HM Revenue & Customs
Finance Analyst
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Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Nottingham, Stratford.
Please note that due to workforce controls, post advertised at Stratford is only available to existing HMRC staff already based in that location.
Job Summary
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About the Role
People and Place Group (PPG) sits at the heart of HMRC, delivering colleague services, managing workplaces, and supporting continuous improvement. The Estates & Locations Finance Team works with Estates and Programme colleagues to ensure HMRC has the right, modern workspaces to support its people and services.
As a Finance Analyst, you will support the Finance Business Partner (FBP) team by delivering financial management, analysis, and insight across the Directorate.
Key Responsibilities
- Support the production of budgets, forecasts, and monthly reporting, including variance analysis and commentary.
- Provide financial analysis to identify risks, pressures, and opportunities, supporting decision-making.
- Deliver accurate financial reporting and ensure strong financial control and data integrity.
- Support savings initiatives, business cases, and ad hoc analysis requests.
- Work with stakeholders to improve understanding of financial positions and cost drivers.
- Assist in monitoring workforce and non-staffing costs, highlighting key trends and issues.
- Build effective working relationships and provide a responsive, customer-focused finance service.
Job Description
This role requires a motivated and well-organised individual to provide high-quality financial analysis and customer-focused support across HMRC Estates, working closely with business areas and finance colleagues.
The postholder will focus on financial management and analysis, supporting the effective control, reporting, and forecasting of Estates budgets and activities.
You will report to a SO/G7 Finance Business Partner, and you will support a defined portfolio of Estates activity.
You will be a key member of the Estates Finance Business Partnering team and the wider Finance, Planning, Performance & Risk (FPPR) community within People & Place Group (PPG), contributing to the delivery of accurate financial information and strong financial discipline across the business.
Person Specification
Key Responsibilities
- Building and maintaining strong working relationships and effective communication with a wide range of stakeholders, including Finance colleagues, Estates operational teams, Project Managers, and Assistant Directors.
- Undertaking detailed analysis of Estates expenditure, forecasts, and outturns.
- Ensuring the integrity and accuracy of financial transactions by applying appropriate checks and controls within financial systems.
- Delivering month-end activities, including preparation of accurate in-month outturns, accruals, and full-year forecasts for a defined Estates portfolio.
- Providing clear explanations to senior managers for significant variances between forecasts and actuals, including identification of risks and opportunities.
- Preparing and maintaining management information and reports that provide meaningful and insightful financial analysis for senior managers and decision-makers.
- Responding to ad-hoc financial queries from stakeholders in a timely and professional manner.
- Supporting the SO/G7 Finance Business Partner in the preparation and assurance of Estates business cases and investment proposals.
- Supporting improvements in financial understanding and capability across Estates by promoting good financial processes and controls.
- Acting as an active member of the HMRC Estates Finance Team and the wider FPPR finance community within PPG.
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Essential Criteria
- Strong analytical and numerical skills, with the ability to interpret complex financial data and provide clear, evidence-based insight.
- Experience of using financial systems and Microsoft Excel to analyse data, identify trends, and support decision-making.
- Ability to produce accurate financial reports, forecasts, or management information, ensuring attention to detail and data quality.
- Demonstrate the ability to build effective working relationships across a diverse range of stakeholders.
- Have a strong customer service ethos.
- Have experience of working in a busy financial environment and delivering work accurately to deadlines.
Desirable Criteria
- Experience of Estates, property, or facilities related financial management.
- Qualified, Part Qualified, or studying towards a professional Accountancy qualification.
- Understanding of public sector finance practices, processes, and controls.
Further Location Information
Please ensure that you only apply for a location that you are willing and able to work from, as we will only make one offer of employment. Any additional notes included in a ‘Further Location Preferences (optional)’ field within the application form will not be considered. Please be aware that you cannot change your location preference after submitting your application.
Office Closures
If your location preference is for the following site, it’s important to note that this is not a long-term site for HMRC and we will require you to move to a new building in the future, subject to our location strategy and the applicable employee policies at that time.
For more information on where you might be working, review this information on our locations.
This Site Is
- Benton Park View, Newcastle - moving to Pilgrims Quarter, Newcastle.
You will be given more information about what this means at the job offer stage.
Behaviours
We'll assess you against these behaviours during the selection process:
- Communicating and Influencing
- Managing a Quality Service
- Delivering at Pace
Technical Skills
We'll assess you against these technical skills during the selection process:
- What is an accrual and can you describe when you would need one?
Benefits
Alongside your salary of £37,682, HM Revenue and Customs contributes £10,916 towards you being a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme. Find out what benefits a Civil Service Pension provides.
HMRC operates both Flexible and Hybrid Working policies, allowing you to balance your work and personal commitments. We welcome applications from those who need to work a more flexible arrangement and will agree to requests where possible, considering our operational and customer service needs.
We offer a generous leave allowance, starting at 25 days and increasing by a day for every year of qualifying service up to a maximum of 30 days.
- Pension - We make contributions to our colleagues’ Alpha pension equal to at least 28.97% of their salary.
- Family friendly policies.
- Personal support.
- Coaching and development.
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Selection Process Details
This vacancy is using Success Profiles, and will assess your Behaviours, Strengths, Experience, and Technical skills.
How To Apply
As part of the application process, you will be asked to provide the following:
- A name-blind CV including your job history and previous experiences of up to your last 3 roles with no more than 250 words per role.
- A 500-word Personal Statement. Your personal statement should be used to describe how your skills and experience would be suitable for the advertised role, making reference to the essential criteria and person specification outlined in the advert.
Please evidence any Desirable Criteria where applicable (up to 250 words max). This is not essential for the role but may be considered by the vacancy holder where candidates have the same score at interview.
Further details around what this will entail are listed on the application form.
Sift
In the event of a large number of applications being received, an initial sift may be held on your CV.
At full sift, your CV and Personal Statement will be assessed, with the successful candidates being invited to interview.
Interview
During the panel interview, your experience will be assessed, and you will be asked a technical question and behaviour-based questions - Communicating and Influencing, Managing a Quality Service, and Delivering at Pace to explore in detail what you are capable of. You will be asked strength-based questions to also explore what you enjoy and your motivations relevant to the job role.
This Is An Example Of a Strengths-based Question
“It is often said that the customer's needs should come first. To what extent do you agree or disagree with this statement?”
There is no expectation or requirement for you to prepare for the strengths-based questions in advance of the interview, though you may find it helpful to spend some time reflecting on what you enjoy doing and what you do well.
Interviews will take place via video link. Sift and interview dates to be confirmed.
Eligibility
Please take extra care to tick the correct boxes in the eligibility sections of your application form. Mistakes sometimes happen but if you contact us later than two working days (Monday-Friday) before the vacancy closes, we may not be able to reopen your application for you. If you do make a mistake with your eligibility form, or have withdrawn yourself in error and need your application reinstated whilst the campaign is still live, please contact us via: unitybusinessservicesrecruitmentresults@hmrc.gov.uk – Use the subject line to insert appropriate wording for example – ‘Please re-open my application – [insert vacancy ref] & vacancy closing date [insert date]’.
To check that you are eligible to apply for this role, please review the eligibility information before submitting your application.
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