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Closing date: 17/01/2022

Want to be part of the celebration of sport and culture in 2022?

Birmingham 2022 is looking for a Finance Coordinator to join our friendly Catering, Cleaning and Waste team. The right candidate will have excellent communication skills to be able to manage multiple Functional areas and stakeholders in the role. The purpose of this role is to assist the CCW team to manage the financial elements, provide fiscal control and financial reporting of the Catering, Cleaning and Waste Services at the Commonwealth Games.

This is an evolving position based at Games Headquarters and responsibilities may shift over time. The initial phase of this role will involve set up of the Catering, Cleaning and Waste contract financial reporting. The second phase will be based on-site and financially focused with financial monitoring, invoice reconciliation, daily reporting and issue resolution for the Catering, Cleaning and Waste contracts.

This is an excellent opportunity to be part of a large and exciting sporting event local to you! Apply today if you are interested.

Responsibilities

• Provide financial support to the Catering, Cleaning and Waste (CCW) Functional Area (FA) Management Team in the development and delivery of the Catering, Cleaning and Waste Services
• Provide on-going reports to the Divisional Financial Planning Manager and Head of CCW regarding the monthly progress and activities
• Validation and recording of Contractor invoices and liaising with the Financial Management team to support the smooth running of the finance system, internal controls, accounts payable and financial reporting.
• Liaise with all relevant Functional Areas to ensure payment for any catering services, such as the Contractor Meal Programme, provided by the CCW FA.
• Coordination between the Financial Planning Department and the CCW FA to ensure continued awareness of risks or opportunities to budget through monthly reforecasting
• Monitoring and recording of financial, contractual, and budget documents (i.e. addition to scope, change control forms, KPI penalty calculations)
• Creation of relevant reporting documents required and deliver associated training on completion of reports to each of the Contractors

This list is not exhaustive and changes to the role may be negotiated during the planning and delivery phases of the Games by the line manager. Please see the job description for a more detailed list of responsibilities

Skills and Experience

Essential

• Demonstrable strong analytical, problem solving skills and commercial acumen
• Skilled in the use of information technology, particularly Microsoft Excel
• Ability to work in a fast-paced environment, frequently under pressure and on multiple tasks
• Excellent organisational, administrative and time-management skills
• Strong attention to detail and ability to ensure accurate reporting

Desirable

• Qualified (or part-qualified) Accountant (ACA/CA/ACCA/CIMA/CIPFA).
• Dynamic, self-motivated and innovative
• Excellent interpersonal, oral and written skills
• Experienced in similar finance role or strong finance background

Why You Should Work for The Games

Joining the Games team will provide you with a unique once in a lifetime opportunity to gain new skills and make new connections.  After the Games, we will assist you with finding new opportunities via our outplacement programme, designed to support you in the next chapter of your career. 

Start date: ASAP
Contract: Fixed-term contract until August 2022
Location: One Brindley Place, Birmingham (full time office-based)
Salary: Competitive

This position is subject to a Basic criminal record check from the Disclosure and Barring Service.

Birmingham 2022 is an equal opportunities organisation and Disability Confident employer and we encourage applications from all backgrounds and communities. We have received the Leaders in Diversity award through the National Centre for Diversity. The principles "FREDIE" (Fairness - Respect - Equality - Diversity - Inclusion and Engagement) support our aim of delivering a truly inclusive and accessible games.

As part of our commitment as a Disability Confident employer, we offer a guaranteed interview to anyone with a disability whose application meets the minimum criteria for the post. If you wish for your application to be considered under the Disability Confident scheme, please submit a completed form with your application, which can be found on the Birmingham 2022 jobs site under the current vacancies drop down.

To apply for this role please follow the link and complete the application attaching a single document containing your CV and Covering Letter. Please also submit your disability confident/ reasonable adjustments form (if required).

On occasions where we receive a large number of applications, we may close the advert ahead of the publicised closing date. We would therefore advise that you submit your completed application as soon as possible.

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