British CouncilHiring for Assistant Manager Financial Governance at Noida, Uttar Pradesh Full Time

Location: Noida, South Asia, IN

Company: British Council

The British Council builds connections, understanding and trust between people in the UK and other countries through arts and culture, education and the English language.

We work in two ways – directly with individuals to transform their lives, and with governments and partners to make a bigger difference for the longer term, creating benefit for millions of people all over the world. We help young people to gain the skills, confidence and connections they are looking for to realise their potential and to participate in strong and inclusive communities. We support them to learn English, to get a high-quality education and to gain internationally recognised qualifications. Our work in arts and culture stimulates creative expression and exchange and nurtures creative enterprise. We connect the best of the UK with the world and the best of the world with the UK.

These connections lead to an understanding of each other’s strengths and of the challenges and values that we share. This builds trust between people in the UK and other nations which endures even when official relations may be strained. We work on the ground in more than 100 countries. In 2019-20 we connected with 80 million people directly and with 791 million overall, including online and through our broadcasts and publications.

Job Title: Financial Governance – Assistant Manager

Purpose of job:
We are looking for a Qualified Chartered Accountant or MBA (Finance) with an understanding of financial controls, compliance and risk management and related concepts. The ideal candidate should have experience of working in an international organisation with remote teams and should have analytical and process review skills.

Main opportunities/challenges for this role:
Accountabilities, responsibilities and main duties:
The Financial Governance Assistant Manager (Process Lead) is responsible for the below deliverables.

FCCF

Contribute to the continuous development and improvement of the Financial Control Compliance Framework (FCCF) and Minimum Control Standard (MCS), working with relevant stakeholders to ensure that the MCS’s are developed over time and continue to address the most important and highest risk compliance areas.

First line initial response to queries via GSD

Maintain log of feedback from Heads of Regional Risk and Compliance (RRCMs), UK Financial Controller and other relevant stakeholders of issues with FCCF and related reports, and of suggestions for improvement. Track actions to address these.

Portal

Supervise the administration of the FCCF portal with respect to global access rights and hierarchy within the network.

Maintain log of issues reported and proposed action to resolve.

Work with others, primarily GIS, to ensure that portal works as intended / is fit for purpose and any technical issues are resolved promptly.

Reporting

Define and prepare reports required to support FCCF process (at level 1, 2 and 3) and liaise with stakeholders, including GIS and regional Leads, and ensure they are delivered.

Prepare data for quarterly level 3 reports to Senior Management.

Contribute to driving continuous efficiency in reporting and alignment with other process

Guidance and communication

Issue communications to users on issues related to FCCF, control and compliance framework

Contribute to design and delivery of a) training and b) guidance related to: FCCF, financial risk, controls and compliance.

Other

Support other projects related to control and compliance as required by Director, Financial Control, including:

Supporting Heads of Risk and Compliance (RRCMs) network

Testing controls, and supporting the work of Heads of Risk and Compliance (RRCMs) in doing this.

Loss and fraud register

Undertake the quality review of Loss and Fraud Register (LFR) in line with deadlines

Supervise the administration of the LFR portal, the functional mailbox and work toward the continual improvement of the LFR portal.

Support countries and departments in all matters related to Loss write off

Liaise with Counter fraud team to ensure that data on frauds and losses is up to date, complete and accurate, and support reporting of data.

Information Security

Ensure that their workforce are aware of the information security policies and comply with them

Ensures that the team complies to ISO 27001 and IGA related requirements

Send account opening requests effectively

Disable accounts immediately for leavers and Absconders /on long leaves

Document and monitor / review access levels of his/her team

Provide security awareness and education to team

Manage Records to ensure compliance to Freedom of information act

Ensure incidents of their respective functions are closed within SLAs

Qualifications

Qualified Chartered Accountant/ MBA (Finance) from reputed institute

Experience of risk management frameworks. Intermediate experience of working in an international organisation, with a remote team

Role specific knowledge and experience

Accounting Knowledge

Understanding of Risk Management Frameworks

Understanding of Finance Processes and it’s risks & controls

Working knowledge of SAP

Advanced Excel & PPT skill

Effective Communication

Good Stakeholder Management

Further Information

Pay Band – 6

Contract Type – Indefinite

Department/Country- GSS Finance (Finance Centre of Excellence)

Closing Date (Time) – 18th Feb 22 (IST -23:59)

A connected and trusted UK in a more connected and trusted world.

Equality , Diversity, and Inclusion (EDI) Statement

The British Council is committed to policies and practices of equality, diversity and inclusion across everything we do. We support all staff to make sure their behaviour is consistent with this commitment. We want to address under representation and encourage applicants from under-represented groups, in particular, but not exclusively, on grounds of ethnicity and disability. All disabled applicants who meet the essential criteria are guaranteed an interview and we have Disability Confident Employer Status. We welcome discussions about specific requirements or adjustments to enable participation and engagement in our work and activities.

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We believe that all children and adults everywhere in the world deserve to live in safe environments and have the right to be protected from all forms of abuse, maltreatment and exploitation as set out in article 19, UNCRC (United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child) 1989.

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