Regional Finance Officer - Ciudad de México - Foreign & Commonwealth Office

Foreign & Commonwealth Office

Empresa verificada

Ciudad de México

hace 1 semana

Publicado por:

Rodrigo Fernández

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Descripción

Job Description (Roles and Responsibilities)

Main Purpose of Job:

We are looking for a Regional Finance Officer to join the Regional Finance Hub, located in the British Embassy in Mexico City
.

The Hub provides professional financial services, including monitoring and reporting on the financial activities of all British Embassies located across LATAM & Caribbean.

Each Finance Officer manages a group of countries, building strong relationships with customers to meet financial standards, policy compliance and accurate budget/forecast reporting.

The incumbent will also undertake a wide range of financial duties on behalf of a number of offices in the region.

The role reports to the Head of Regional Finance Hub within the region.

Roles and Responsibilities:

Provide financial counselling to customers across LATAM & Caribbean region.
To monitor and process budgeting, forecasting and reporting (including exception reporting) for a range of offices in the region.
Deep analysis of current and future operational requirements, financial viability and identifying risks.
To liaise with individual offices in the region and Finance Business Partners in the UK to monitor trends and variances.
To review the annual financial planning returns by analysing main variances against forecast in year/ actual spend/ current allocation.
To ensure financial management indicators (FPCIs) are robust and issues resolved appropriately within agreed timescales.
To support on in year financial planning for operating budgets
RDEL & CDEL
To liaise with Partners in platform CRs and annual cost card process
To prepare annual cash forecasts.
To prepare end of period accruals returns.

Corporate Contribution:

Help make the Embassy a great place to work
All Embassy staff are expected to fulfil a defined role in the event of a crisis;
Contribute to the Embassy's wider corporate agenda and values by being an active member in one of our committees, working groups or taskforces.

Essential qualifications, skills and experience

Relevant experience in Accounting or Finance
IT literate to an advanced level
Experience using Oracle eBusiness Suite or similar finance system
Strong interpersonal and communication skills
Ability to meet tight deadlines and prioritize workloads
Fluent written and spoken English and Spanish

Desirable qualifications, skills and experience

Bachelor Degree in Public Accounting or Finance, or Accountant who is part of a Professional Body such as CIMA, ACCA, ACA.
Five years of relevant experience in finance areas
Previous experience in Shared Services Centres or Regional Hubs

Required behaviours

Changing and Improving, Managing a Quality Service, Delivering at Pace, Working Together Application deadline Application deadline day Application deadline month Application deadline year
28 March 2023

Grade

Executive Officer (EO)

Type of Position

Fulltime, Permanent

Working hours per week

Region

Latin America and Spanish speaking Caribbean

Country/Territory

Mexico

Location (City)

Mexico

City

Type of Post

British Embassy

Number of vacancies

Salary Currency

Salary
- $30,125 monthly

Start Date Start Date - day Start Date - month Start Date - year

1 May 2023

Other benefits and conditions of employment

Working Patterns:

Additional information

The British Embassy Network offers a strong benefits package. This package includes generous vacation and leave time, flexible working patterns, and enriching learning and development opportunities. All staff at the British Embassy and its Consulates in Mexico are expected to work towards the UK mission statement of Building a UK/Mexico partnership, which makes the world and us more prosperous and secure, and to embody the Embassy's agreed values of Honesty, Respect, Inclusion and Professionalism.