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October 2012 Head of Treasury and Business Planning Candidate recruitment pack
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October 2012
Head of Treasury and Business Planning
Candidate recruitment pack
Olympic Office Centre, 8 Fulton Road HA9 0NU
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October 2012 Dear Applicant Octavia Housing – Head of Treasury and Business Planning Thank you for your interest in this position. Enclosed is the information you will require to assist you in completing your application. To apply please would you:
Provide an up-to-date CV which shows your full career history with any breaks explained – we recommend that this is no longer than three pages;
Write a supporting statement detailing how you are a good candidate for this post and how you fulfil the person specification – we recommend that this should be a maximum of around three pages;
Complete the compliance and equal opportunities forms;
Indicate if you cannot attend any of the interview dates.
Please note that applications can only be considered if all the documentation is completed. However, it is not mandatory to complete the equalities section within the compliance form. The information requested is purely for monitoring purposes in line with our commitment to equality and diversity, and will not affect the outcome of your application. Once complete, please send your application, preferably in MS Word format, by email to [email protected] or by post to: Campbell Tickell Recruitment Olympic Office Centre 8 Fulton Road Wembley HA9 0NU
Due to postal unreliability we recommend you e-mail your application to us wherever possible to avoid missing the deadline.
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/…continued Applications must be received by Friday 2 November 2012, at 12 noon.
It is your responsibility to ensure that we have received your application. If you do not receive confirmation of receipt of your application from us within 24 hours of sending, please call 020 3434 0990 to ensure it has arrived. You should also ensure that you use a secure email address from which to send your application, as our system will filter out emails if it believes them to have been sent from unsecured sites that are often used to send spam emails. In order to avoid last-minute IT issues, we also ask that you allow yourself ample time to submit your application in advance of the deadline. A list of the interview dates and key selection stages is detailed at page 11. Do contact me if you would like to discuss the role or have any questions on 020 3434 0990 or [email protected]. We look forward to hearing from you. Yours sincerely
Gera Patel Senior Consultant
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Contents
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Role profile 5
Person specification 7
Executive management team structure chart 8
Finance and IT team structure chart 9
Principal terms and conditions of service 10
Key dates 11
The media advertisement 12
The compliance form is available to download www.campbelltickell.com
Further information on Octavia Housing can be found at octaviahousing.org.uk
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Role Profile – Head of Treasury and Business Planning
Reporting to: Finance Director Line managing:
Location: Emily House Grade:
Purpose of role
To work with the Finance Director to ensure that adequate financial resources are in place to enable Octavia Housing to achieve its objectives.
To work with Octavia Housing’s directors and senior managers to create and update financial business plans.
To provide financial support to the Development Department in project appraisal and performance monitoring and all aspects of housing fixed asset accounting.
To ensure that proper financial controls over the Development, Major Repair and Re-investment activity of the organisation are put in place and are maintained.
To ensure that risk is quantified, documented and monitored, and to advise on changes to systems of financial control in order that risk is minimised where required.
To play an active role in the management of the Finance Directorate, Octavia Housing more widely and as appropriate, deputise for the Finance Director.
Key relationships
Supervising; Senior Finance Advisor
Core tasks and responsibilities
1. To take the lead in managing the Treasury function for Octavia Housing,
raising new finance in a timely fashion as required, ensuring adequate cash is available to meet the association’s liabilities as they fall due, preparing and updating the Treasury strategy and related policy and procedures, monitoring, reporting and ensuring compliance with funders covenants, and managing Octavia’s cash and deposits in a prudent manner.
2. To charge property and cash as security for loans and financial derivatives, monitoring the position to ensure sufficient headroom is maintained to cover for principal risks. Ensure all payments are made on time for all loan and derivative agreements.
3. To maintain and update the detailed financial planning models for Octavia Housing as a group, as a standalone entity and for subsidiaries and business
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streams as required using Brixx. Ensure that these models are constructed in a robust and flexible manner which conform to good practice and suitable to form the financial section of the organisation’s Business Plan, and effectively measure organisational capacity.
4. To carry out scenario planning to establish the impact of principal risks
crystallising either individually or in combination. 5. To carry out regular updates and an annual review of the models, taking
account of the organisation’s annual budgeting process, regular management accounts and forecast performance, and large projects which may be agreed from time to time.
6. To be responsible for the housing fixed asset accounting of the association,
devising and maintaining suitable systems to monitor capital expenditure from the organisation’s development and major repairs and cyclical maintenance contracts.
7. To liaise closely with the Development Department on the assessment of
individual development and major repair schemes, providing detailed financial input to individual project appraisals.
8. To provide the Development Department with an effective financial service,
ensuring that standards and deadlines are effectively met and assistance is provided during the bidding rounds for capital grant funding.
9. To prepare reports for the Directors Group and Board and sub committees of
Octavia Housing on Treasury and Financial Business planning topics. 10. Together with the Finance Director, ensure that suitable financial controls are
maintained over the organisation’s Development Programme and that risk is effectively assessed and highlighted.
11. To supervise the work of the Senior Finance Officer; and to be responsible for this postholder’s support and development.
12. To prepare the organisation’s capital budget. 13. To assist the Finance Director in preparing and maintaining the organisation’s
risk map, ensuring there is an effective risk monitoring system resulting in appropriate reporting to the Directors Group and Board.
14. Play an active role as a senior manager in the Finance Directorate and the organisation more widely, working flexibly to ensure that directorate and organisational goals are met.
15. As appropriate, to deputise for the Finance Director.
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Person Specification
Head of Treasury and Business Planning
Essential/Desirable
Experience
Treasury Management
E
At least 3 years’ experience of Business modelling E
Project Appraisal E
Monitoring of capital projects E
Registered Social Landlord/ Registered Provider background
D
Knowledge
Degree level education
E
Qualified ACA, ACCA, CIMA or CIPFA E
Skills
Treasury management
Advanced spreadsheet and database management skills
Advanced use of accounting and treasury software
Knowledge of capital grant funding regime
Understanding of RSL Development Finance policies and procedures including specifying adequate financial controls
Knowledge of risks relating to large capital projects
Knowledge of capital appraisal techniques
Accuracy and attention to detail
Communication skills
Ability to work methodically under pressure
Ability to plan and organise a large workload
Analytical thinking
E E E D D
E E E E E E
E
Other
Ability to work exceptional hours on occasions
E
Commitment to Equal Opportunities E
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Executive management team - structure chart
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Finance and IT – structure chart
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Principal terms and conditions (For information purposes only)
1. Position
Head of Treasury and Business Planning
2. Salary
c.£65,000.
3. Holiday entitlement
You will be entitled to 25 days holiday per annum, increasing to 29 days with length of service.
4. Working hours
Normal hours of work are 35 hours per week based around the normal business working week. However, due to the nature/seniority of this post, there is a requirement for flexibility in meeting the full responsibilities of the post.
5. Place of work
The normal place of work will be Octavia Housing’s Head Office at Emily House, 202-208 Kensal Road, London, W10 5BN. Some travel to other Octavia Housing sites is expected to fulfil the requirements of the role.
5. Pension scheme
Social Housing Pension Scheme available after 3 months service with 5-10% employer contributions.
6. Octavia Housing operates an onsite staff cafeteria with free tea and coffee making facilities.
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Key dates
Closing date for completed applications Friday 2 November 2012, 12 noon
First interviews Week commencing 12 November 2012
Final interviews Week commencing 19 November 2012
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