Finance Matters: Blogs, news and COVID-19 updates

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COVID-19

COVID-19 Hub, Finance updates

Governance and Leadership

  • Internal Audit
    • COVID-19 GIAP Questions for ARAC Chairs

Other Functions

  • Counter Fraud
    • MIG C-19 Counter Fraud & Post Event Assurance Letter to Heads of Departments
    • COVID-19 Post Event Assurance Plan Guiding Principles
  •  Debt
    • Debt team structure
    • GDMF Covid-19 Response and Offer Summary
    • Key Principles for COVID-19 Debt Strategy Response
    • Key Standards COVID-19 Debt Management Response
    • Stakeholder Response COVID-19 
    • HMG Detailed Stakeholder Responses Impact of COVID-19 
  •  Grants
    • GGMF Post Award Assurance: Data Specs and Guidance
    • HMT Spending Team Covid-19 concessions template to request changes to conditions of existing grant schemes impacted by Covid-19

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Blogs

Spring 2020

A poem for spring by Gillian Swalwell.

Read Gillian's Poem

Wellbeing should be a key priority for everyone right now

Mike Driver, Head of the Government Finance Function gives his top tips on wellbeing.

Read Mike's blog

Starting a new job, in a different department, during COVID-19

Ian Haworth, Interim Director of Financial Management and Control at the Ministry of Justice, blogs on the challenge of starting a new job during COVID-19, meeting his team over Microsoft Teams and how the values and culture of MoJ are similar to MoJ.

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Home Office quick pay solution to support SSCL during COVID-19

Lisa blogs on how she created an online payment portal for the Home Office using the pre-built hosted payment link option in GOV.UK Pay in just over five weeks.

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Becoming co-chair of the Women in Finance Network

Christina Smith, Deputy Director for Investment and Operational Efficiency Insights (DfE), joins Sarah Whitehead as co-chair of the Women in Finance Network.

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Home is where the kids are!

Helen Ledger didn’t think that being told not to go into the office would affect and shares her many challenges of balancing home schooling, four people using the WiFi and much more.

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Promoting and improving diversity and inclusion in DWP

Laura Porter, Manager of Central Expertise for Recharges, DWP Finance Group, blogs on the recent work the Financial Management and Planning team in DWP undertook which lead to a nomination for the Diversity and Inclusion award at the Government Finance Function Conference 2020.

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Assessing the financial stability of government suppliers

Finance Fast Streamer Mohammed Karolia details the vital work the MoJ Commercial Finance team did which meant they were nominated for the Risk Management Award at the Government Finance Function Conference 2020.

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News

Data Visualisation

Data is great, but to a non-specialist too much information can be overwhelming.

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Resilience: Adapting in periods of adversity

Whatever your worry, resilience is crucial in getting us through this crisis.

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Exciting, interesting and challenging jobs

There are a range of exciting, interesting and challenging roles available across a range of departments, providing an opportunity for staff at all grades to get involved in critical work that will best serve the needs of the public.

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