Location: Blended between office and home (England and Wales). Time in office negotiable
Citizens Advice offers confidential advice online, over the phone, and in person, for free. Through our national network of charities, we give people the knowledge and the confidence they need to find their way forward whoever they are, and whatever their problem.
This is an exciting opportunity to take forward the Transformation activities across National teams and Local networks, to help build financial sustainability and enable Citizens Advice to strengthen its mission and continue to support those in need for another 80 years.
We are looking for an experienced Finance Analyst who can ensure we deliver a consistent and high quality service. The role will involve working within the finance team directly supporting transformation activities as well as working on longer term changes to the financial and operational activities in national and local teams. The role will involve data analysis and information management to enable reviews and decision making across project environments. Modelling and reviews of ideas and change suggested through transformation areas. Ensure strong business reporting via links with the teams working to support the charity on a day to day basis and take part as a key team member in project and change management activities.
Please provide details in your cover letter to evidence the following essential criteria. Please make sure your cover letter provides evidence for the essential criteria succinctly.
* Proven ability in a finance consultancy role, or other role providing professional business services.
* Experience in building financial models to assess or value new and existing opportunities including advising on financial risks.
* Understanding of project costing principles, such as activity based costing, and value for money, and an ability to communicate these to internal stakeholders.
Please also ensure there is evidence of the following essential criteria within your CV.
* Qualified professionally / academically in financial / management accounting (or equivalent experience).
* Advanced Excel (including pivot tables and Visual Basic) and financial modelling skills, and highly proficient in other IT packages.
Do you want to work for an organisation that makes a difference, every single day, to people from all walks of life? The people that turn to Citizens Advice need help overcoming an obstacle in their lives from debt to evictions to trouble at work and you can be key to them getting the support they need in the quickest, easiest, and most effective way.
Equity, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) is of strategic importance within the organisation and recognised as integral to all we do as a service.
Central to pursuing our EDI mission is building diverse and inclusive teams in which everyone has a sense of belonging. We believe inclusion is a social justice issue - a principle that underpins our all EDI work. To that end, we particularly welcome applications from people we would like to see better represented in our organisation and sector - people of colour, LGBTQ+ people and disabled people. We follow the social model of disability. We will offer an interview to disabled candidates who indicate they wish their application to be considered under our Disability Confident Interview Commitment where they meet our selection criteria in their application. Some of our roles attract a high volume of applications and in some circumstances where it is not practicable or appropriate, we may limit the number of interviews offered to disabled and non-disabled candidates. We will provide reasonable adjustments as needed.
We’re a flexible employer, so this role may suit anyone who’d prefer a flexible arrangement to help their work/life balance, many of our colleagues spend most of their time working remotely. Whilst we prefer a blended approach between a local office, if one is near you, and home we’re open to being flexible on location, occasionally a role may require you to be based in a certain location if that's the case it will be detailed in the advert or job description. This can be discussed in more detail during your interview.
The National Citizens Advice operates from offices in England and Wales, with 4 regional offices based in Cardiff, London, Birmingham and Leeds, therefore all successful applicants must be based within England or Wales.
Our commitment to colleague wellbeing is reflected in us being awarded Gold in the Health & Wellbeing category, as well as Overall Winners, at the Employee Experience Awards 2022.
Please be aware that Citizens Advice is not a sponsoring organisation. Therefore the successful applicant must already possess the right to work in the UK or be able to secure the right to work in the UK independently.
Citizens Advice seeks to redeploy internal staff who are at risk or under notice of redundancy and will prioritise them in the recruitment process where necessary. If you have been confirmed as at risk or under notice of redundancy please ensure you indicate this in the at-risk box in your application.
This role can be considered a secondment, if the successful candidate meets the eligibility criteria
In the event of a high number of applications, we reserve the right to close the application early.
This vacancy closes at 23.59 on the closing date.
For more information about the organisation, our values and benefits please see the following link - Information, values and benefits
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