Senior Financial Accountant

UK Health Security Agency; Leeds; Hybrid; GBP 40,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a Senior Financial Accountant to join their dynamic team during a pivotal finance transformation. This role will focus on the production of statutory accounts, ensuring compliance with accounting standards, and managing cash flows. As a key player in the finance team, you will contribute innovative ideas and solutions to enhance financial processes and controls. The organization promotes an inclusive culture, valuing diverse perspectives and experiences, making it an exciting opportunity for professionals looking to make a significant impact in public health finance.

Qualifications

• CCAB qualification required for this role.
• Experience in producing statutory accounts for large organizations.
• Proficient in financial reporting standards and software.

Responsibilities

• Manage the production of statutory accounts and ensure compliance.
• Coordinate annual reports and manage audit processes.
• Oversee cash flow management and reporting.

Skills

Financial Reporting

IFRS Knowledge

Statutory Accounts Production

Cash Flow Management

Audit Coordination

Education

CCAB Qualified or finalist

Tools

Financial Reporting Software

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Location

Birmingham, Leeds, Liverpool or London (Canary Wharf)

Job summary

This is an exciting time to join our team of 11 as we reshape roles and responsibilities across the team to support our ambition to achieve a pre-recess production of the account. These roles are critical to the accounts production and will play a leading part in the delivery of pre-recess accounts. The exact split of key responsibilities will be determined on appointment on the basis of candidate skill set.

UKHSA is undergoing a finance transformation programme providing a unique opportunity to help shape and set the future operating model for UKHSA finance. We welcome candidates with new ideas, innovative approaches and a can-do attitude.

We pride ourselves as being an employer of choice, where Everyone Matters promoting equality of opportunity to actively encourage applications from everyone, including groups currently underrepresented in our workforce.

UKHSA ethos is to be an inclusive organisation for all our staff and stakeholders. To create, nurture and sustain an inclusive culture, where differences drive innovative solutions to meet the needs of our workforce and wider communities. We do this through celebrating and protecting differences by removing barriers and promoting equity and equality of opportunity for all.

• Production of the Statutory Accounts and consolidation schedule to the agreed timetable ensuring compliance with accounting standards.
• Coordination of the annual report
• Preparation of the remuneration & staff report
• Lead on the management of sample evidence for the year end audit
• Liaise with external audit to ensure smooth progression of the ARA to meet the laying timetable
• Be responsible for the integrity and maintenance of the balance sheet ensuring that all accounts are reconciled monthly and appropriate actions executed in a timely manner
• Improvement of payroll reconciliations and support the development of end-to-end process
• Ensure UKHSA has a strategically sound cash-forecasting accounting model that will assist the business in longer term planning and meet the needs of the budgeting process.
• Manage the cashflows to ensure that HM Treasury, Government Banking Service and Department of Health and Social Care regulations are adhered to at all times.
• Use the UKHSA cash forecast model to prepare and submit the monthly returns to the Department of Health and Social Care relating to cash balances held including the calculation and drawdown of the monthly parliamentary funding.
• Act as a subject expert, providing technical accounting advice in line with IFRS and the financial reporting manual (FReM) and other relevant Government guidance documents
• Subject matter expert on other reporting and regulatory requirements such as IR35 compliance
• Support the Head of Financial Accounting in accurately accounting for a number of complex technical accounting areas
• Analysing current processes to identify and implement ways to improve processes and financial control
• To undertake other duties and ad-hoc reconciliations as identified by the Head of Financial Accounting which are commensurate with the grade of the post, including at times providing operational support to the wider Financial Accounting team.

Person specification

• CCAB Qualified or finalist
• Experience of producing statutory accounts for a large and complex organisation
• A sound understanding of IFRS and other relevant standards
• Proficient with financial reporting software and interrogating data.
• Experience of accounting and the Financial Reporting Manual (FReM)
• Experience of managing cash flows for a large organisation

Please be aware that we will assess all the essential and desirable criteria.

This vacancy will be assessed using a competency-based framework which will assess your knowledge and experience and skills outlined in the essential criteria.

Stage 1: Application & Sift

You will be required to complete an application form. You will be assessed on the essential and desirable criteria, and this will be in the form of a:

• Application form (‘Employer/ Activity history’ section on the application)
• 500-word Statement of Suitability.

This should outline how your skills, experience, and knowledge, provide evidence of your suitability for the role, with reference to the essential criteria.

The Application form and Statement of Suitability will be marked together.

Longlisting: In the event of a large number of applications we will longlist into 3 piles of:

• Meets all essential criteria
• Meets some essential criteria

In order to be shortlisted you must meet all and some of the essential criteria listed.

Shortlisting: In the event of a large number of applications we will shortlist on.

• CCAB Qualified or finalist

If you are successful at this stage, you will progress to interview and assessment

Please do not exceed 500 words. We will not consider any words over and above this number.

Feedback will not be provided at this stage.

Stage 2: Interview

You will be invited to a (single) remote interview

Knowledge, experience, skills & abilities will be tested at interview

Once this job has closed, the job advert will no longer be available. You may want to save a copy for your records.

Location

This role is being offered as hybrid working based at any of our Core HQ’s. We offer great flexible working opportunities at UKHSA and operate using a hybrid working model where business needs allow. This provides us with greater flexibility about how and where we work, to get the best from our workforce. As a hybrid worker, you will be expected to spend a minimum of 60% of your contractual working hours (approximately 3 days a week pro rata, (averaged over a month) working at one of UKHSA's core HQ’s (Birmingham, Leeds, Liverpool, and London). Our core HQ offices are modern and newly refurbished with excellent city centre transport link and benefit from benefit from co-location with other government departments such as the Department for Health and Social Care (DHSC).

Security Clearance Level Requirement.

Successful candidates must pass a disclosure and barring security check.

Successful candidates must meet the security requirements before they can be appointed. The level of security needed is Basic Personnel Security Standard

Reasonable Adjustments

The Civil Service is committed to making sure that our selection methods are fair to everyone. To help you during the recruitment process, we will consider any reasonable adjustments that could help you. An adjustment is a change to the recruitment process or an adjustment at work. This is separate to the Disability Confident Scheme. If you need an adjustment to be made at any point during the recruitment process you should contact the recruitment team in confidence as soon as possible to discuss your needs.

You can find out more information about reasonable adjustments across the Civil Service here: https://www.civil-service-careers.gov.uk/reasonable-adjustments/

Artificial Intelligence (AI)

Your application may be rejected and/or you may be subject to disciplinary action if evidence of plagiarism is detected. Examples of plagiarism can include presenting the ideas and experience of others, or generated by artificial intelligence (AI), as your own.

Careers website

Please visit our careers site for more information https://gov.uk/ukhsa/careers

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Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Mid-Senior level

Employment type

• Employment type

  Full-time

Job function

• Job function

  Accounting/Auditing and Finance

• Industries

  Public Health and Government Administration

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