Senior Finance Manager (Systems)

• Details
• Reference number
• 476190
• Salary
• £47,675 - £56,445
• A Civil Service Pension with an employer contribution of 28.97%

GBP

• Job grade
• Senior Executive Officer
• Contract type
• Permanent
• Business area
• WRA - Finance
• Type of role
• Finance
• Working pattern
• Flexible working, Full-time, Job share
• Number of jobs available
• 1
• Contents

• Location
• About the job
• Benefits
• Things you need to know
• Apply and further information

Location

We encourage flexible and hybrid working. Some office attendance will be required based on business needs. This role is based in our Merthyr or Cardiff office.

About the job

Job summary

We’re responsible for Land Transaction Tax, Landfill Disposals Tax and the introduction of the Visitor Levy in Wales. Our work raises revenue to support public services, like the NHS and schools, in communities across Wales. But that’s not all, we're also involved with and support future tax design for Wales.

Join a place with purpose

You’ll join a team of 100+ talented people from across 14 different professions. Our culture is best described as innovative, collaborative and kind. By working together, we’ll deliver a fair tax system for Wales.

Our people

You’ll be working with people from a wide range of backgrounds and experience. From Operations, Policy, Digital and Data, HR, Communications to Finance – there’s a place for you in our friendly team.

You’ll be our greatest asset

You’ll be joining an inclusive organisation and be part of a team where you can thrive, be rewarded and heard.

We’re recognised as one of the top organisations for people engagement in the Civil Service People Survey. Inclusion and fairness are one of our strongest areas, as well as pay and benefits – our People Survey results say it all!

We’re also recognised for being innovative and a digital, ‘cloud-based’ organisation that supports hybrid and flexible working enabling a great work-life balance.

More about working for us, our roles and our Corporate Plan 2025 - 2028 .

Job description

The roles have been developed to take into account the changes within WRA and its areas of business. These changes are creating new opportunities within the team and new areas for development. It is an exciting time to join WRA as we look to take on Visitor Levy/National Registration in addition to the tax collection.

“Working at the WRA has been highly rewarding, providing the opportunity to contribute to a modern Welsh tax authority that supports vital public services through devolved taxes. The organisation has allowed me to further develop and apply my finance and leadership skills while helping to deliver a fair and effective tax system.

As part of a small, collaborative team of specialists, we work closely together and with colleagues across the organisation to deliver high-quality services for taxpayers.”

Nicola Greenwood, Head of Finance

We recommend you review the job description (or candidate pack) under the 'attachments' section before completing your application.

Person specification

Key Tasks

• Ensure that separation of duties is maintained within the teams and work processes.
• Manage and support the Head of Finance to develop accounting policies for the WRA.
• Maintain the integrity of roles within the finance system.
• Ensure the integrity of the accounting processes and procedures in the finance system.
• Prepare and manage the bank account processes including transfer of funds.
• Ensure tax revenues are promptly paid over to the Welsh Consolidated Fund in line with Welsh Treasury requirements.
• Ensure that all corporate functions including staff payments are carried out promptly and in line with current processes.
• Maintain the financial governance of the finance system between Corporate and Tax finance.
• To ensure system is fit for purpose/suitable from a continuous development view and with regards to proposed changes to remit of WRA
• To be key point of contact for HMRC compliance visits/reviews
• Manage and develop the finance teams for both Tax finance and Corporate finance of the WRA.
• To support in the development, implementation and rollout of the Visitor Levy/National Registration programmes and its link into finance. Engagement with key stakeholders.
• Develop and deliver appropriate management reporting systems within the Authority; ensuring that relevant forecasts are provided to the senior team, Board and Welsh Government.
• Key point of contact for financial/system issues relating to D365 contract
• To cover for other members of the finance team – as/when required.
• To deputise for Head of Finance in times of absence.

Candidate information session

If this seems like a role you’d be interested in, join us for our virtual Candidate Information Session. You’ll meet the Line Manager, get an overview of the role as well a feeling for what it’s like to work at the WRA. We’ll also talk through our benefits and provide helpful tips for your application with us. Please register for one of the sessions below:

Register here for 12.30pm on 21st August https://SeniorFinanceManagerSystems.eventbrite.co.uk

Qualifications

CCAB Qualified Accountant or Part Qualified (PQ to qualify within 3 years of appointment if successful)

Languages

We’ve undertaken an objective assessment of the Welsh language skills needed to undertake the duties of this role. For this role:

Welsh language skills - Welsh skills are not essential. This means that you do not need Welsh language skills to undertake this role and these skills won’t be assessed during the recruitment process. However, we actively encourage all staff to learn, or improve their Welsh language skills and offer a range of opportunities to suit everyone.

Benefits

Alongside your salary of £47,675, Welsh Revenue Authority contributes £13,811 towards you being a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme. Find out what benefits a Civil Service Pension provides .

What we offer

• 31 days annual leave + Bank holidays, and 2 Privilege days
• Flexible and hybrid working
• Generous employer pension schemes with a contribution of up to 28.97%
• Tusker car scheme
• Vivup Cycle2Work and advances of salary for season Travel Tickets
• Lifestyle Benefits offering discounts on shopping, restaurants and entertainment
• Wellbeing hour each week
• Access to subsidised sports groups
• Generous family-friendly leave policies
• Free Welsh language courses and time off to learn
• Access to a range of staff diversity networks
• Free counselling and support service via our Vivup Employee Assistance Programme and Your Care Health platform
• A thriving culture that’s described as innovative, collaborative and kind.

