Birmingham, West Midlands (England), B1 2AX : Bristol, South West England, BS1 6EH : Longstanton, East of England, CB24 3EN : Liverpool, North West England, L3 1BP : Leeds, Yorkshire and the Humber, LS11 9AT : Salford, North West England, M3 5AX : Newcastle upon Tyne, North East England, NE4 5BZ Job Summary This is a rare and exciting opportunity to help set up and shape the future of a new organisation, the National Housing Bank (NHB), which will be a subsidiary of Homes England. You will be involved in work to establish financial reporting and accounting processes and controls for the NHB. This includes work to ensure both the NHB and the consolidated Homes England Group can produce annual report and accounts, including detailed financial disclosures, in line with accounting standards, FReM and other external reporting requirements. Job Description As part of Homes England’s Finance Directorate, your team will provide technical advice and support, primarily in relation to the creation of the NHB, but also across new programmes and initiatives to ensure investments are accounted for correctly. You will direct work to prepare analysis, briefing notes and technical papers which support the Finance Director in updating the Executive Leadership Team, Board and its committees on progress and emerging issues. The role will be involved in ensuring appropriate valuation methodologies are applied which produce materially accurate estimates. You will also be responsible for making sure the team meets all other statutory reporting requirements as well as Corporation Tax and VAT compliance. You will provide leadership for the team, building a financial reporting function with roles based on clear responsibilities and established processes which can demonstrate how assurance is obtained over the data available in systems to support financial reporting, identify weaknesses and work collaboratively with the business to resolve them. Working with key senior stakeholders and professionals across Finance you will act as a Finance contact for the NHB Project Boards to both challenge proposals and provide consistent and robust financial advice. In addition, you will provide guidance and training, and will support teams with strengthening of controls, to ensure good quality, accurate, timely and complete data is available to inform accounting estimates and financial modelling. You will be joining an enthusiastic, motivated Finance team who have a range of skills to help our delivery colleagues realise the Agency's housing and regeneration ambitions. This is an exciting opportunity to help shape and deliver the NHB in a fast growing, national organisation with real social purpose. As part of Homes England’s Finance Directorate, your team will provide technical advice and support, primarily in relation to the creation of the NHB, but also across new programmes and initiatives to ensure investments are accounted for correctly. You will direct work to prepare analysis, briefing notes and technical papers which support the Finance Director in updating the Executive Leadership Team, Board and its committees on progress and emerging issues. The role will be involved in ensuring appropriate valuation methodologies are applied which produce materially accurate estimates. You will also be responsible for making sure the team meets all other statutory reporting requirements as well as Corporation Tax and VAT compliance. You will provide leadership for the team, building a financial reporting function with roles based on clear responsibilities and established processes which can demonstrate how assurance is obtained over the data available in systems to support financial reporting, identify weaknesses and work collaboratively with the business to resolve them. Working with key senior stakeholders and professionals across Finance you will act as a Finance contact for the NHB Project Boards to both challenge proposals and provide consistent and robust financial advice. In addition, you will provide guidance and training, and will support teams with strengthening of controls, to ensure good quality, accurate, timely and complete data is available to inform accounting estimates and financial modelling. You will be joining an enthusiastic, motivated Finance team who have a range of skills to help our delivery colleagues realise the Agency's housing and regeneration ambitions. This is an exciting opportunity to help shape and deliver the NHB in a fast growing, national organisation with real social purpose. Person specification Whilst our day job is to deliver first class customer service to our stakeholders across the Agency, you will be used to "spinning several plates" at once and will always be looking for ways to improve and innovate. You'll be comfortable supporting the Assistant Director of Financial Reporting and Accounting, for instance fielding complex accounting issues from other parts of the business, or attending and presenting to senior committees. Delivering on a mission as bold as ours isn’t always easy. You will be resilient and comfortable managing stakeholders at a senior level and your discussions will always be shaped by a good understanding of the commercial and operational impact of what we do as