Head of Group Reporting & Cash Management (+ £5k MPS if CCAB/Equivalent Qualified)
Department of Health and Social Care
Apply before 11:55 pm on Sunday 20th October 2024
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Job summary
In the Department of Health and Social Care, we are proud of our purpose – to enable everyone to live more independent, healthier lives for longer. To achieve this, and create a great place to work, we have four values: we are inclusive, we constantly improve, we challenge, and we are agile. If this sounds like an environment you would like to work in, we would love to hear from you.
DHSC leads the health and care system, working collaboratively with a range of arms-length bodies (ALBs), such as NHS England with group budgets of over £180 billion.
The Finance Directorate is a dynamic function that works across a full range of stakeholders within the health group. We are responsible for enabling an effective and efficient health and care system by ensuring that the department and its Arm’s Length Bodies live within their means, by ensuring money is spent in a way that represents the best interests of the patient, public and taxpayer, and by being accountable to Parliament for the use of the money.
You will be joining an inclusive and positive team comprising a mix of finance and qualified and non-qualified professionals. We are committed to providing an environment for all to thrive. The team has staff based in Leeds and London and operates a hybrid working policy. We welcome applications from candidates from all backgrounds.
Job description
The Head of Group Reporting & Cash Management role is an exciting opportunity for an experienced accountant looking for a new or stretching challenge. The post holder will work across a diverse and complex set of budgets, lead the production of accurate, timely and insightful management information and treasury management for the DHSC Group.
We are looking for a collaborative and visionary leader to work across all other finance teams to bring together information into an accurate, clear and understood position both within the detail and high-level narrative. The role holder will provide valuable insights at pace to inform critical decision making and provide technical advice on policy developments to support the department to live within control totals.
The role offers the unique opportunity to lead across a range of finance teams and provide regular advice to senior finance officials.
Person specification
As the Head of Group Reporting & Cash management you will be responsible for:
- Leading the delivery of monthly DHSC Group management account reports (resource and cash) for use internally and externally (by HM Treasury and the Office for National Statistics).
- Working closely with finance teams to review forecasts and understand the drivers of emerging risks and reliefs. Analysing large data sets to understand and challenge the year to date spend and collaborating effectively with a range of stakeholders to bring together and increase the accuracy of DHSC Group forecasts, used to advise HM Treasury and Ministers.
- Ensuring data is accurate, timely and insightful, translating detail into a high-level strategic narrative, providing advice on the in-year position concisely and confidently to the Finance Director and Finance Director General. Recommend appropriate and proportionate management action to manage within control totals and that enable effective decision making.
- Leading the delivery of the Department’s biannual Parliamentary Estimates, which provides DHSC with the legal authority to incur spend and is the formal mechanism for agreeing in-year budget changes. Ensuring that senior stakeholders are informed of the key issues, risks and opportunities.
- Leading the DHSC Group budgetary outturn and public narrative in the year-end DHSC Group Annual Report and Accounts, ensuring complex HM Treasury budgetary classification is accurately reflected.
- Leading the DHSC Treasury function which includes setting the DHSC annual cash limit; overseeing cash flow; accurate forecasts and monthly draw down from HM Treasury.
- Leading efficiency improvements and harnessing automation opportunities across the various reporting cycles, outputs and systems to improve financial management.
- Providing expert technical budgeting advice for complex financial transactions, enabling teams to accurately budget and forecast in complex and novel spending areas and liaising with HMT Treasurer of Accounts and Consolidated Budget Guidance experts to problem solve.
- Being an inclusive and visionary leader, developing and motivating a high performing team to deliver stretching goals. The post holder will be directly responsible for a small team and be an active part of the branch leadership team.
Key skills and experience required for the role
- You are confident working with large data sets, budgets and complex group interactions and have an excellent track record of delivering high quality financial and management information, reports and analysis to inform decision making.
- You have excellent communication skills and are able to present complex and technical financial information to senior stakeholders using a variety of tools.
- You are a visionary, collaborative and inclusive leader who drives improvements through automation, delivers efficient and effective processes and develops high performing and expert teams.
- You are a qualified accountant (CCAB or equivalent) with a strong understanding of UK Government Financial Reporting and UK Government budgeting classification rules that you can demonstrate applying in practice.
- A self-starter, comfortable with working in a fast-moving environment, and a proven ability to plan and manage competing priorities to work at pace.
Your normal place of work will be your contractual primary workplace, usually either London or Leeds. (delete/add as appropriate) Within DHSC we offer non-contractual hybrid working. The expectation at present is a minimum of 60% of your working time spent in the office, enabling in person interaction and collaboration, and enhancing team working, learning, and support.
You will be asked to express a location preference during the application process. Please be aware that this role can only be worked in the UK and not overseas and some travel may be required across the DHSC estate.
Opportunities for some working from home may be available; other flexible working options may be discussed with the hiring manager in line with individual circumstances and business need.
There are a limited number of DHSC colleagues who have existing agreed homeworking contracts resulting from Our Future Estate Programme 2023-2024. Colleagues covered by these arrangements are eligible to apply for this role whilst continuing their agreed existing home working arrangement. Occasional travel to DHSC offices or other locations may still be required according to business need. Travel and subsistence will be provided in line with the pre-agreed homeworker arrangements.
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Behaviours
We'll assess you against these behaviours during the selection process:
- Leadership
- Communicating and Influencing
- Making Effective Decisions
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 employer contribution of 28.97%
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Selection process details
Applications will be sifted W/C: TBC
Interview date: W/C TBC
Interview location: Your interview will either be conducted face to face or by video. You will be notified of the location if you are selected for interview.
