Financial Advisor to the Board

Yolk Recruitment is the exclusive recruitment partner for the Centre for Digital Public Services (CDPS) and is supporting them to recruit a qualified Financial Advisor to attend quarterly virtual meetings, provide strategic financial advice to the Audit & Risk Committee (ARC), ensure compliance with regulations, and liaise with CDPS Executives on providers and value for money, while staying informed on industry trends and adhering to Managing Welsh Public Money requirements.

CDPS supports the public sector in Wales to design and build better public services, which meet the needs of those who use them. They are funded by the Welsh Government and are supporting them to meet the outcomes in the Digital Strategy for Wales. They strive to be bold, collaborative, transparent and optimistic and to keep people at the heart of everything they do.

Yolk Recruitment & CDPS are committed to creating a diverse workforce at CDPS and positively encourage applications from under-represented communities. They embrace equality of opportunity irrespective of disability, neurodivergence, ethnic origin, colour, nationality, gender and gender presentation, marital status, sexual orientation, culture, or religion. They are a Living Wage employer and a Disability Confident employer. They are committed to flexible working - with no core hours. Many of their staff work part-time or flexible hours, and their chief executive officers' job-share. Applications from people who want to work flexibly are welcomed. CDPS work remotely in the main, though their head office is in Cardiff.

What you will be doing as a Financial Advisor to the Board:

• Provide strategic advice to ARC across a variety of financial areas including:
  • Attendance at quarterly ARC meetings
  • Quarterly management accounts
  • Annual statutory accounts and reporting
  • Debt management
  • Cash management
  • Insurance coverage
  • Audit and risk management
• Liaise with the CDPS Executive regarding providers and value for money.
• Understand new trends and to provide evidence-based financial advice.

Requirements:

• You will be ACCA, ACA, or CIMA qualified.
• Knowledge of regulatory compliance, understanding of public financial management.
• You must be independent of CDPS and independent of Welsh Government
• Experience in providing strategic financial advice, managing accounts and reporting, debt and cash management, insurance coverage, and familiarity with audit and risk is important.

Reward

The successful applicant will receive up to 600 a day (outside IR35).

If you think this one's for you

Please contact Izzy Richards at Yolk Recruitment on 07458160673 or

Yolk Public Sector & Not-for-Profit team works with organisations across the UK to fulfil their recruitment needs and to achieve their D&I objectives. We recruit temporary, contract and permanent hires for 1 off specialist needs or for volume campaigns. We support our applicants to navigate the public sector recruitment processes and secure their dream jobs.

Yolk Recruitment is an equal opportunities employer and embraces diversity in our workforce. We employ the best people for the job at hand and actively encourage applications from all qualified candidates, regardless of gender, age, race, religion, sexual orientation, disability, educational background, parental status, gender identity or any other protected characteristic. We champion and celebrate diversity at Yolk allowing our team to bring their whole selves to work.