Ofgem Jobs – Management Accountant

About the job

Depending on the successful applicant the role can be based in either Glasgow or London, you will have great flexibility with hybrid working at least one day in the office per week and as both offices are in central locations it should be an easy commute.

Job description

This role sits within the strategic finance side of Finance, Procurement and Risk Department which supports teams to spend money on the right things, in the right ways, and through the effective management of risk to help Ofgem deliver its priorities.

This is of critical importance in the current energy market and at a time when Ofgem is evolving to an organisational design that focuses on professions and flexible resourcing. Your role will be critical in supporting this successful transition through contributing to finance systems development, maintaining budgetary oversight and producing quality financial reporting. You will be responsible for the integrity and value of data Ofgem finance develops, uses and publishes.

We are looking for a self starter who is organised, works collaboratively to run different processes in parallel and can draw out key messages from detailed financial information in a format that non-technical colleagues can understand and take actions upon.

Responsibilities

• Reporting to the Head of Financial Management, support Ofgem’s monthly finance cycle to deliver quality insight through reporting of high level trends, risks and recommendations for Executive Committee.
• Support clear and robust budget allocations through acting as the intermediary between finance and ePMO as well as managing the Main and Supplementary Estimates processes.
• Build relationships with teams across Ofgem finance to support data integrity, quality financial information in ledgers, robust variance analysis and joined up finance systems
• Plan, oversee and deliver a set of work deliverables on time and to a high standard through effective management and support of team members.