Further details and interview slots will be released to candidates who are successful at sift.
Please use your CV to set out your career history, highlighting specific responsibilities and achievements that are relevant for this role. These can be found in the ‘key skills and experience required for the role’ section of the advert.
Please also include a list of your relevant qualifications.
Please use your personal statement to (in no more than 750 words) outline how you meet the key skills and experience required for the role as set out in the job advert.
An initial sift based on the Personal Statement may be held if a large number of applications are received. Candidates who pass the initial sift may be progressed to a full sift or progressed straight to assessment/interview.
At interview candidates will be assessed on Behaviours, Strengths, and Experience.
To find out more about working in the department please visit our page on the Civil Service Careers Website https://www.civil-service-careers.gov.uk/departments/working-for-the-department-of-health-social-care/ and to find out more information on how to apply visit the Civil Service Careers Website https://www.civil-service-careers.gov.uk/how-to-apply/
Please be aware that some travel may be required across the DHSC estate.
Please note that applicants will require BPSS clearance.
Qualifications required for the role will be checked and verified by the vacancy holder as part of the onboarding process. You may also be asked to provide evidence that any qualifications obtained overseas are equivalent to those advertised.
Reasonable Adjustment
If a person with disabilities is put at a substantial disadvantage compared to a non-disabled person, we have a duty to make reasonable changes to our processes.
If you need a change to be made so that you can make your application, you should:
Contact Government Recruitment Service via dhscrecruitment.grs@cabinetoffice.gov.uk as soon as possible before the closing date to discuss your needs.
Complete the ‘Assistance required’ section in the ‘Additional requirements’ page of your application form to tell us what changes or help you might need further on in the recruitment process. For instance, you may need wheelchair access at interview, or if you’re deaf, a Language Service Professional.
Further Information
If you are experiencing accessibility problems with any attachments on this advert, please contact the email address in the 'Contact point for applicants' section.
A reserve list may be held for a period of 12 months from which further appointments can be made.
Any move to DHSC from another employer will mean you can no longer access childcare vouchers. This includes moves between government departments. You may however be eligible for other government schemes, including Tax Free Childcare. Determine your eligibility at https://www.childcarechoices.gov.uk
This role is being advertised on a permanent basis. If preferable, Loan or Secondment options will also be available for existing Civil Servants (Loan) and applicants from accredited NDPBs or any other employer (Secondment). Prior agreement to be released on a loan basis must be obtained before commencing the application process. In the case of Civil Servants, the terms of the loan will be agreed between the home and host department and the Civil Servant. This includes grade on return.
If successful and transferring from another Government Department a criminal record check may be carried out.
In order to process applications without delay, we will be sending a Criminal Record Check to Disclosure and Barring Service on your behalf.
However, we recognise in exceptional circumstances some candidates will want to send their completed forms direct. If you will be doing this, please advise Government Recruitment Service of your intention by emailing Pre-EmploymentChecks.grs@cabinetoffice.gov.uk stating the job reference number in the subject heading.
New entrants are expected to join on the minimum of the pay band.
Applicants who are successful at interview will be, as part of pre-employment screening, subject to a check on the Internal Fraud Database (IFD). This check will provide information about employees who have been dismissed for fraud or dishonesty offences. This check also applies to employees who resign or otherwise leave before being dismissed for fraud or dishonesty had their employment continued. Any applicant’s details held on the IFD will be refused employment.
A candidate is not eligible to apply for a role within the Civil Service if the application is made within a 5 year period following a dismissal for carrying out internal fraud against government.
Terms and Conditions
Candidates should note that DHSC’s Terms and Conditions of employment changed from 1 October 2013. It is the candidate’s responsibility to ensure they are aware of the terms and conditions they will adopt should they be successful.
New Entrants to the Civil Service
New entrants appointed in grades AA to G6 will receive DHSC’s modernised terms and conditions:
- Annual Leave: 25 days on entry rising by one day for each completed year of service to a maximum of 30 days and pro-rata for part-time staff
- Privilege Leave: 1 day - for the King’s birthday
- Hours of Work: 37 hours (net) per week for full time staff in all geographical locations, including London and pro rata for part-time staff
- Occupational Sick Pay (OSP): one month full pay/one month half pay on entry, rising by one month for each completed year of service to a maximum of five months’ full pay and five months’ half pay
- Mobility: Mobility clause in contracts allow staff to be mobile across the Civil Service
- Probation: 6 month probation period
Existing Civil Service staff transferring from another Government department, on either level transfer or promotion
All staff moving to DHSC will transfer onto DHSC’s modernised terms and conditions (as outlined above).
Existing DHSC staff, appointed on promotion
If DHSC’s modernised terms and conditions are already held, the employee will retain those terms and conditions. If DHSC’s pre-modernised terms and conditions are held, the employee will transfer onto DHSC’s modernised terms and conditions (as outlined above).
Feedback will only be provided if you attend an interview or assessment.
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Contact point for applicants
Job contact :
- Name : Philippa Weare
- Email : Philippa.Weare@dhsc.gov.uk
Recruitment team
- Email : dhscrecruitment.grs@cabinetoffice.gov.uk
Further information
If you are not satisfied with the response you receive from the Department, you can contact the Civil Service Commission: https://civilservicecommission.independent.gov.uk/contact-us/
