Non-Current Assets Finance Assistant

Home Office; Croydon; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A government department is looking for a finance professional to work in non-current asset accounting. You will manage the NCA register and ensure accurate financial reporting. Candidates need strong financial management and spreadsheet skills, and the role offers an opportunity to support critical financial processes. This full-time role allows for compressed hours and is an exciting chance to be part of a high-profile team focused on delivering public value.

Qualifications

• Experience in providing financial services to business units.
• Competence in handling large financial datasets and performing reconciliations.
• Ability to develop and manage relationships effectively.

Responsibilities

• Create and amend asset records in the NCA register.
• Gather information about assets accurately with colleagues.
• Work with auditors to resolve queries promptly.

Skills

Financial management skills

Spreadsheet skills

Collaborative working skills

Education

Studying towards a CCAB qualification

Job description

Location

Croydon, Liverpool, Manchester, Sheffield

About the job

Job summary

The Home Office (HO) works to build a safe, fair and prosperous UK. We achieve this through our work on counter‑terrorism, policing, fire, crime, drugs policy, immigration and passports. The Chief Operating Officer Group works closely with the HO’s policy and operational commands to enable us together to deliver the department’s priorities. The directorate is comprised of different teams and professional functions including Commercial, Finance, People, Portfolio and Project Delivery, Security, Estates and Information and Digital, Data and Technology.

The Finance Directorate is one of the most dynamic and forward‑looking places to work. We provide professional finance advice and challenge which ensures that the HO delivers value for money to the taxpayer and protects the Accounting Officers in their responsibilities for regularity, propriety, value for money and feasibility on all spending decisions. We ensure that finance is at the heart of decision making and operate a business partner model to support strategic planning, operational control and by working within challenging budgets through effective financial reporting, management and planning.

Accounting Operations Unit (AOU) sits at the heart of HO finance, and the Non‑Current Assets (NCA) team is an integral part of it. AOU are responsible for a number of key functions including Corporate Reporting, HMT Reporting, Management Accounting and Financial Reporting and are currently expanding in size and scope. This is an exciting time to join AOU due to the spans of the roles, fast‑changing environment and delivering on Ministerial priorities. We are looking for dynamic and innovative people who want to join us on the next stage of their career and who want to work in and be part of one of the most interesting and high‑profile Government Departments.

Job description

The HO’s non‑current assets have a net book value of around £3.5 billion and the NCA team is responsible for ensuring correct accounting for all stages of the NCA lifecycle, including additions, revaluations, depreciation and amortisation, reclassification, impairment, and disposals.

We are in the process of establishing a new NCA Centre of Excellence function which is a great opportunity for the successful candidate to be a part of. This role is an excellent introduction to NCA accounting and sitting alongside the financial reporting team, it also serves as an introduction to the financial reporting function.

The role contributes to all aspects of maintaining the HO’s NCA register, managing the capital expenditure holding account, working with others to identify assets, and ensuring information on the register is accurate and up to date.

Another significant part of the role is performing reconciliations (e.g. reconciling the NCA register to the general ledger) and part of this role will be to ensure a continuous improvement approach is adopted to ensure effective performance and aid efficiency.

Further activity involves, ensuring timely processes for gathering data and information, making relevant adjustments for impairments, revaluations, reclassifications, depreciation reporting, and supporting regular NCA related exercises and NAO audits.

Working Pattern

This role is available on a full‑time basis with the option of compressed hours working.

Key responsibilities

• Create and add to asset records, and allocate transactions to those records.
• Work with others to gather information about assets which is complete and accurate.
• Work with technical reporting colleagues to identify and fix errors in the reporting software for the non‑current assets register.
• Amend records within the non‑current assets register to ensure accurate accounting – for example on reclassifications, disposals, and revaluations.
• Ensure compliance with the department’s non‑current assets policies and procedures.
• Work with internal and external auditors to resolve audit queries in a timely manner.
• Support with regular non‑current assets processes – for example asset verification exercises and impairment reviews.
• Make a positive contribution to the non‑current assets function by being involved in initiatives.

Person specification

Essential criteria

• Good financial management skills and experience of providing finance services to business units.
• Strong spreadsheet skills and experience of dealing with large financial datasets, performing reconciliations, and identifying and resolving inconsistencies.
• Capacity to work collaboratively in a multi‑stakeholder environment to deliver shared objectives.
• Ability to successfully develop and manage relationships between own team and others through effective networking to enable useful information sharing.

Desirable criteria

• Studying towards a CCAB qualification.

Behaviours

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

• Managing a Quality Service
• Working Together
• Delivering at Pace
• Changing and Improving

We only ask for evidence of these behaviours on your application form:

• Managing a Quality Service
• Working Together