Apprenticeships Finance Lead - PowerPoint

The Role

Key responsibilities are:

• Producing monthly apprenticeships management accounts and reporting to Head of Finance and Apprenticeship Lead
• Providing input into the monthly apprenticeship steering group pack and attending the meetings
• Producing annual budgets and providing monthly forecasts for Apprenticeships
• Ensuring that policy is up to date and in-line with appropriate regulations and IFRS and designing process to ensure that the programme is compliant with policies
• Identify and Monitor risks and put in place plans to mitigate as appropriate
• Work closely with our Delivery, Commercial and MI teams to ensure data quality
• Liaise with customers and suppliers to resolve funding queries and disputes
• Determining pricing for new apprenticeship offerings
• Reviewing funding submissions and resolving data errors, duplications and conflicts
• Reconciling funding requests to master data
• Reviewing and approving supplier payments.

The individual

• Qualified Accountant (ACCA/ACA/CIMA/CIPFA) or nearly Qualified Accountant
• Management Accounting experience including production of management accounts and reports
• Strong IT skills including advanced excel, experience of working with ERP systems
• Demonstrable Experience in process design, change management and project management
• Experience of designing and testing financial controls
• Experience of interpreting regulations and converting into policy, processes and controls
• Analytical and inquisitive mind-set
• Self starter and willing to make key decisions
• Organised and structured approach to data and information management and maintaining an audit trail