Finance team. As an experienced finance professional you’ll understand how to manage and motivate colleagues and be able to demonstrate you can work with others as part of a team in a collaborative, inclusive way. This role requires the post holder to have a recognised professional accountancy qualification, such as ACA, ACCA, CIPFA, CIMA and be a member of professional accountancy body. Benefits Homes England is an executive non-departmental public body with its own terms and conditions, benefits and pension scheme. We are a government agency working in partnership with the private sector and want to employ and retain great people. In return we offer a range of excellent benefits, some of the key benefits include: Holiday - Homes England offers all staff 33 days annual leave per year in addition to 8 statutory bank holidays. Working Flexibly - At Homes England we have a strong culture of flexible working and encourage all employees to have a healthy work/life balance. We offer a wide range of potential working patterns, including part time, job share and compressed hours. Health and Wellbeing - We offer health screening with Nuffield Proactive Health Clinics, a free Employee Assistance Programme which offers confidential support 24 hours a day, 7 days a week as well as access to Occupational Health. Professional Development - At Homes England we are committed to your continued professional and personal development with learning as one of our core values. We pay for one job-related professional membership subscription per year for our employees. We also offer an excellent range of family friendly benefits, for example, maternity, paternity, shared parental leave. Selection process details How to apply? To apply please follow the links to our careers page. Security Successful candidates must pass a disclosure and barring security check. Selection process details For more information on the role, please see the attached Job Description. Successful applicants will be advised of the outcome of their application and interviews held as soon as practical after the closing date. Feedback will only be provided if you attend an interview or assessment. We would like to take this opportunity to thank you for your interest in this role and Homes England. Please note – Homes England has a responsibility to ensure compliance with HMG Baseline Personnel Security Standard to address the potential problems of identity fraud, illegal working and deception generally. To ensure compliance we will carry out a pre-employment Personal Identity and Vetting Report through Experian to meet the standard and you will therefore be asked to provide certain information in order that the verification check can be carried out if you are successful in your application. Homes England are an equal opportunities employer and positively encourages applications from suitably qualified and eligible candidates. We are proud to be an equal opportunities employer that values and respects the people who work for us. Our aim is to be an employer of choice, enabling everyone to reach their full potential. Homes England Is Committed To Protecting The Privacy And Security Of Your Personal Data. For Further Information Please Refer To Our Privacy Notice Which Can Be Viewed Here https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/homes-england/about/personal-information-charter Nationality Requirements Open to UK, Commonwealth and European Economic Area (EEA) and certain non EEA nationals. Further information on whether you are able to apply is available here. Working for the Civil Service Please note this Post is NOT regulated by the Civil Service Commission. The Civil Service embraces diversity and promotes equality of opportunity. There is a guaranteed disability confident interview scheme for candidates with disabilities who meet the minimum selection criteria. 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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) 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 (opens in a new window) Working for the Civil Service Please note this Post is NOT regulated by the Civil Service Commission. The Civil Service embraces diversity and promotes equal opportunities. As such, we run a Disability Confident Scheme (DCS) for candidates with disabilities who meet the minimum selection criteria. Please note this Post is NOT regulated by the Civil Service Commission. The Civil Service embraces diversity and promotes equal opportunities. As such, we run a Disability Confident Scheme (DCS) for candidates with disabilities who meet the minimum selection criteria. Diversity and 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 (opens in a new window) and the Civil Service Diversity and Inclusion Strategy (opens in a new window). The Civil Service welcomes applications from people who have recently left prison or have an unspent conviction. Read more about prison leaver recruitment (opens in new window). Once this job has closed, the job advert will no longer be available. You may want to save a copy for your records. Contact point for applicants Job Contact Name : Recruitment team Email : Recruitmentinfo@homesengland.gov.uk Recruitment team Email : Recruitmentinfo@homesengland.gov.uk