Length of employment: Job Summary: At the forefront of the energy transition, Ofgem is working to protect consumers and ensure a fair, affordable and sustainable energy system. We're now looking for a Senior Finance Operations Accountant - Team Manager to ensure our financial operations are transparent, compliant, and equipped to support change across the energy industry. Ofgem is Great Britain's independent energy regulator. We're at the forefront of change across the energy sector, driving toward Net Zero whilst protecting energy consumers, especially vulnerable people. We're offering a permanent opportunity to lead a vital internal function within our organisation. As part of our Corporate Finance senior team, you'll manage and evolve our finance operations (purchase to pay and order to cash), championing best practice and providing exemplary leadership. This is a high-impact role with the scope to influence decision-making, manage change, and enhance service delivery across our finance landscape. You'll act in a key capacity, driving day-to-day operations and projects, contributing to instilling robust financial controls, and serving as a trusted partner across the organisation. Your work will play a direct role in ensuring we can achieve our goals. We're looking for a fully CCAB qualified finance professional with significant post-qualified experience in a senior finance role. You'll bring deep knowledge of technical finance policies and processes, strong leadership skills, and the ability to communicate clearly with technical and non-technical audiences alike. Experience with payment scrutiny, dispute resolution, stakeholder management and third-party funds will also be important. You'll benefit from working in a dynamic, purpose-driven organisation that champions development and flexibility. We offer a range of value-adding benefits to help you focus on your work and develop your expertise, all while contributing to a collaborative, inclusive environment and helping to shape a culture that sets the standard for public sector bodies. We have a critical purpose to ensure financial integrity, accountability and operational excellence across Ofgem's finance function. If you're ready to use your skills to influence real change in a vital public organisation, this is your chance to step up. Job Description: Key Responsibilities Manage, lead, and direct finance operations team (including direct line management of approx. 2 team leaders) to ensure conducted in an efficient and effective manner Oversee complete, accurate and timely processing and receipt of payments across multiple systems and bank accounts including: Schemes payments (third party money on behalf of other government departments) in line with Service Level Agreements (SLAs) Invoices for accounts payable - supporting internal clients and/or external suppliers as required through to final payment or credit note Raising sales orders for accounts receivable, including biannual licence fee calculation and invoice request as well as annual credit note process Purchase order oversight and support to business through the purchase to pay life cycle including working with requisitioners and procurement in relation to data quality, receipting, amendments, workflows and archiving Actively scrutinise payments and direct the team on disputes and aged balances Set out a clear and compliant process to be followed to give assurance on accuracy and integrity of financial data and records (e.g. bank details, supplier accounts, financial ledgers), overseeing due diligence and spot checks as required Direct process over data security, retention, maintenance and cleanse Manage internal and external finance ops reporting, including responses to freedom of information requests and publication of transparency data Oversee monthly journal and reconciliation process across payment and income categories, ensuring completed to the required standards (supplier statements, bank, trade creditor and debtor) and undertaken on an accurate and timely basis Key Outputs and Deliverables Responsible for planning and managing the operational finance team's resource to ensure it is deployed effectively and able to address priorities Effectively managing internal control and delivery risks with emphasis on internal and external customer service Management of core finance operations g. invoicing team in an efficient and effective manner including advice, scrutiny and processing of payments and underpinned by clear policy and process Accurate, complete and timely calculation/input/ processing of financial transaction s, payments, balances, statements and reconciliations in line with SLAs/KPIs Timely, accurate and complete transactional finance reporting and responsibility to identify and implement/assign recommended corrective course of action Own, update and provide accounting and tax advice on finance procedures and practices, issuing relevant Ofgem guidance, notices and policy updates as required Playing a key role in continuous improvement, developing and implementing appropriate policies and best practice procedures for change control working alongside finance systems and data & digital teams Ensure appropriate tracking and reporting of compliance with policies and processes; implement appropriate segregation of duties Support and provide cross-cover to financial accounting team, including annual report and accounts and cash and banking Support and provide cross-cover to financial accounting team, including annual report and accounts and cash and banking Ofgem can offer you a comprehensive and competitive benefits package which includes; 30 days annual leave after 2 years; Excellent training and development opportunities; The opportunity to join the generous Civil Service pension which also includes a valuable range of benefits; Hybrid working, flexible working hours and family friendly policies. Plus lots of other benefits including clean and bright offices based centrally, engaged networks and teams and an opportunity to contribute to our ambitious and important targets of establishing a Net Zero energy system by 2050. This exciting blend of professional challenge and personal reward identifies career opportunities at Ofgem as something to get excited about. Role Criteria Essential: Fully CCAB qualified with up to date CPD and relevant post qualified experience in a senior finance role(LEAD) Strong planning and prioritisation skills, with the ability to organise and manage a diverse workload and team Experience in service delivery within an accounts payable/credit control environment including compliance monitoring, dispute resolution, SLAs and KPIs Highly effective leadership, communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to influence, negotiate and collaborate with a range of staff, customers/suppliers and other stakeholders including auditors. Strong transactional and technical accounting skills, policy ownership and ability to communicate complex financial or tax information and advice clearly and succinctly to a wide range of audiences, including to non-finance colleagues. Banking and cash management /oversight including experience of third-party money - attention to detail is critical Producing key statutory financial reports /knowledge of IFRS and publications or presentation of findings and recommendations to boards or wider business Experience of implementing or managing effective, sustainable change such as implementing a new process or control, modifying and improving behaviours. When you press the 'Apply now' button, you will be asked to complete personal details (not seen by the sift panel), your career history and qualifications. You will then be asked to provide a 1250 word 'personal statement' evidencing how you meet the essential and desirable skills and capabilities listed in the role profile. Please ensure you demonstrate clearly, within your supporting statement, how you meet each of the essential and desirable skills and capabilities. The Civil Service values honesty and integrity and expect all candidates to abide by these principles. Ofgem take any incidences of cheating very seriously. Please ensure all examples provided are of your own experience. Any instances of plagiarism or other forms of cheating will be investigated and, if proven, the relevant applications will be withdrawn from the process.