Level 7 Accountancy Apprenticeship - Cost Centre Manager

The Insolvency Service is a leading Government agency which plays a crucial role in providing essential services to the public and to business. The work we do is important to the proper functioning of markets, the economy in general and support for thousands of people each year who are in financial difficulty.

Inclusive and diverse teams are important to us. We welcome and encourage applications from everyone, including groups underrepresented in our workforce. The Insolvency Service strives to ensure that the agency is a safe, inclusive, and welcoming place for everybody to bring their true self to work and to help the agency to achieve its diversity objectives. We have 10 active employee network groups available to join or become an ally, these include, Carers Network, Disability & Health, FACES Network Group, Grass Roots, LGBT+, Mind Matters, No Limits, Part Time Workers, The Shed, and Women’s Network Group.

We offer full-time, part-time, job share and flexible ways of working. We value capability, technical skills and experience and we place great emphasis on lifetime development to support our people. We encourage our employees to become more involved in areas they feel strongly about, whether it be for the benefit of the agency, though our Engagement network or in their own local communities via volunteering opportunities.

The Insolvency Service is a great place to work, learn and grow your career!

Our Structure

The Finance, Commercial, Sustainability and Property (FCSP) Directorate manage, oversee, and analyse the Agency’s financial and commercial activity. By reporting on our current position, forecasting our future budgets and working closely with internal and external stakeholders, we play an active part in understanding the agency’s performance and in shaping its current and future financial position.

The role sits within the Project & National Interest Case Finance Business Partner Team which works within the Finance, Commercial, Sustainability and Property (FCSP) Directorate, and is strategically placed at the heart of the organisation to provide project finance advice to key stakeholders and Senior Leaders across a growing project portfolio.

We are recruiting a Level 7 Apprenticeship Cost Centre Manager within the Insolvency Service' FCSP directorate. This is an interesting and rewarding role within an established team of finance professionals.

Alongside your role, you will be committed to completing a full Level 7 Accountancy Professional apprenticeship, within a maximum of 36 months dependent on current qualifications. The apprenticeship will involve studying towards and completing the CIMA professional qualification. This will be a contractual obligation, and the apprenticeship will be fully funded.

We will also consider applications from candidates who are part way through, or have completed their studies. Should the successful candidate be too far through their studies to qualify to complete the Level 7 qualification via an Apprenticeship, we may offer this role as a fully-funded non-apprenticeship role.

The post is full time – 36/37 hours per week, depending on existing location/terms. Part time applications will be considered subject to working hours being considered sufficient to meet the demands of the role and apprenticeship.

Responsibilities

The successful candidate can expect to be involved in a range of activities, including the following:

• General Ledger & Cost Centre Managements e.g. posting accruals and adjustments, assessing VAT appropriateness against HMRC COS guidance and post. correcting journals where appropriate, assessing transactions against appropriate accounting standards.
• Purchase Orders e.g. own and maintain a PO Tracker, raise issues or closures on PO’s.
• Reporting e.g. providing standard and bespoke reporting to decision makers, presenting information at stakeholder meetings.
• Budgets, Forecasts and Spending Reviews e.g. variance analysis, forecast updates, budgetary profiles.
• Providing cover for the FBP during absences, creating a network of contacts within your business area, supporting, answering queries related to your work area

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