Head of Financial Management and Reporting

We’re responsible for Land Transaction Tax, Landfill Disposals Tax and the introduction of the Visitor Levy in Wales. Our work raises revenue to support public services, like the NHS and schools, in communities across Wales. But that’s not all, we're also involved with and support future tax design for Wales.

Join a place with purpose

You’ll join a team of 100+ talented people from across 14 different professions. Our culture is best described as innovative, collaborative and kind. By working together, we’ll deliver a fair tax system for Wales.

Our people

You’ll be working with people from a wide range of backgrounds and experience. From Operations, Policy, Digital and Data, HR, Communications to Finance – there’s a place for you in our friendly team.

You’ll be our greatest asset

You’ll be joining an inclusive organisation and be part of a team where you can thrive, be rewarded and heard.

We’re recognised as one of the top organisations for people engagement in the Civil Service People Survey. Inclusion and fairness are one of our strongest areas, as well as pay and benefits – our People Survey results say it all!

We’re also recognised for being innovative and a digital, ‘cloud-based’ organisation that supports hybrid and flexible working enabling a great work-life balance.

More about working for us, our roles and our Corporate Plan 2025 - 2028 .

The Head of Finance will lead and manage the finance team to provide of an efficient and effective finance function for both tax and corporate systems; they will be responsible for the financial and accounting processes related to both the collection of tax and the operation of the Welsh Revenue Authority (WRA).

The post holder will report to the Chief Finance Officer as part of their Senior Team and will be a deputy to the CFO and represent them on the WRA board and committees as required.

The post holder will have an opportunity to contribute and present financial information and reports including at board level.

As this is a small specialist organisation the post holder will need to be flexible in their approach and work with others at different levels to achieve the effective outcomes required. The finance team has a culture of continuous development and improvement.

This is a rare opportunity to be directly involved in the further development of a non ministerial department of the Welsh Government, with the introduction of new taxes and with full responsibility for the development, implementation and maintenance of the finance function.

“Working at the WRA has been a breath of fresh air from day one. It is exciting to be part of a new tax authority in Wales responsible for collecting and manging the first devolved taxes, helping to support Welsh public services. The WRA has provided me with the opportunities to develop and utilise my finance and leaderships skills in an organisation committed to supporting the process of delivering a fair tax system for Wales. We are a small, close-knit team of specialist individuals who support each other and the wider organisation to provide the best possible service for our taxpayers. Since joining in 2019, I have never looked back and would recommend anyone looking for a new and exciting opportunity look no further than the WRA.”

• Stephen Cooper, Senior Finance Manager

We recommend you review the job description (or candidate pack) under the 'attachments' section before completing your application.

Consultative Committee of Accountancy Bodies (CCAB) / Chartered Institute of Management Accountants (CIMA) qualified

This job is broadly open to the following groups:

• UK nationals
• nationals of the Republic of Ireland
• nationals of Commonwealth countries who have the right to work in the UK
• nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities with settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS) (opens in a new window)
• nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities who have made a valid application for settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS)
• individuals with limited leave to remain or indefinite leave to remain who were eligible to apply for EUSS on or before 31 December 2020
• Turkish nationals, and certain family members of Turkish nationals, who have accrued the right to work in the Civil Service

Further information on nationality requirements (opens in a new window)

We’ll always be clear about how we assess your application, at each stage of the process. This will usually include:

• Assessment of your Application Form and CV against the relevant Success Criteria
• A panel interview (if you’re successful at the initial sift stage) Interviews will take place in person.
• If any additional assessments are needed for this role, such as a test or presentation at interview, we’ll let you know in advance.
• Should a large number of applications be received, an initial sift will be conducted using the lead behaviour, Delivering at Pace.

We’re proud to be a Disability Confident Leader so we’ll ask you if you need any adjustments at each stage of the recruitment process. So that we can support you in a way that works for you, we’ll offer a pre-interview accessibility chat to anyone that declares a disability or needs any adjustments. This will take place with someone who is independent of the recruitment process and you won’t be placed at any disadvantage as a result of needing adjustments.

A reserve list may be held for this role for applicants that have scored above the appointable threshold at interview. This means that if a similar vacancy becomes available in the next 12 months we may contact you to offer you the role.

Success criteria

Behaviours

Criteria

Assessed in personal statement and CV

Assessed during interview or assessment

Seeing the Bigger Picture

Ensure plans and activities in your area of work reflect wider strategic priorities and communicate effectively with senior leaders to influence future strategies

Bring together views, perspectives and diverse needs of stakeholders to gain a broader understanding of the issues surrounding policies and activities

Yes

Yes

Delivering at Pace

Ensure delivery of timely quality outcomes, through providing the right resources to do the job, reviewing and adjusting performance expectations and

Ensure everyone clearly understands and owns their roles, responsibilities and business priorities rewarding success

Yes

Yes

Communicating and Influencing

Communicate with others in a clear, honest and enthusiastic way in order to build trust.

Introduce different methods for communication, including making the most of digital resources whilst getting value for money

No

Yes

Strengths

Criteria

Assessed in personal statement and CV

Assessed during interview or assessment

Adaptable

You can adapt to variations in work or environment. Your effectiveness is not affected by change. You are flexible and versatile. You act as an advocate for change.

No

Yes

Problem Solver

You take a positive approach to tackling problems. You find ways to identify suitable solutions.

No

Yes

Experience

Criteria

Assessed in personal statement and CV

Assessed during interview or assessment

Experience of preparing public sector accounts and preparation for audit.

Yes

No

Ability to lead and manage a finance team with competing priorities and deadlines.

No

Yes

Experience of using Financial Systems

Yes

Yes

Qualifications

Criteria

Assessed in personal statement and CV

Assessed during interview or assessment

Consultative Committee of Accountancy Bodies (CCAB) / Chartered Institute of Management Accountants (CIMA) qualified

Yes

No

We recommend you review the job description (or candidate pack) under the 'attachments' section before completing your application.

Feedback will only be provided if you attend an interview or assessment.