will be offered in merit order using the following order:
- Lead criteria (behaviours/technical/experience)
- If still tied, desirable criteria will be assessed (if advertised)
- If still tied, application sift scores will be used
Nationality Requirements
Security and Vetting
Vetting requirements - SC Enhanced
Occupational Health
Multi Location
Where multiple locations are advertised, appointments will be made in merit order for each location.
Please indicate up to three location preferences clearly. Only your first three preferences will be considered. You may be allocated to any of the locations you select. If you decline an offer for a location you have selected as a preference, a further offer may not be made.
If you choose to reject an offer and no alternative preferred location can be offered, you will not be able to return to the process or be placed on a reserve list.
Only the advertised locations are available; any additional notes added to the application will not be taken into account.
Near Miss
If you meet the criteria for a lower grade, you may be offered that role if not appointable at the advertised grade.
Conversely, if found appointable at a higher grade but no posts are available, you may be offered a lower-grade role.
All offers are made based on merit.
Hybrid Working
Reasonable Adjustments
Were proud to be a Disability Confident Leader and an inclusive, equal opportunities employer.
Were committed to creating a workplace where everyone can be their authentic self. If youre neurodiverse, have a disability, or live with a long-term health condition, we encourage you to let us know about any reasonable adjustments you may need during the recruitment process.
If you experience accessibility issues with the advert or require reasonable adjustments, please contact our Recruitment Team at central.recruitment@nca.gov.uk before the advert closing date.
Please ensure you complete the Equal opportunities and 'Reasonable Adjustments' sections in the application form to inform us on what support you may need in the recruitment process.
For more on our Disability Confident commitment, visit Disability Confident Scheme , Civil Service Careers.
Visit NCA Benefits and Undefined for more details.
Inclusion
The Civil Service is committed to attract, retain and invest in talent wherever it is found. To learn more please see the Civil Service People Plan and the Civil Service Diversity and Inclusion Strategy
In order to monitor the effectiveness of the National Crime Agency's Diversity & Inclusion strategy, we require certain personal details about you on submission of your application for statistical and monitoring purposes only. Please note that this will be treated in confidence and will not impact your application.
Working for the NCA
Name : Central Recruitment Team
Email : central.recruitment@nca.gov.uk
Feedback will only be provided if you attend an interview or assessment.
Security
Medical
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) (opens in a new window)
- 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)
- undefined 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 (opens in a new window).
We recruit by merit on the basis of fair and open competition, as outlined in the Civil Service Commission's recruitment undefined (opens in a new window).
Diversity and Inclusion
Contact point for applicants
Job contact :
- Name : central.recruitment@nca.gov.uk
- Email : central.recruitment@nca.gov.uk
Recruitment team
- Email : central.recruitment@nca.gov.uk
Further information
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