• Experience of analysing and interpreting a range of financial records, of preparing or reviewing financial statements and of considering the appropriate accounting treatment of a variety of specific transactions (applying UK GAAP).
• Commercial knowledge and an understanding of how businesses operate including accounting systems.
• Excellent digital skills including the ability to use Excel and other tools for complex analysis.
• Attention to detail and precise analytical skills; ability to review information, figures and calculations thoroughly to draw clear, concise conclusions and accurately identify accountancy risks.
• Exceptional verbal and written communication skills, including the ability to produce high quality written outputs.
• Mandatory Accountancy Qualifications and memberships are required for this role (see below for details).

Desirable Criteria

Experience of Forensic accounting, Money Laundering issues and Illicit Finance issues would be beneficial to the role.

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 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 (opens in a new window)

This Site Is

Lynx House, Portsmouth – moving to an alternative office in Portsmouth.

You will be given more information about what this means at the job offer stage.

Qualifications

You must already have full and complete qualification from and continuing membership of one of the following professional accounting bodies:

• The Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales (ICAEW)
• The Institute of Chartered Accountants of Scotland (ICAS)
• Chartered Accountants Ireland (CAI)
• The Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA)
• The Chartered Institute of Management Accountants (CIMA)
• The Chartered Institute of Public Finance and Accountancy (CIPFA)

Please Note: Part qualified accountants are not eligible for these posts.

Behaviours

We'll assess you against these behaviours during the selection process:

• Communicating and Influencing

Technical skills

We'll assess you against these technical skills during the selection process:

• Technical statement will be required at application stage.

Salary and Benefits

Alongside your salary of £58,541, HM Revenue and Customs contributes £16,959 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).

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.

To find out more about HMRC benefits and find out what it’s really like to work for HMRC hear from our insiders or visit Thinking of joining the Civil Service

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, 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 which should be tailored to the role advertised, detailing your job history, skills and experience. Your CV should be clear, concise and easily digestible to the reader. For each role please include:

  • Dates in role (MM/YY – MM/YY).
  • Employer.
  • Job Title.
  • A description of your responsibilities and relevant achievements detailing the ‘what you did’ and ‘how you did it’.
  • Detail any key achievements and the impact your work has had, tailor this to showcase how your experience aligns with the advertised role and essential criteria.

• Please detail your Qualification information in your CV: You must include your accountancy qualification, the year you achieved this and the full name of the accountancy body of which you are a member. We will not consider applications which do not include this information.

• A 250-word statement addressing the following Technical Skill - please give an example (250 words) from an accountancy role of when you have analysed and interpreted accountancy and other financial information. How did you communicate with and how were you challenged by others on your findings? Include which role this relates to from your CV.

• 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 your Technical statement will be assessed, with the successful candidates being invited to interview.

We may also raise the score required at any stage of the process if we receive a high number of applications.

Interview

During the panel interview, you will be asked Experience based questions in line with the Essential Criteria. You will also be asked a Behaviour-based question on Communicating and Influencing to explore in detail what you are capable of.

Your Interview Will Also Involve

• A Forensic Accountancy Presentation and a written exercise. The written exercise will be provided at interview, you will be given time prepare and present your findings to the panel.

Interviews will take place face-to-face in one of