MNL – Regional Finance Hub Account Manager, EO

Job title:

MNL – Regional Finance Hub Account Manager, EO

Company

HM Government

Job description

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The British Embassy Manila is a large diplomatic mission delivering a dynamic and rapidly expanding programme of activity in support of the UK’s objectives on prosperity, security and consular matters. The Embassy is a modern, diverse and inclusive employer where everyone contributes to the embassy’s values of Well-being, Opportunity, Respect and Collaboration.

Main purpose of job:

This role will undertake the finance support to a number of offices across the Asia Pacific and Middle East regions. This will include the monitoring of budgets and forecasts, use of in-depth knowledge and experience to identify solutions for a complex range of financial questions, as well as apply best practices and knowledge of business issues to improve services. Individual is responsible for generating financial reports, reviewing, and analysing local budget spending to identify potential risks.

This position directly reports to the Deputy Head of Finance Hub.

Roles and responsibilities / what will the jobholder be expected to achieve:

1. Budget Management

• Provide stakeholders with in-depth analysis of the business results vs. budget, prior year and forecast leading to the identification of risks and opportunities and recommendations for appropriate actions to address them;
• Provide financial advice to offices on related commercial issues that affect business short term and strategic decisions. Actively participate in operational and strategic initiatives to influence business decisions;
• Analyze, communicate and perform resource allocation so that adequate resources are utilized in an optimized manner that is aligned with the organization’s strategic directions through sound portfolio management across the region.
• Liaise with individual Posts and Finance Business Partners in the UK and consolidate information across a region to monitor trends and variances.

2. Financial Management

• Create and analyze monthly, quarterly and annual reports and ensure financial information has been recorded accurately.
• Ensure financial management indicators [FPCIs] are robust and issues resolved appropriately within agreed timescales.
• Analyse the balance sheet accounts against the Offices in your respective region and ensure information is accurately and effectively reported.

3. Cash Management/Profiling

• Monitor and analyze company cash position to cover cash commitments and cash forecasting
• Work with Offices to ensure cash management is accurately reported and processes are adhered to [including Other UK Government Departments who may be present].

4. Regional Process Monitoring

• Ensure consistency across all processes, both within the region and across other regional hubs.
• Operationally, ensure consistency of application of policies and financial processes, both within the region and across other regional hubs, to include:-
• Liaison with and notification to, UK-based Finance Business Partners;
• Debtor management;
• Creditor management;
• Management of identified risks/provisions/contingent liabilities;
• Cash Management, including cash forecasting;
• Fixed Asset verification, management and accounting;
• Other Balance Sheet management to ensure historic/incorrect transactions are cleared;
• Budget Monitoring & forecasting;
• Use of Hyperion & OBIEE to prepare and promote budget & forecast information
• Monitoring Key Performance Indicators;
• Spend & cost driver Analysis [liaising with Procurement & HR colleagues];
• Assist with business planning;
• Chart of Accounts usage

Essential qualifications, skills and experience 1

• Solid experience in Budgeting and Forecasting
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills
• Understands the value of teamwork
• Sound financial background
• IT literate to an advance level specifically on MS Excel

Desirable qualifications, skills and experience 1

• Bachelor’s degree in finance/accounting/business or related field
• Minimum of 4-5 years of working experience in the related field
• Finance experience in FP&A (+2 years) is an advantage. The position requires P&L, balance sheet and cash flow knowledge and accounting understanding. Strong analytical skill a must.
• Strong planning, time-management, and organizational skills
• Must be self-starter with excellent communication and interpersonal skills and ability to work collaboratively in a cross-functional team environment;
• Self-motivated with good ability to work in a team, either as a leader or collaborator; have ability to work with minimal oversight.
• Highly detailed oriented with ability to manage large volumes of data;
• Ability to deal with complex and diverse information, gathering and working with data from different sources and using different formats
• Experience with ERP’s (Oracle specifically), Hyperion planning, and strong working knowledge of MS Excel(pivot tables, macros, and modeling)
• CMA/CIMA/ACCA/CPA an advantage but not required

