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Senior Financial Accountant x3
Permanent | £50,550 - £57,500 per annum*
Group: Corporate Centre Group / Public Spending Group
Team: Group Finance / Government Financial Reporting
Range: E
Location: The post will be based in London (1 Horse Guards Road) and/or Darlington (Feethams House)
Working pattern: The working hours of this post are 42 per week (including meal breaks of 1 hour a day) unless you have a legacy agreement as an existing Civil Servant. This post is available on a full time, part time or job share basis, and flexible working hours can be accommodated.
*National: £50,550 - £54,500 / London: £53,550 - £57,500. HMT are offering up to £7000 in an accountancy allowance, dependent on level of qualification.
Key Accountabilities
This is an exciting time to be joining these high profile and high performing HM Treasury teams. You will not only be the key contact liaising with different stakeholders and managing aspects of the accounts production process, leading on some complex accounting areas, providing accounting analysis and advice for the department’s policies, but also supporting other teams within HM Treasury and across government.
To succeed, you will be a finance professional with advanced excel skills and financial knowledge and experience. You'll be able to understand and interpret governance requirements and communicate and present information to suit the needs of the user. You'll be able to work well with partners and focus on problem solving in a pressurised environment with good attention to detail and the ability to build excellent working relationships at all levels with a variety of stakeholders, including auditors. As one of the team leaders, you will have an active interest in the personal development of your team members and will take pride in building the capability and the resilience of others.
The roles will be required to deliver the following responsibilities:
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Playing a leading role in production of the accounts. Using technical expertise to prepare and submit complex journal adjustments tin production of the accounts and producing individual notes to the accounts and financial statements, working at pace and collaborating with team members.
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Liaising with National Audit Office staff, ensuring smooth progression of the audit work, working with little oversight to come up with effective and creative solutions, and responding to complex audit queries.
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Building strong professional relationships with internal and external stakeholders while acting as a subject expert, providing technical accounting advice in line with Government accounting reporting frameworks.
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Analysing current processes to identify and implement ways to improve processes and financial control.
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Managing key balance sheet items and the monthly processes including reviewing working papers and approving journals.
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Support additional finance processes where required, including in-year budget management and Main and Supplementary Estimates, and small company account preparations.
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Line manage staff where required and support the development of the team.
Required Qualifications
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Qualified accountant with CCAB, CIMA or equivalent
Required Skills, Experience and Behaviours
The below criteria will be assessed in your application form.
The lead criteria is:
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Experience of working on financial statements preparation and financial accounting for complex consolidations, delivering against competing deadlines and priorities. (Experience)
We will assess the below further criteria in your application form:
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Ability to work independently and manage a team at key times in the year to deliver deadlines and priorities. (Delivering at Pace)
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Ability to analyse technical financial issues and to effectively communicate complex financial information to a wide range of stakeholders. (Communicating and Influencing)
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Ability to identify and implement improvements to complex financial processes or products (Changing and Improving)
If we receive large volumes of applications, we will conduct an initial sift on the lead criteria only, which will usually be a behaviour. This may be an experience or technical skill, but only where critical to the position.
Interview
Prior to your interview, we will contact you about a presentation that the interview panel would like you to complete as part of the assessment. The exact details will be communicated nearer the time, however will broadly assess your technical ability.
Strength based interview questions
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The interview panel will ask you questions about what you enjoy doing and what you do well and often to assess your strengths. When looking at your strengths, we want to find out whether you and the organisation and job are a good fit.
Behaviours assessed at interview:
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Communicating and influencing
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Delivering at pace
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Changing and improving
More details regarding assessment at interview can be provided upon request at any time during the application or interview process.
