JOB SUMMARY

The Insolvency Service is a leading Government agency which plays a crucial role in providing essential services to the public and to business. The work we do is important to the proper functioning of markets, the economy in general and support for thousands of people each year who are in financial difficulty.
Inclusive and diverse teams are important to us. We welcome and encourage applications from everyone, including groups underrepresented in our workforce. The Insolvency Service strives to ensure that the agency is a safe, inclusive, and welcoming place for everybody to bring their true self to work and to help the agency to achieve its diversity objectives. We have 10 active employee network groups available to join or become an ally, these include, Carers Network, Disability & Health, FACES Network Group, Grass Roots, LGBT+, Mind Matters, No Limits, Part Time Workers, The Shed, and Women’s Network Group.
We offer full-time, part-time, job share and flexible ways of working. We value capability, technical skills and experience and we place great emphasis on lifetime development to support our people. We encourage our employees to become more involved in areas they feel strongly about, whether it be for the benefit of the agency, though our Engagement network or in their own local communities via volunteering opportunities.
The Insolvency Service is a great place to work, learn and grow your career!
Our Structure
The Finance, Commercial, Sustainability and Property (FCSP) Directorate manage, oversee, and analyse the Agency’s financial and commercial activity. By reporting on our current position, forecasting our future budgets and working closely with internal and external stakeholders, we play an active part in understanding the agency’s performance and in shaping its current and future financial position.

JOB DESCRIPTION

The role sits within the Project & National Interest Case Finance Business Partner Team which works within the Finance, Commercial, Sustainability and Property (FCSP) Directorate, and is strategically placed at the heart of the organisation to provide project finance advice to key stakeholders and Senior Leaders across a growing project portfolio.
We are recruiting a Level 7 Apprenticeship Cost Centre Manager within the Insolvency Service’ FCSP directorate. This is an interesting and rewarding role within an established team of finance professionals.
Alongside your role, you will be committed to completing a full Level 7 Accountancy Professional apprenticeship, within a maximum of 36 months dependent on current qualifications. The apprenticeship will involve studying towards and completing the CIMA professional qualification. This will be a contractual obligation, and the apprenticeship will be fully funded.
We will also consider applications from candidates who are part way through, or have completed their studies. Should the successful candidate be too far through their studies to qualify to complete the Level 7 qualification via an Apprenticeship, we may offer this role as a fully-funded non-apprenticeship role.
The post is full time – 36/37 hours per week, depending on existing location/terms. Part time applications will be considered subject to working hours being considered sufficient to meet the demands of the role and apprenticeship.

QUALIFICATIONS

It is essential that applicants already hold a Level 4 qualification in Finance or Accounting. Examples of this include a degree in Finance or Accounting, AAT Level 4, CIMA Certificate in Business Accounting (CIMA Cert BA)..

TECHNICAL SKILLS

We’ll assess you against these technical skills during the selection process:

• Short accounting treatment assessment presentation. Details will be provided to candidates successful at sift

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

Further information on nationality requirements

RESPONSIBILITIES

The successful candidate can expect to be involved in a range of activities, including the following:

• General Ledger & Cost Centre Managements e.g. posting accruals and adjustments, assessing VAT appropriateness against HMRC COS guidance and post. correcting journals where appropriate, assessing transactions against appropriate accounting standards.
• Purchase Orders e.g. own and maintain a PO Tracker, raise issues or closures on PO’s.
• Reporting e.g. providing standard and bespoke reporting to decision makers, presenting information at stakeholder meetings.
• Budgets, Forecasts and Spending Reviews e.g. variance analysis, forecast updates, budgetary profiles.
• Providing cover for the FBP during absences, creating a network of contacts within your business area, supporting, answering queries related to your work area

We want you to have a good work-life balance and want to support you in all that you do, so we offer a great benefits package including:

• flexible working arrangements and flexi-time
• full time new entrants to the Civil Service and those Civil Servants on modernised terms and conditions will be entitled to 25 days leave increasing on a sliding scale to 30 days after 5 years’ service
• in addition to this you are entitled to 8 public/bank holidays plus an additional day of privilege leave
• competitive maternity, paternity and parental leave
• 5 days paid leave for learning and development
• 5 days paid for volunteering
• a Cycle to work scheme
• staff have access to an employee assistance programme, Workplace Wellness, for confidential, independent support and advice during difficult times in either their professional or personal lif