Required behaviours 1

Changing and Improving, Managing a Quality Service, Communicating and Influencing, Working Together

Application deadline 1

6 March 2024

Grade 1

Executive Officer (EO)

Type of Position 1

Full-time, Fixed term, with possibility of renewal

Working hours per week 1

36

Region 1

Asia Pacific

Country/Territory 1

Philippines

Location (City) 1

Manila

Type of Post 1

British Embassy

Number of vacancies 1

1

Salary Currency 1

PHP

Salary 1

60,944

Start Date 1

6 May 2024

Other benefits and conditions of employment 1

Benefits:

The British Embassy Manila offers the following:

• A competitive compensation package
• 36-hour work week
• Guaranteed 13th and 14th month pay
• 20 days paid annual leave (calculated on Pro-rata basis if joined after 1 January)
• Extensive medical insurance
• Life insurance
• Access to a guaranteed 5 days of learning opportunities a year.

Learning and Development Opportunities:

You will be encouraged to pursue your own learning and development while in the job and will be able to access a range of on the job opportunities as well as training and other forms of L&D where appropriate. There are also opportunities to get involved in other Embassy activities, both professionally and socially.

The British Embassy is committed to being a learning and development organisation and encourages all staff to pursue continued learning and development in the workplace. We offer a supportive and friendly working environment where staff work to the values of: integrity, honesty, objectivity and impartiality. Everyone is encouraged to take responsibility, be innovative and work together.

Working Patterns:

This is a full-time job, normally 8.00am-5.00pm, but as we are largely subject to the Ambassador’s diary, the job holder will need to be flexible should support be required outside of these hours occasionally including at weekends.

Other Information:

Employment offers are subject to successful clearance of pre-employment checks. Staff recruited locally by the British Embassy Manila is subject to Terms and Conditions of Service according to local Philippine employment law.

No accommodation or relocation expenses are payable in connection with this position. All candidates must be legally able to work and reside in the country of the vacancy with the correct visa/work permit status or demonstrate eligibility to obtain the relevant permit. Any costs related to obtaining or renewing permits and visas are the responsibility of the successful applicant.

Employees who are not liable to pay local income tax on their Mission salary may have their salaries reduced by the equivalent local income tax amount.

Candidates are expected to have a valid NBI Clearance.

Additional information 1

Please note that your application must be submitted before 23:55 on the day mentioned in the above field “Application deadline.”

Please be aware that the deadline for submitting applications is considered to be the time zone for the country where the vacancy has arisen.

We advise you to allow enough time to complete and submit your full application since only applications completed and submitted before the deadline will be considered.

All applicants are required to mandatorily fill the online application form completely including the employment and educational details, experience, professional skills and behaviour-based questions. We will be thoroughly reviewing the applications and incomplete form in any respect may not be considered while shortlisting for the next stage.

For inclusivity and diversity, please remove the following personal information when uploading your CV: name, address, email address, age, date of birth, gender, and nationality.

Only shortlisted candidates for interview will be contacted. Interviewees will be assessed on the core behaviours/qualifications listed above. Unsuccessful candidates will be notified via the system in due time. Appointable candidates who were unsuccessful may be placed on a ‘reserve list’. If during the reserve period of 6 months the same or a largely similar role becomes available, that role may be offered to the second or subsequent candidate.

The start date mentioned in the job advert is a tentative start date. Any offer of employment will be subject to the candidate achieving suitable clearances.

Please be aware that you will only be able to apply to vacancies for Country Based Staff roles with the British Government through this official tal.net site (operated by Oleeo). Jobs may be advertised on third party websites, however our adverts will always link back to the official tal.net site. If you complete and send an application through any other site, we will not receive it.

Expected salary

Location

United Kingdom

Job date

Thu, 22 Feb 2024 07:41:07 GMT

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