HM Land Registry
Financial Accounting Manager
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Financial Accounting Manager
Length of employment 12 months with the possibility of extension
Are you an experienced finance professional with a passion for financial accounting, continuous improvement, and developing others? Do you enjoy working collaboratively to ensure financial information is accurate, compliant, and supports effective decision-making?
HM Land Registry is looking for a Financial Accounting Manager to join our Finance team. Reporting to the Head of Financial Reporting and Accounts, you will play a key role in ensuring the integrity of our financial records and compliance with statutory and government reporting requirements.
You will lead on the management of the General Ledger and Projects Ledger, provide expert technical accounting advice, and help drive improvements across financial processes and controls. This is an exciting opportunity to make a real impact within a forward-thinking organisation, working with colleagues across HM Land Registry to strengthen financial management, support strategic decision-making, and contribute to the continued development of our finance function.
Job description
As Financial Accounting Manager, you will be responsible for ensuring HM Land Registry's financial transactions are accurately recorded and reported in a timely manner. You will oversee key financial accounting activities, including the General Ledger, Fixed Asset Register, lease accounting, and project accounting, while ensuring compliance with relevant accounting standards, government guidance, and reporting requirements.
Working closely with colleagues across Finance and the wider business, you will provide expert technical advice, identify opportunities for continuous improvement, and support the development of financial capability across the organisation. You will also lead a team that values collaboration, innovation, and high-quality service delivery.
We are committed to creating an inclusive workplace where everyone feels respected, valued, and able to bring their whole selves to work. We welcome applications from people with diverse backgrounds, experiences, and perspectives.
Main Duties
As Financial Accounting Manager, you will:
- Lead and develop the Financial Accounting team, creating a positive, high-performing environment that supports delivery and professional growth.
- Ensure the effective operation of the General Ledger and Projects Ledger, including non-current assets, lease accounting, balance sheet reconciliations, and capitalisation activities.
- Lead monthly, quarterly, and yearly closedown processes, ensuring accurate and timely financial reporting.
- Provide expert technical advice on financial accounting matters, including VAT, IFRS, the Government Financial Reporting Manual, Managing Public Money, Consolidated Budgeting Guidance, and other regulatory requirements.
- Prepare high-quality financial papers, briefings, submissions, and written advice for senior stakeholders.
- Maintain a robust financial control and governance framework, effectively managing risk and ensuring compliance with statutory, regulatory, and government reporting requirements.
- Drive continuous improvement across financial processes, systems, and controls to enhance efficiency and effectiveness.
- Build and maintain strong working relationships with internal and external stakeholders to support the delivery of organisational objectives.
- Support the Financial Operations Team as required plus other ad-hoc duties.
Please note, Financial Operations have staff based in Croydon, Durham, Plymouth, Swansea Weymouth, and Leicester. If not based in Croydon, there will be some ad-hoc travel to our Head Office (with advance notice). There will also be the opportunity to visit your team at their home office if you are not co-located.
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Please note, this role requires a minimum of 30 hours, over 5 working days.
Person specification
To be successful, you will:
Technical
- Be a fully qualified CCAB accountant (or internationally recognised equivalent) and a member of a CCAB accountancy body.
- Hold strong excel skills.
Experience
- Build and maintain strong working relationships within the team and wider business.
- Identify opportunities for system and process improvements, including developing and implementing proposals.
- Work closely with internal and external stakeholders, including auditors. Please see the job description for further details.
Behaviours
We'll assess you against these behaviours during the selection process:
- Making Effective Decisions
- Communicating and Influencing
- Managing a Quality Service
- Delivering at Pace
Technical skills
We'll assess you against these technical skills during the selection process:
Please complete the Technical box (up to a maximum of 250 words, outlining how you meet the following Essential Technical Criteria: Fully qualified CCAB accountant (or internationally recognised equivalent) and member of a CCAB accountancy body
Benefits
Alongside your salary of £47,084, HM Land Registry contributes £13,640 towards you being a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme. Find out what benefits a Civil Service Pension provides (opens in a new window).
Things you need to know
Artificial intelligence
Artificial intelligence can be a useful tool to support your application; however, all examples and statements provided must be truthful, factually accurate, and taken directly from your own experience. Where plagiarism has been identified (presenting the ideas and experiences of others, or generated by artificial intelligence, as your own) applications may be withdrawn, and internal candidates may be subject to disciplinary action. Please see our candidate guidance (opens in a new window) for more information on appropriate and inappropriate use.
Selection process details
This vacancy is using Success Profiles (opens in a new window), and will assess your Behaviours, Strengths, Experience, and Technical skills.
To apply, please complete the Technical box (up to a maximum of 250 words, outlining how you meet the following Essential Technical Criteria:
Fully qualified CCAB accountant (or internationally recognised equivalent) and member of a CCAB accountancy body
Your CV needs to demonstrate your career history and qualifications. Your CV will be assessed against the essential experience criteria.
The Personal Statement section (in no more than 500 words) should be used to show how you meet the following Experience essential criteria:
- Build and maintain strong working relationships within the team and wider business.
- Identifying opportunities for system and process improvements, including developing and implementing proposals.
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Please review your application form before clicking ‘submit’ – once you have submitted, you will not be able to amend your application. Ensure your application form is received by the closing date for receipt of applications – this is 11:55 pm on the advertised date.
Please note that desirable criteria will only be assessed in the event of high application numbers and/or as a tiebreaker.
The sift will take place shortly after the closing date. If successful at the shortlisting stage, you will be invited to attend a blended interview via Microsoft Teams.
The interview will assess the experience and behaviours listed in the attached job description, as well as the strengths associated with the role. We want to hear your first, unrehearsed, natural response to the strength questions, and so we don’t advertise which strengths are being tested. The best way to prepare for strengths questions is to reflect on what you identify as your own personal strengths, and your preferred ways of working.
Candidates may refer to notes within their interview, but they should be used as a prompt only.
HMLR is accredited to the Disability Confidence Scheme, which denotes organisations which have a positive attitude towards disabled people. Disabled applicants who meet the minimum essential criteria at the shortlisting stage are guaranteed an invitation to interview.
If any candidate requires the panel to consider a reasonable adjustment or there is anything else they would like the panel to take into consideration, they are asked to notify us of this at the application stage where possible or during the process as soon as it becomes a requirement.
The Civil Service values honesty and integrity and expects all candidates to share these values. Please ensure all examples provided throughout the recruitment process are representative of your own experience. Any instances of plagiarism or other forms of cheating (including the improper use of artificial intelligence) will be investigated and, if proven, the application will be withdrawn.
Please note that we will only offer sponsorship for a skilled worker visa where a role is in a certain business critical category.
This role does not meet that category, and we will not sponsor a skilled worker visa. You must ensure you have the appropriate right to work in the UK before applying.
HMLR expect everyone to spend at least 60% of their working time in the office.
Feedback will only be provided if you attend an interview or assessment.
Security
People working with government assets must complete baseline personnel security standard (opens in a new window) checks.
Nationality requirements
This job is broadly open to the following groups:
- UK nationals
- nationals of the Republic of Ireland
- nationals of Commonwealth countries who have the right to work in the UK
- nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland, or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities with settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS) (opens in a new window)
- nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland, or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities who have made a valid application for settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS)
- individuals with limited leave to remain or indefinite leave to remain who were eligible to apply for EUSS on or before 31 December 2020
- Turkish nationals, and certain family members of Turkish nationals, who have accrued the right to work in
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