Finance Improvement Project Lead (we have office locations in Cambridge, Leeds & London)
Finance Improvement Project Lead (we have office locations in Cambridge, Leeds & London)
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We are seeking a Finance Improvement Project Lead based on a 12month fixed term contract to support Genomics Englands Finance Team in advancing financial improvement initiatives and strengthening sound financial management and control aligned with broader business objectives.
This exciting role will work collaboratively with senior leaders to drive forward areas for improvement and implement best practices and technologies. This will help embed core principles of financial management enhancing operational efficiency productivity and governance throughout the organisation.
Everyday responsibilities include:
- Develop and execute a finance improvement strategy that aligns with Genomics England broader business goals which includes a deliverable plan for the ensuing 1218 months.
- Build strong relationships with Finance and business teams to drive positive improvements across Genomics England leading and delivering finance improvement projects from inception to completion.
- Work with crossfunctional teams to implement best practices that increase operational efficiency and reduce manual effort. Identify opportunities for process optimisation automation and technology enhancements to improve productivity in a fully compliant manner.
- Ensure all improvement activities comply with UK GAAP financial regulations internal controls and risk management frameworks.
- Use datadriven insights to measure the success of improvement initiatives and drive continuous improvement.
- Communicate progress and results to stakeholders at all levels of the organisation.
- Support our people so they are equipped to embrace new organisational technology (specifically AI in finance) and fulfil their financial responsibilities in more productive ways.
Skills and experience for success:
- Indepth knowledge of UK GAAP.
- Experienced in designing and delivering highlevel finance improvement strategies aligned with broader business goals.
- Track record of identifying and implementing process improvements that drive efficiency and operational effectiveness.
- Proven ability to understand complex organisations and internal team structures to develop impactful strategies.
- Strong knowledge of financial management principles and control frameworks with the ability to embed these across diverse teams.
- Strong analytical and problemsolving skills with a continuous improvement mindset.
- Demonstrated experience utilising AI in a finance setting to drive efficiencies and innovation (Desirable).
Qualifications :
Professionally qualified accountant (e.g. ACA ACCA CIMA).
Additional Information :
Salary from: 58892
Being an integral part of such a meaningful mission is extremely rewarding in itself but in order to support our people were continually improving our benefits package. We pride ourselves on investing in our people and supporting them to achieve their career goals as well as offering a benefits package including:
- Generous Leave: 30 days holiday plus bank holidays additional leave for long service and the option to apply for up to 30 days of remote working abroad annually (approval required).
- FamilyFriendly: Blended working arrangements flexible working enhanced maternity paternity and shared parental leave benefits.
- Pension & Financial: Defined contribution pension (Genomics England doublematches up to 10% however you can contribute more if you wish) Life Assurance (3x salary) and a Give As You Earn scheme.
- Learning & Development: Individual learning budgets support for training and certifications and reimbursement for one annual professional subscription (approval required).
- Recognition & Rewards: Employee recognition programme and referral scheme.
- Health & Wellbeing: Subsidised gym membership a free Headspace account and access to an Employee Assistance Programme eye tests flu jabs.
Equal opportunities and our commitment to a diverse and inclusive workplace
Genomics England is actively committed to providing and supporting an inclusive environment that promotes equity diversity and inclusion best practice both within our community and in any other area where we have influence. We are proud of our diverse community where everyone can come to work and feel welcomed and treated with respect regardless of any disability ethnicity gender gender identity religion sexual orientation or social background.
Genomics Englands policies of nondiscrimination and equity and will be applied fairly to all people regardless of age disability gender identity or reassignment marital or civil partnership status being pregnant or recently becoming a parent race religion or beliefs sex or sexual orientation length of service whether full or parttime or employed under a permanent or a fixedterm contract or any other relevant factor.
Genomics England does not tolerate any form of discrimination harassment victimisation or bullying at work. Such behaviour is contrary toour virtues undermines our mission and core values and diminishes the dignity respect and integrity of all parties. Our People policies outline our commitment to inclusivity.
We aim to remove barriers in our recruitment processes and to be flexible with our interview processes. Should you require any adjustments that may help you to fully participate in the recruitment process we encourage you to discuss this with us.
Blended working model
Genomics England operates a blended working model as we know our people appreciate the flexibility that hybrid working can bring. We expect most people to come into the office a minimum of 2 times each month. However this will vary according to role and will be agreed with your team leader. There is no expectation that people will return to the office full time unless they want to however some of our roles require full time on site attendance e.g. lab teams reception team.
Our teams and squads have and will continue to reflect on what works best for them to work together successfully and have the freedom to design working patterns to suit beyond the minimum. Our office locations are: Canary Wharf Cambridge and Leeds.
Onboarding background checks
As part of our recruitment process all successful candidates are subject to a Standard Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check. We therefore require applicants to disclose any previous offences at point of application as some unspent convictions may mean we are unable to proceed with your application due to the nature of our work in healthcare.
Remote Work :
No
Employment Type :
Fulltime
Employment Type
Full-time
