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Financial Accountant at England Rugby
London, United Kingdom
Job Descrption
Working at the RFU means being part of the ‘bigger picture’ at England Rugby: to be rooted in our purpose, which is to enrich lives, introduce more people to rugby union & develop the sport for future generations. If our purpose resonates with you, and you recognise the value that sport can bring to people’s lives, we’d love to work with you. An opportunity has arisen for a Financial Accountant to join the Finance team on a fixed term basis.
Job Title : Financial Accountant
Department : Finance
Reports to : Senior Financial Accountant
Salary Banding : c.£59,000
Job Level : Implement
Location : Twickenham
Employment Type : Fixed Term Contract until September 2025
Application Information:
- Please submit an anonymised CV and cover letter (i.e. please exclude personal details, etc.).
- The closing date for applications is Thursday 9th May 2024 at 5pm.
- The RFU reserves the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications.
- Applications may be considered whilst this vacancy is advertised.
Nature and Scope:
The Financial Accountant will drive Finance to become an integral part of the business, providing real value through the provision of quality, timely and accurate information that underpin decisions.
The Financial Accountant is responsible for the month and year end reporting for fixed assets including partnering with various departments covering budgeting, monthly board reporting, analysis and tracking against forecast. They will also take an active role in monitoring and reporting for the RFU’s subsidiary entities including both commercial and charity entities.
What will you be doing?
Some key responsibilities include:
- Full end to end Fixed Assets process including but not limited to;
- Processing and reporting (management and board) of capital expenditure.
- Working to enhance the capital reporting capability using Oracle reporting tools.
- Reconciliations between the fixed asset register and trial balance.
- Leading Capital UAT for All Oracle upgrades.
- Suggesting and implementing improvements to the authorisation process for capital spend.
- Providing periodic capital and depreciation projections for the business.
- Posting and reviewing monthly journals:
- Bank and loan interest including forecast outturn.
- Subsidiary performance and forecast outturn.
- Investment performance.
- Reviewing transactions posted into the ledger.
- Coordination of balance sheet review for subsidiary entities
- Establish new processes for financial reporting as the company enters into new agreements.
- Manage subsidiary reporting, preparation of management accounts and presenting results at the month end close meeting.
- Support business partners in month end queries, spend analysis and investment appraisal.
- Act as an ambassador for, and promote the best interests of the RFU, including the promotion of the RFU core values and culture.
Your approach to Life (your behaviours):
- You have strong influencing and consensus building skills, and you're able to build sustaining relationships.
- You have excellent attention to detail with a thorough, proactive approach to problem solving.
- You're able to work collaboratively.
- You are process driven and able to work well under pressure.
- You're able to inspire confidence and create trust.
- You possess sound judgement and the ability to think creatively to reach desired goals.
What you Know:
Essential:
- Qualified CIMA, ACA, ACCA or equivalent.
- Excellent attention to detail with a thorough, proactive approach to problem solving.
- Ability to balance multiple priorities against strict deadlines.
- Effective communicator, comfortable dealing with internal and external stakeholders at all levels.
- Committed to actively contributing and building an inclusive culture in your role and day to day behaviours.
Desired:
- Experience of using accounting systems for recording transactions and reporting results.
- Experience of capital accounting and processes including depreciation planning and projection.
- Ability to build and maintain strong relationships with key business contacts that allows for constructive challenge where needed.
- Comfortable working on several work streams at once.
Additional Information:
- We want you to have every opportunity to demonstrate your skills, ability and potential. If there is anything we could do to support you through your application or to provide the best environment for your interviews, including assistance or adjustment, please reach out to recruitment@rfu.com.
- During your application, we will ask questions about your identity. This information is considered highly confidential and will not be seen by hiring managers. You can find out more about why we ask these questions here.
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About England RugbyEngland Rugby or Rugby Football Union (RFU) is the national governing body for rugby in England. We deliver three core activities, and our purpose is to enrich lives, introduce more people to rugby union and develop the sport for future generations.
Our core activities are:
Our Culture
At England Rugby, one of our core objectives is to drive rugby union to better reflect the diversity of society. We are aware that rugby, and sports in general, has not always been as welcoming an environment for everyone as we would like, and we are working hard to make rugby a more inclusive space for all identities.
We believe hiring people from underrepresented groups into positions at all levels is vital to creating spaces and initiatives that better support those identities. We would love to see applications from disabled people, LGBTQ+ people, people from ethnically diverse communities, people of faith, people from lower socio-economic backgrounds, and women and non-binary people.
We know that representation is more than just getting people through the door, it’s about keeping people by responding to structural barriers relating to identities and valuing the insights that different lived experiences bring. We have network groups that provide peer-to-peer support and drive forward change internally. We support colleagues to develop, and each colleague has access to a personal coaching platform that can provide same-day one-to-one coaching. We are pushing ourselves to create a more inclusive culture every day through role modelling our BACK behaviours which stand for Brave, Accountable, Collaborative and Keep improving.
We know that flexible working is important to our colleagues, so our guiding principles are designed to support everyone to work in the way that suits them, their teams, and the organization in the best way.
We want you to have every opportunity to demonstrate your skills, ability and potential. If there is anything we could do to support you through your application or to provide the best environment for your interviews, including assistance or adjustment, please reach out to recruitment@rfu.com.
What we can offer you
We are proud of the range of benefits we can provide:
- Retail discounts include 30% off Adidas, 20% off Optimum Nutrition, 25% off 02 and many more
- Priority access to purchase match tickets
- 25% discount in Rugby Store and EnglandRugby.com
- 25 days of annual leave and your birthday day off
- Free dental care and free access to the stadium gym
- Life assurance of 4x your basic salary, income protection scheme and Employee Assistance Programme that offers anonymous and confidential, emotional and practical support 24/7
- After 3 months, you will be enrolled in our Aviva pension scheme and we will match and double your contribution up to 10%
- Ride-to-work scheme, eyecare vouchers and season ticket loans
At England Rugby, we want to hear our employees’ thoughts, ideas and feedback on our strategies, new initiatives and our work environment. That’s why we have quarterly meetings called ‘the Voice’ where various topics are discussed, in addition to regular surveys, including our annual D&I survey. We are always striving to create the best environment for our colleagues, and we are proud to present some of our most recent feedback from Feb 2022:
- 85% feel motivated to perform their role to the best of their ability
- 83% feel supported by their Manager
- 90% agree or strongly agree that their Manager empowers and trusts them to deliver while working from home
- 83% feel informed and connected with the organisation
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