AMS PSR

On behalf of NSI, we are looking for a Programme Financial Reporting Manager Inside IR35 for a 12 month contract working on a part-time (3/4 days per week) hybrid basis (2 days pw in London, Lytham, Durham or Glasgow office and remaining WFH)

NS&I is one of the largest savings organisations in the UK with more than 24 million customers and over £218 billion invested. We are both a government department and an Executive Agency of the Chancellor of the Exchequer. Our origins can be traced back more than 150 years to 1861.

A small company with a big reach. We care for colleagues, respect one another, invest in our people and manage talent effectively.

This role is subject to Baseline Personnel Security Standard and financial credit checks.

The main duties and responsibilities of the Programme Financial Reporting Manager will be to: 

• Work with Programme and Finance stakeholders to agree, and document, financial management reporting requirements;
• Work with Programme Accountant to propose, and agree, a single suite of integrated financial management reporting products for Programme; 
• Build new financial management reports and streamline existing reports to meet governance, reporting and audit requirements;
• Review and streamline reporting input templates to ensure data is captured once and at source; 
• Maintain clear audit trails for capturing financial data and any associated risks, opportunities, and assumptions; 
• Work with Programme stakeholders to launch, socialise and embed new reporting products;
• Identify and drive recommendations for future reporting enhancements in line with Programme delivery and governance;
• Produce monthly financial management reports, including robust and comprehensive commentary, to agreed finance timetable deadlines;
• Manage stakeholder expectations and signpost stakeholders to existing report content, where necessary; and
• Actively seek feedback from stakeholders and, where appropriate, build into future iterations of reporting suite.

Essential: 

• Skilled in managing, and producing, a range of monthly financial management reports; 
• Experience of working in a fast-paced environment, possibly in the Digital or Change environment;
• Good eye for detail and data accuracy;
• Strong stakeholder management skills, challenging requirements, where necessary;
• Ability to work to strict, and sometimes challenging, reporting deadlines;
• Ability to work well on own initiative and in consultation with others;
• Advanced Excel skills for analysis and reporting; and
• Good working knowledge of Power BI.

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, NS&I 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. In exceptional circumstances, we may also need to apply the desirable criteria in our shortlisting process which may include holding active security clearance.

Armed Forces Commitment

NS&I 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 exceptional circumstances, we may also need to apply the desirable criteria in our shortlisting process which may include holding active security clearance.

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.