Things you need to know

Artificial intelligence

Artificial intelligence can be a useful tool to support your application, however, all examples and statements provided must be truthful, factually accurate and taken directly from your own experience. Where plagiarism has been identified (presenting the ideas and experiences of others, or generated by artificial intelligence, as your own) applications may be withdrawn and internal candidates may be subject to disciplinary action. Please see our candidate guidance for more information on appropriate and inappropriate use.

Selection process details

We’ll always be clear about how we assess your application, at each stage of the process. This will usually include:

• Assessment of your Application Form and CV against the relevant Success Criteria
• A panel interview (if you’re successful at the initial sift stage) Interviews will take place in person
• If any additional assessments are needed for this role, such as a test or presentation at interview, we’ll let you know in advance.
• Should a large number of applications be received, an initial sift will be conducted using the lead behaviour, Changing and Improving .

We’re proud to be a Disability Confident Leader so we’ll ask you if you need any adjustments at each stage of the recruitment process. So that we can support you in a way that works for you, we’ll offer a pre-interview accessibility chat to anyone that declares a disability or needs any adjustments. This will take place with someone who is independent of the recruitment process and you won’t be placed at any disadvantage as a result of needing adjustments.

A reserve list may be held for this role for applicants that have scored above the appointable threshold at interview. This means that if a similar vacancy becomes available in the next 12 months we may contact you to offer you the role.

• Success criteria
• Behaviours
• Criteria
• Assessed in personal statement and CV
• Assessed during interview or assessment
• Seeing the Bigger Picture
• Align activities to contribute to wider organisational priorities
• Yes
• No
• Changing and improving
• Work with others to identify areas for improvement and simplify processes to use fewer resources
• Yes
• Yes
• Delivering at pace
• Take responsibility for delivering timely and quality results with focus and drive
• No
• Yes
• Strengths
• Criteria
• Assessed in personal statement and CV
• Assessed during interview or assessment
• Adaptable

You can adapt to variations in work or environment. Your effectiveness is not affected by change. You are flexible and versatile. You act as an advocate for change.

• No
• Yes
• Team Player

You work well as part of a team and strive to ensure the team pulls together and is effective.

• No
• Yes
• Strategic
• You look at the big picture. You consider the wider factors and long term implications of decisions
• No
• Yes
• Experience
• Criteria
• Assessed in personal statement and CV
• Assessed during interview or assessment
• Experience of Public Sector finance
• Yes
• Yes
• Technical knowledge
• Criteria
• Assessed in personal statement and CV
• Assessed during interview or assessment
• To have knowledge/experience of Financial systems (Dynamics 365)
• Yes
• Yes

Qualifications

• Criteria
• Assessed in personal statement and CV
• Assessed during interview or assessment
• CCAB Qualified Accountant or Part Qualified (PQ to qualify within 3 years of appointment if successful)
• Yes
• No

We recommend you review the job description (or candidate pack) under the 'attachments' section before completing your application.

Feedback will only be provided if you attend an interview or assessment.

Security

Successful candidates must undergo a basic (or equivalent) criminal record check.

People working with government assets must complete baseline personnel security standard (opens in new window) checks.

Nationality requirements

This job is broadly open to the following groups:

• UK nationals
• nationals of the Republic of Ireland
• nationals of Commonwealth countries who have the right to work in the UK
• nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities with settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS)
• nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities who have made a valid application for settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS)
• individuals with limited leave to remain or indefinite leave to remain who were eligible to apply for EUSS on or before 31 December 2020
• Turkish nationals, and certain family members of Turkish nationals, who have accrued the right to work in the Civil Service

Further information on nationality requirements

Working for the Civil Service

The Civil Service Code sets out the standards of behaviour expected of civil servants.

We recruit by merit on the basis of fair and open competition, as outlined in the Civil Service Commission's recruitment principles .

The Civil Service embraces diversity and promotes equal opportunities. As such, we run a Disability Confident Scheme (DCS) for candidates with disabilities who meet the minimum selection criteria.

The Civil Service also offers a Redeployment Interview Scheme to civil servants who are at risk of redundancy, and who meet the minimum requirements for the advertised vacancy.

Diversity and Inclusion

The Civil Service is committed to attract, retain and invest in talent wherever it is found. To learn more please see the Civil Service People Plan and the Civil Service Diversity and Inclusion Strategy .

Apply and further information

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Contact point for applicants

Job contact :

• Name : WRA Recruitment Team
• Email : Recruitment@wra.gov.wales
• Telephone : 03000254000

Recruitment team

• Email : Recruitment@wra.gov.wales

Further information

The law requires that selection for appointment to the Civil Service is on merit on the basis of fair and open competition. See the Civil Service Commission's recruitment principles where this is set out.

If you feel your application has not been treated in line with the recruitment principles, and you wish to complain, you should contact the Head of HR.

Email: hr@wra.gov.wales

If you’re not satisfied with our response, you can contact the Civil Service Commission.