This post is part of our Executive Office team. The team has responsibility for a wide range of administrative functions, which are aimed to coordinate the flow of business across the Commission and to realise effective communications between the senior team and the rest of the organisation. The team provides administrative and general support to the Commission’s senior management team and decision making bodies including the Commission, Executive Board, and Leadership Team, as well as providing guidance and advice to staff across the Commission in relation to these responsibilities.

The team also provides efficient personal support for the Chief Executive, all of the Directors, and the Chief Legal Adviser, dealing with sensitive and confidential matters where necessary. You will develop a good overview of the current business context and priorities, and will need to forward plan to ensure the provision of all necessary information. This will involve working with Directors and Directorates to co-ordinate, commission and deliver relevant and timely material and to resolve issues, escalating appropriately.

Your role will involve managing the interface with Members of the Senedd, external stakeholders and staff. You will need to be able work across levels and functions with ease and diplomacy. You will be required to demonstrate firmness and tact in commissioning work from senior staff throughout the organisation, sometimes at short notice. You will also prepare well written briefings and initial drafts of reports or presentations for the Director(s). You will bring excellent organisation to the provision of a timely, efficient and effective secretariat service to our decision making bodies, arranging meetings, managing agendas and taking minutes, proof reading and editing papers and providing advice on corporate processes. You will need to be professional and articulate in presentation and must have excellent verbal and written communication skills. An ability to be decisive and clear about what is needed is important in this role, as will be dealing with sensitive and confidential matters where necessary.

Individual responsibilities within the team are relatively flexible to deal with changing business needs and pressures, you would be an active contributor to delivering the team’s collective responsibilities and to support the service as a whole. The team supports each other to provide a resilient service, able to cover each other’s responsibilities as and when required; you may therefore be expected to learn and maintain a degree of familiarity with work that is not necessarily your day to day responsibility.

In addition you will support corporate activities and initiatives, under the leadership of the Head of CAMS, any of the CAMS team leaders and/or the Executive Office Manager. These duties will include supporting projects which have a significance for teams in CAMS, and some of the team’s internal communication responsibilities, in particular relating to the intranet. The post holder will be expected to pro-actively deliver high levels of customer services, have strong organisational and effective communication skills, and to demonstrate a positive and flexible attitude, and a collaborative work ethic.

For more information, please view the job description.

Pattern of Working
This is a full-time post although flexible working arrangements will be considered, subject to meeting the needs of the Senedd and its Members.

Please note recruitment will normally be at the minimum of the band.
The successful candidate will be subject to security vetting.

We are seeking a dedicated and highly skilled Management Accountant to join our Financial Services team within the Senedd Commission.

You will play a pivotal role in supporting financial management and decision making processes within the Senedd Commission . Your expertise in financial analysis, budgeting, and management information reporting will contribute to the efficient allocation of resources and the achievement of the organisation's financial objectives.

Your main responsibilities will include; managing the monthly reporting process; improving management accounting practices; strengthening the control environment; analysing in-year budget performance, producing the Commission’s annual budget and supporting the project boards and financial reporting requirements for two significant multi year programmes of work.

You will be adaptable and proactive in applying your financial experience to deliver high standards of financial management across the Senedd Commission, so ensuring effective stewardship of public funds and contributing to the Commission’s goals in supporting the Welsh Parliament/Senedd Cymru.

The role of Management Accountant will give you an in depth understanding of all of the individual service and project budgets and activities within the Commission, You will be close enough to the detail to provide accurate and informed financial advice to budget holders and Executive Board as well as developing a strategic appreciation of how the service / project budgets impact on the wider corporate position and priorities. You will build strong working relationships with budget managers to help them effectively manage their delegated budgets delivering value for money to the organisation and supporting them when considering financial changes within their services. The role is challenging and rewarding and a key role within the Finance team.

For more information, please view the job description.

Pattern of Working
This is a full-time post although flexible working arrangements will be considered, subject to meeting the needs of the Senedd and its Members.

Please note recruitment will normally be at the minimum of the band.
The successful candidate will be subject to security vetting.