Capital Grant Manager

Duties and Responsibilities Reporting to the Senior Capital Finance Manager, the role of the Capital Grant Manager shall include: End-to-end management of the NTAs capital grant management process, from funding proposals and approvals to allocations and payments. The management and development of NTAs capital grant management system, Project Reporting System (PRS). Lead a small team responsible for capital grant activities, ensuring performance, compliance, and oversight. Drive continuous improvement initiatives to enhance capital grant processes and systems. Ensure timely and accurate completion of month-end, quarter-end, and year-end reporting. Maintain and strengthen internal controls for capital grant management and develop related policies and procedures. Oversee the approval, update, and maintenance of capital grant policies, processes, and guidelines. Ensure all relevant stakeholders are informed of and educated on relevant policy, process, and procedural documentation. Ensure regular Quality Control Assurance reviews of project and capital grant documentation. Coordinating and liaising with both internal and external auditors on behalf of the Transport Planning and Investment Directorate. The application of Government guidelines and circulars in relation to the administration, payment, and processing of capital grants. Providing support in response to various requests for information from government departments, political representatives, and the general public. Acquiring an understanding of the NTAs capital portfolio to support in the delivery of the appointees role and remit. Contributing to planning and development activities relating to the NTAs implementation of a new central financial system, ensuring its alignment to the NTAs capital grant management process. Working closely and in alignment with key internal stakeholders such as the wider Capital Programme Office and Transport Planning and Investment Directorate. Providing ad-hoc support to the Senior Capital Finance Manager, the Head of the Capital Programme Office, and the Director of Transport Planning and Investment as required. Note:The functions and responsibilities initially assigned to the position are based on the current organisational requirements and may be changed from time to time. The person appointed requires the flexibility to fulfil other roles and responsibilities at a similar level within the NTA. Essential Criteria Please note: In order to satisfy the shortlisting panel that you meet these criteria you must explicitly reference how you meet same in your application. Failure to demonstrate these may prevent your application progressing to future shortlisting stages. Each candidate must meet the following requirements at the time of the competition closing: Hold a professional accountancy qualification and be admitted to membership of a recognised professional body of accountants; Have a minimum of 5 years recent satisfactory experience in similar or related roles, with 2 of those years managing projects or people; Demonstrated experience in managing or working with financial, compliance, or control systems; Be IT proficient, including the Microsoft products e.g. Word, Excel and SharePoint and web-based applications. Desirable Criteria Please note: Should further shortlisting be required after essential criteria above, a selection of the following may be assessed. The ideal candidate will also: Have experience of working with capital grants or knowledge of practices/procedures of the public sector and particularly public sector accounting procedures; Have experience building and maintaining effective working relationships with internal and external stakeholders; Be extremely well organised with strong attention to detail; Have excellent interpersonal and communication skills; Demonstrate strong report writing skills with the ability to present information in a concise and clear manner for a management audience; Have a strong analytical capability, with a logical approach to problem solving and sound judgement; Have the ability to work on own initiative, as part of a team and as leader of a group; and Have the ability to organise and prioritise workloads to meet deadlines. Skills: Upholds high standards of honesty Has a clear understanding of the roles Puts forward solutions to address problems