HM Revenue & Customs
Senior In Year Financial Control and Reporting Analyst
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Based within the Financial Reporting and Control team of the Strategic Services Directorate (SSD), there are two vacancies providing specialist financial management support and helping to maintain strong governance, financial control and assurance across the CDIO portfolio. Both post holders will use their expertise in financial systems, processes and reporting to deliver insightful analysis, support effective financial controls, contribute to continuous improvement initiatives, and ensure that financial decisions are underpinned by accurate and reliable management information. One vacancy will have a stronger focus on asset accounting, assurance and Assets Under Construction (AUC), while the other will focus more broadly on workforce, financial reporting, control and the Unity Programme.
We are looking for a talented In Year Reporting and Control Senior Officers to join our dynamic finance team. Each role offers an exciting opportunity to make a significant contribution to our financial reporting and control processes, ensuring we maintain the highest standards of financial management across the organisation.
Job Description
As an In-Year Reporting and Control Senior Officer in SSD, you will contribute to strong financial management, reporting, control and assurance across the CDIO portfolio. We are recruiting to two complementary roles: one with a primary focus on asset accounting, Assets Under Construction and asset assurance, and the other with a primary focus on workforce and wider financial reporting and control, including support for the Unity Programme. Both roles will help maintain effective controls, improve reporting processes and provide accurate management information to support decision-making.
Both post holders will work closely with Finance Management teams, HMRC Finance and Finance Business Partners, presenting complex financial information clearly to finance and non-finance colleagues. Strong analytical, communication and collaboration skills, attention to detail and a commitment to continuous improvement are essential.
Person specification
Providing support in CDIO Finance liaison with the Unity Programme, which includes
- Providing support for defining requirements and delivering project commissions
- Providing, coordinating and coordinating subject matter expertise input and information
- Assurance of structure models, including cost centres, General ledger, project and commodity codes
- Impacting and refining processes integral to the system changes.
- Participating in and coordinating testing and user acceptance
- Support the transitioning CDIO financial and FTE reporting to the new system structures and tools
Workforce financial control, to include
- Consolidate and assure the FTE and contingent labour reporting, including variance and trend analysis, organisational change impacts and data validation.
- Calculation of the staff cost and recharge forecasts and plans
- Support and provide expertise in financial and FTE reporting, including continuous improvement and exploitation of new tools / AI
- Working collaboratively and building strong relationships with HR, Resource Managers and Finance Business Partners
Support the wider In Year Reporting and Control team. The asset-focused vacancy will take a leading role in the asset assurance, AUC, capitalisation and related audit responsibilities below, while both roles may contribute across the wider team as priorities require.
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- Deliver, track, and review asset assurance commissions, ensuring consistency and best practice in collaboration with Finance Management teams.
- Manage the asset under construction (AUC) assurance processes and capitalisation, providing subject matter expertise and building relationships with the project finance community.
- Conduct balance sheet reviews, including validation of accruals and prepayments across CDIO.
- Coordinate audit work and assure audit evidence collation.
- Provide commitments, provisions, and contingent liabilities.
- Financial management and reporting of the CDIO consolidated position, including assurance and governance reviews.
- Continuous improvement of processes and exploitation of automation, tools and AI.
Essential Criteria
- Part-qualified CCAB accountant (including CIMA, ACCA, CIPFA, ACA) or equivalent professional finance qualification.
- Good interpersonal skills with the ability to build and maintain effective working relationships with stakeholders.
- Strong analytical, problem-solving and attention-to-detail skills, with the ability to provide clear financial insights and recommendations.
- Strong financial systems knowledge and understanding of the underlying processes.
- Confident communicator, able to explain financial information clearly and constructively challenge where appropriate.
- Experience of managing and monitoring financial performance through budgeting, forecasting and reporting.
Desirable Criteria
- Experience of the financial management and reporting of workforce numbers and costs.
- Experience in asset management reporting.
- Prior experience working within an IT/Digital function, particularly in financial roles.
- Experience with contributing financial expertise to a large-scale finance system implementation, including requirements gathering, process mapping, data validation, and user acceptance testing (UAT).
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
Benton Park View, Newcastle - moving to Pilgrims Quarter, Newcastle
You will be given more information about what this means at the job offer stage.
Leeds Location
Moves Adjustment Payment will be available for this role, provided the successful applicant is a current HMRC colleague in Bradford and meets the eligibility requirements outlined in the HMRC's Moves Adjustment Payment guidance.
Qualifications
Part-qualified CCAB accountant (including CIMA, ACCA, CIPFA, ACA) or equivalent professional finance qualification.
Behaviours
We'll assess you against these behaviours during the selection process:
- Making Effective Decisions
- Changing and Improving
- Communicating and Influencing
- Delivering at Pace
Technical skills
We'll assess you against these technical skills during the selection process:
- A Technical question based on the financial accounting and reporting in line with the Government Finance Function Career Framework
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Benefits
Alongside your salary of £45,544, HM Revenue and Customs contributes £13,194 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.
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Things you need to know
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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 including your job history and previous experiences and full qualification details. Please provide details of your last 3 roles.
- 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.
Prior to applications being sifted, candidates will be asked to complete an additional IKM assessment. Candidates will be sent details of the assessment once the advert has closed. This assessment is timed and is pass or fail; only those who pass will be considered at the sift stage. If you have any queries about the assessment, or require any reasonable adjustments, please contact talentacquisitionteam@hmrc.gov.uk 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 Personal 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 a Technical question which will focus on financial accounting and reporting in line with the Finance Career
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