37 hours a week
To support the Head of Finance and wider department in the provision of financial stewardship and business management support to efficiently and effectively deliver the OPCC's priorities.
Main Activities:
To deputise for the Head of Finance in times of absence/ unavailability and provide resilience across the other Accountants' portfolios and support the Head of Finance where appropriate in delivering robust business planning and business change initiatives. This will include the use of decision making models to inform the business decision process.
To work with the other Accountants to ensure that the priorities and demands of the Assistant Accountants are managed effectively to ensure timely and accurate delivery of workload.
To deliver detailed requirements arising from the annual budget setting plan to ensure the annual budget is set in a timely and accurate manner, and deliver portfolio input into periodic medium term financial planning, the delivery of financial strategy and the maintenance of the budgetary control system,
Work with and provide qualitative information to Workstream Leads and Department Heads and external stakeholders to develop formalised, structured engagement, which supports operational, tactical and strategic decision making. This engagement will include the provision of sound financial/business advice and guidance, in respect of internal financial regulations, financial conditions of service, value for money exercises, funding options and the interpretation of statute/White Papers/regulations.
To produce, quality assure, develop and refine the statutory financial statements in line with the CIPFA Code of Practice on Local Authority Accounting and International Financial Reporting Standards
To liaise with internal and external Auditors to ensure systems and process changes are audit compliant and new recommendations are implemented within the appropriate timescales.
To maintain the OPCC's Financial Procedures Manual to ensure robust corporate governance and financial stewardship.
To attend Corporate Meetings to provide key financial information and support the decision making process.
To develop and maintain the OPCC's fixed asset register through the maintenance of statutory accounting records and capital returns.
To undertake the financial management and stewardship of externally funded grant schemes, including the accurate and timely completion of Grant returns and claims.
To undertake the production of both statutory and non-statutory returns for external regulatory bodies to ensure accurate and timely sharing of organisational data and performance.
To deliver an efficient and effective Treasury Management process to ensure appropriate investment of OPCC funds.
To provide financial appraisal support to user departments to assist in the assessment of potential external suppliers
To ensure financial ledgers and related computer systems are maintained to ensure the completeness, relevance, accuracy and timeliness of financial/business information is upheld.
To assist in the development and delivery of KPIs, Objective Analysis, activity analysis and benchmarking information.
In liaison with Force Research Officers produce and quality assure FOI requests for review by the Head of Finance as required
To deliver a customer-focussed service.
To promote and adhere to Gwent Police's Strategic Equality Plan to support the development of a diverse workforce.
To take reasonable care of own and others' safety; to co-operate with managers / supervisors in complying with statutory health and safety duties; to report incidents, accidents, faults etc.
To fully participate in the performance appraisal process.
Further Information available here: http://corporate.gwent.police.uk/careers/policestaff/