View Vacancy - Regional Financial Account Manager

The British Government is an inclusive and diversity-friendly employer.  We value difference, promote equality and challenge discrimination, enhancing our organisational capability. We welcome and encourage applications from people of all backgrounds. We do not discriminate on the basis of disability, race, colour, ethnicity, gender identity, religion, sexual orientation, age, veteran status or other category protected by law. We promote family-friendly flexible working opportunities, where operational and security needs allow.
Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (Operations and Corporate Services)
Finance, RCSH (Regional Corporate Service Hubs)

Background:
The Regional Financial Account Manager will monitor the operational delivery of key financial activity for British Embassies, High Commissions and other Offices located in Canada, the US, and the English speaking Caribbean. The role of the Regional Finance Hub is to provide key financial services to customers across the region support the organisation to deliver its objectives. The role reports to the Head of Regional Finance within the region.

This role will undertake a wide range of financial duties on behalf of a number of offices in the region. This will include the monitoring of budgets and forecasts, acting as the first line of financial support and compliance, as well as reporting issues back to Finance Business Partners in the UK. Individuals will also be expected to analyse the balance sheet accounts for the Offices in the region and ensure information is accurately and effectively reported.

Duties and Responsibilities:
• Monitor and process the budgeting, forecasting and reporting (including exception reporting) for a range of offices in the region.
• Liaise with individual Posts and Finance Business Partners in the UK and consolidate information across a region to monitor trends and variances.
• Ensure financial management indicators [FPCIs] are robust and issues resolved appropriately within agreed timescales.
• Analyse the balance sheet accounts against the Offices in your respective region and ensure information is accurately and effectively reported.
• Identification and analysis of contingent liabilities, provisions, changes in pension liabilities and monitoring by exception creditors and debtors.
• Provide cash forecast for each Office within the region in advance of each Financial Year.
• Work with Offices to ensure cash management is accurately reported and processes are adhered to [including Other UK Government Departments who may be present].
• Ensure that offline office accounts are submitted on time to Corporate Services Centres located in either Milton Keynes or Manila.
• Ensure consistency across all processes, both within the region and across other regional hubs.
• Operationally, ensure consistency of application of policies and financial processes, both within the region and across other regional hubs.
• Liaison with and notification to, UK-based Finance Business Partners;
• Management of identified risks/provisions/contingent liabilities;
• Cash Management, including cash forecasting;
• Fixed Asset verification, management and accounting;
• Other Balance Sheet management to ensure historic/incorrect transactions are cleared;
• Budget Monitoring & forecasting;
• Use of Hyperion & OBIEE to prepare and promote budget & forecast information
• Monitoring Key Performance Indicators;
• Spend & cost driver Analysis [liaising with Procurement & HR colleagues];
• Assist with business planning;
• Chart of Accounts usage.

Minimum Qualifications/Experience:
• 5+ years experience in a similar accountant, finance, or bookkeeping role.
• Experience of preparing monthly management accounts, Forecasting and Budgeting.
• IT literate to an advanced level.
• Experience using Oracle eBusiness Suite.
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills.
• Some travel might be required for this role, a valid passport is essential.

Under US State Department requirements, the Embassy may only employ, as non-diplomatic staff, persons who are US citizens, US Green Card holders or A or NATO visa holders with EAD cards*. If you hold a visa other than an A or NATO visa you are not currently eligible to work at the Embassy. Please refer to our website for information on exceptions to this policy at www.gov.uk/government/world/usa. All candidates will be subject to background checks and security clearance.

*A visas or NATO visas with EAD cards are acceptable at the Embassy, Consulates, and British Defence Staff (BDS) outposts. The UK Mission to the UN (UKMIS) accepts G visas.

2 July 2017
Executive Officer (EO)
Full-time, Permanent
40
Americas, Caribbean & Overseas Territories
United States
Washington
British Embassy
1
USD
52,624
28 August 2017

This post offers a strong benefits package which includes medical, dental, vision, life, long term and short term disability insurance, a 401(k) retirement savings plan, generous vacation and leave time, and an enriching training package.

Staff recruited locally by the British Embassy are subject to terms and conditions of service according to local American employment law.

Resume and a cover letter with salary history should be submitted by 02 July 2017. Internal candidates must inform the Head of Group before applying.

Only successful candidates will be contacted. Please no phone calls. Due to the high volume of resumes we receive, we cannot guarantee consideration of your application if the submission instructions are not properly followed.

The British Embassy is an equal opportunity employer, dedicated to a diverse workforce. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, disability, age, veteran status, sexual orientation or other category protected by law.

Please be aware that you will only be able to apply to vacancies for Country Based Staff roles with the British Government through this official tal.net site (operated by Oleeo). Jobs may be advertised on third party websites, however our adverts will always link back to the official tal.net site. If you complete and send an application through any other site, we will not receive it.

This opportunity is closed to applications.