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On behalf of HM Land Registry, we are looking for a Project Coordination Specialist (Finance) Inside IR35 for a 11 months contract based Hybrid working (3 days per week in the Croydon office and remaining WFH)

Our ambition is to become the world’s leading land registry for speed, simplicity, and an open approach to data. Our award-winning digital team is the in-house directorate at the heart of our transformation into a digital, data driven organisation. We are playing a pivotal role in ensuring that we are able to respond swiftly to our current challenges. We are providing a robust and resilient technical infrastructure to support our workforce. We are enabling our customers to interact with us in increasingly digital and automated ways and delivering our transformation portfolio which will revolutionise the way that we operate and provide services.

Our Digital teams are at the core of our plans for digital transformation for the future. At HM Land Registry we have a vision of a fully connected, digital system for buying and selling property that enables a more secure and more efficient land registration process. By joining us in a digital role, you can be at the cutting edge of our work to revolutionise the way property and land is transacted in the UK, supporting our vision of a world-leading property market as part of a thriving economy and a sustainable future.

At HM Land Registry, we’re passionate about developing and attracting the best talent. People are at the heart of our plans for the future, so we have established a ’community of practice’ for every profession within our directorate. We now have 15 communities in total, including software development, data science, and product management. These communities are groups of talented people who perform similar roles and, through regular meetups and online forums, both within HM Land Registry and across wider Government, share best practice, discuss challenges, and support each other - which means happier, more motivated people!

Find out more at: www.youtube.com/embed/LhtHDdzOybA

This role will work alongside the systems specialists and Finance teams, to facilitate

the understanding, implementation and embedding of improved ways of working

with Fusion Finance modules within the relevant Finance teams. 

The role will coordinate team discussions to develop optimised procedures and controls and produce comprehensive documentation, as part of integrating the improvements across the Finance teams.  This may also include training activities.

As a Project Coordination Specialist (Finance) your main responsibilities will be:

• Manage the collaboration between finance and systems teams to improve their understanding of available functionality and good practice within relevant Fusion modules and what may potentially be implemented to optimise processes and controls. 
• Work with Finance colleagues to review their current processes alongside agreed ways of working and improvements, in order to complete gap analysis and identify what work is required to upskill people and update documentation.
• Documentation includes operating procedures, policies, process maps, user guidance and training material. 
• Liaise with teams to capture new/update existing process mapping documentation and training material, for any changes and improvements made to finance processes using the relevant Fusion modules.
• Update operating procedures and guidance to reflect improvements in processes and controls accordingly.
• Provide support in planning for the implementation of improvements and building knowledge in teams, prioritising around team availability and ensuring all supporting information is in place for all users.
• Produce and agree a policy that specifies the location of Finance documentation, with clarity over ownership and processes for monitoring its review and maintenance in future to ensure quality is maintained. 
• Implement mechanisms that ensure all published data, including intranet information and training material, is regularly reviewed and updated as necessary, with ownership and review responsibilities established within individual teams.
• Update the overarching framework for each Fusion module that clarifies user access and reporting requirements for each role, and sets out the inputs, controls, performance measures and the relationships and handoffs between other modules in use in Finance.
• Assist with managing and delivering training. 
• This role will produce guidance material for Finance users and others in the business and assist with managing and delivering training to implement improvements.

Essential:

• An understanding of accounting and financial terminology and processes
• Use of ERP financial systems
• A variety of finance experience, over an extended period of time
• Experience of documenting standard operating procedures, business processes and process maps with users
• Producing and managing a plan of work and coordinating with users to manage improvements and produce high-quality documentation
• Highly organised and facilitate team collaboration
• Use of MS Office software (in particular Word and Excel)

Desirable:

• Knowledge of Fusion Financials and Fusion Projects
• Use of MS Visio process mapping software
• Producing guidance and training material, and managing and delivering training
• Identifying pain points and improvements in business processes

Please be aware that this role can only be worked within the UK and not Overseas.

Disability Confident 

As a member of the Disability Confident Scheme, Land Registry guarantees to interview all candidates who have a disability and who meet all the essential criteria for the vacancy. In cases where we have a high volume of candidates who have a disability who meet all the essential criteria, we will interview the best candidates from within that group. This scheme encourages candidates with a disability and/or neurodivergence to apply.

Armed Forces Covenant 

HM Land Registry guarantees to interview veterans or spouses / partners of military personnel who meet all the essential criteria for the vacancy. In cases where we have a high volume of ex-military candidates / military spouses or partners, who meet all of the essential criteria, we will interview the best candidates from within that group.

In applying for this role, you acknowledge the following "this role falls in scope of the Off Payroll Working in the Public Sector legislation. Any rates of payment quoted will reflect the gross rate per day for the assignment and will be subject to appropriate taxes and statutory costs. As such the payment to the intermediary and your income resulting from this contract will be different".