Community news and blogs

• Electric vehicles
  This is the third in a series of Tax Centre of Excellence articles where we look at some areas of tax that are designed to make a difference in protecting and restoring the planet. Did you know the very first electric car was built in 1884 by British inventor Thomas Parker? Read Carrie's blog
• Announcing FINE’s Insight Symposium: First-Class Forecasting
  Following GFF’s Insight Symposium on Better Benchmarking earlier this year, the Finance Insight Network for Efficiency (FINE) will be holding another Insight Symposium on 29 September with a focus on accuracy in forecasting. Find out how to run a session
• My experience on the Finance Forefront Programme
  In 2001, Shikha went along to the Finance Forefront Programme launch event, not knowing what to expect. The afternoon kicked off the programme with a quiz, guest speakers, team activities and an insight of what was to come, the positive energy and excitement lasted throughout the afternoon. Read Shikha's blog
• Exploring the UK government’s contingent liabilities
  Getting value for money. Recent contingent liabilities which have been approved include various COVID loans schemes such as the Coronavirus Business Interruption Loan Scheme (CBILS), a World Bank lending guarantee for Ukraine, and a commitment to underwrite the Rugby League World Cup. Read Andrew's blog
• Why you should take part in the GFA's Finance Forefront Programme
  We reached out to past participants and over the coming weeks we will be sharing their thoughts across OneFinance. In this blog Sidna Vaz from NS&I and Debbie Laing from Ministry of Defence tells us what they enjoyed about the programme and why they would recommend it. Read Sidna's and Debbie's blog

Recent additions to the GFF Player

• Accounting Officer Assessments: The Treasury Officer of Accounts delivered a webinar on the preparation and publication of Accounting Officer Assessments. This event covered the four Accounting Officer standards, communications with the Public Accounts Committee and how to deal with issues of uncertainty and confidentiality. This is an opportunity not to be missed for finance teams working to Accounting Officers and in particular those working on GMPP projects. Watch on the GFF Player
• The GFF Conference 2022 is now over. It was an engaging two-day event where delegates had an opportunity to interact with finance colleagues from across government and the wider function, listen to and participate in thought-provoking sessions, and hear from people of all grades about their experiences. We have added a selection of videos spanning from keynotes to workshops for you to catch up on. Watch on the GFF Player
• Legacy Technology: A GIAA cross-government insights webinar: Watch a panel discussion in which representatives from the Government Internal Audit Agency (GIAA) discuss their evidence-based findings on Legacy Technology with colleagues from the Central Digital and Data Office in Cabinet Office. Watch on the GFF Player
• Spend Controls: A GIAA cross-government insights webinar: Watch a panel discussion in which representatives from the Government Internal Audit Agency (GIAA) discuss their evidence-based findings on Spend Controls with colleagues from the Cabinet Office. Watch on the GFF Player

Events

• Mental Health and Wellbeing Conference 2022: Making a difference together.
  The event will be hosted on Microsoft Teams and cover topics such as work-life balance, menopause, mental health and overall wellbeing and the impact of long COVID, to name just a few. Free to all who wish to participate. Register your interest

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• Revaluation of Intangibles

• Target Operating Model

• RASIG: HMT are undertaking a thematic review of the accounting regime for non-investment assets

• IT Cost Benchmarking

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• Joint Intelligence Organisation (JIO): Finance Specialist : A HEO Finance Specialist role in the Capability Team in JIO. The team has a really wide and varied portfolio, this role is no exception, although the successful applicant will have a specific focus on finance and commercial. Contact Harry Sinclair if you would like to chat more about the role.

• British Library: Senior Finance and Planning Business Partner Programmes
  A senior finance business partner (CCAB qualified) to provide strategic support on some of these major programmes. This will include providing oversight, guidance and challenge to senior officers and programme managers, as well as input and expert advice of the economic and financial modelling, whole lifecycle costing and scenario analysis.
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