About the job

Job summary

Working with a team within Transaction Services, the Head of Transaction Services will play a critical role in providing assurance that processes are compliant with Government Functional Standards, spend controls, governance and internal controls. This is to be achieved by ensuring fit for purpose systems, building strong relationships with internal and external stakeholders at all levels of the business, whilst ensuring oversight of all processes delivered by the Transaction Services Team and its relationship with the wider Finance Team.

Job description

We are looking for an individual with significant experience in the delivery and improvement of finance activities ensuring they are efficient, provide value for money and support the integrity and accuracy of financial reporting.

You will be joining our small but experienced team of 19 people, who are committed to delivering a first class frontline operation to support achievement of our strategic objectives through accuracy and integrity of transaction processing. 

This is a rare chance to support a fast pace team within a national organisation with real social purpose. 

Person specification

Whilst our day job is to deliver first class customer service to our stakeholders, you will be used to "spinning several plates" at once and will always be looking for ways to improve and innovate.

Support senior managers to prioritise workload, monitor resource to maintain effective controls and efficiencies.

Ensure whole team has sufficient knowledge and skills to deliver in their roles, supporting line managers where needed with development and performance management.

Advise senior leaders on key matters, escalating issues as required.

Be a visible leader and act as a point of challenge.

Drive efficiencies and effectiveness of the team, processes, data and systems to enable the delivery of Homes England Strategic Plan.  

You will be experienced in all aspects of transaction finance processing including accounts payable, accounts receivable, insurance and lease cars. 

You will be comfortable to develop and lead an efficient and motivated team to deliver accurate and timely transaction services, promoting an inclusive culture with ambition, innovation, creativity and customer focus. 

Delivering on a mission as bold as ours isn’t always easy. You will be resilient and enjoy working in an innovative, fun and engaging way. 

Benefits

Homes England is an executive non-departmental public body with its own terms and conditions, benefits and pension scheme. We are a government agency working in partnership with the private sector and want to employ and retain great people. In return we offer a range of excellent benefits, some of the key benefits include:

Holiday - Homes England offers all staff 33 days annual leave per year in addition to 8 statutory bank holidays.

Working Flexibly - At Homes England we have a strong culture of flexible working and encourage all employees to have a healthy work/life balance. We offer a wide range of potential working patterns, including part time, job share and compressed hours.

Health and Wellbeing - We offer health screening with Nuffield Proactive Health Clinics, a free Employee Assistance Programme which offers confidential support 24 hours a day, 7 days a week as well as access to Occupational Health.

Professional Development - At Homes England we are committed to your continued professional and personal development with learning as one of our core values. We pay for one job-related professional membership subscription per year for our employees.

We also offer an excellent range of family friendly benefits, for example, maternity, paternity, shared parental leave.

Things you need to know

Selection process details

How to apply?

To apply please follow the links to our careers page.

Security

Successful candidates must pass a disclosure and barring security check.

Selection process details

For more information on the role, please see the attached Job Description.

Successful applicants will be advised of the outcome of their application and interviews held as soon as practical after the closing date. Feedback will only be provided if you attend an interview or assessment. We would like to take this opportunity to thank you for your interest in this role and Homes England.

Please note – Homes England has a responsibility to ensure compliance with HMG Baseline Personnel Security Standard to address the potential problems of identity fraud, illegal working and deception generally. To ensure compliance we will carry out a pre-employment Personal Identity and Vetting Report through Experian to meet the standard and you will therefore be asked to provide certain information in order that the verification check can be carried out if you are successful in your application.

Homes England are an equal opportunities employer and positively encourages applications from suitably qualified and eligible candidates.  We are proud to be an equal opportunities employer that values and respects the people who work for us.  Our aim is to be an employer of choice, enabling everyone to reach their full potential.

Homes England is committed to protecting the privacy and security of your personal data. For further information please refer to our Privacy Notice which can be viewed here:

https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/homes-england/about/personal-information-charter

Nationality requirements

Open to UK, Commonwealth and European Economic Area (EEA) and certain non EEA nationals. Further information on whether you are able to apply is available here.

Working for the Civil Service

Please note this Post is NOT regulated by the Civil Service Commission.

The Civil Service embraces diversity and promotes equality of opportunity. There is a guaranteed disability confident interview scheme for candidates with disabilities who meet the minimum selection criteria.

Further information

Once this job has closed, the job advert will no longer be available. You may want to save a copy for your records.

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

Security

Successful candidates must undergo a 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) (opens in a new window)
• 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 (opens in a new window)

Working for the Civil Service

Please note this Post is NOT regulated by the Civil Service Commission. 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.