Are you confident in leading others?
Do you enjoy working collaboratively with different business areas?
Do you have a knowledge of VAT and the reporting requirements surrounding this?
If so, we'd love to hear from you!
The purpose of the Financial Control Manager is to effectively support the management of business relationships between DVSA and its stakeholders, delivering a quality, effective and efficient service, achieved by proficient use of the finance systems.
You will be required to manage a team responsible for a financial control function of the organisation leading by example and providing support to staff in delivering the required outcomes of the organisation. The functions are delivered in partnership with our outsourced shared services provider. As part of this, identify and build efficiencies in processes with a view to automate, simplify and standardise wherever possible.
A part of this role will be stakeholder engagement including engaging with project teams to scope out any new business system specifications, then to support in the development, testing and implementation of the new service. There will be a need to challenge project teams where requirements are not being met and negotiate solutions as well as to escalate significant issues.
As a member of the Financial Control team, you may participate across the full breadth of the team’s remit, acting as a SME or managing BAU activities.
The 4 main areas are Tax compliance and Payroll, Accounts Receivable, Cash and Banking, Accounts Payable.
Responsibilities include but are not limited to:
- Building and maintaining excellent working relationships with key stakeholders such as customers, shared services and DVSA managers in the delivery of a quality and consistent Financial Control service
- Providing expert advice and guidance on complex VAT issues across the agency
- VAT compliance
- VAT returns
- Manage team responsible for Travel Services including Corporate travel booking and Corporate procurement cards.
- General ledger account reconciliations
- Developing and maintaining databases to mitigate reporting gaps and support maintenance activity
Please see the Candidate Pack attached to this job advert for more information about the role and responsibilities.
