Senior Financial Accountant

UK Health Security Agency; London; Hybrid; GBP 55,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a Senior Financial Accountant to join their dynamic finance team. This role offers an exciting opportunity to contribute to the production of statutory accounts and lead on audit management. As part of a finance transformation programme, you will play a key role in shaping the future operating model. The ideal candidate will be CCAB qualified with a strong understanding of IFRS and experience in large organizations. Join a forward-thinking agency that values innovative ideas and promotes an inclusive culture, where your contributions will make a significant impact.

Benefits

Civil Service Pension

Flexible Working Options

Learning and Development Opportunities

Inclusive Culture

Market Pay Supplement

Qualifications

• CCAB Qualified or finalist with experience in statutory accounts.
• Proficient in IFRS and financial reporting standards.

Responsibilities

• Production of statutory accounts ensuring compliance with standards.
• Coordination of annual reports and audit processes.
• Management of cash flows and financial controls.

Skills

IFRS

Financial Reporting

Statutory Accounts Production

Cash Flow Management

Audit Coordination

Education

CCAB Qualification

Experience in Large Organizations

Tools

Financial Reporting Software

Job description

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Birmingham, Leeds, Liverpool and 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.

Job Description

• 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..
• 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

Essential Role Criteria

• 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.
  
  

Desirable Role Criteria

• Experience of accounting and the Financial Reporting Manual (FReM)
• Experience of managing cash flows for a large organisation
  
  

Alongside your salary of £54,416, UK Health Security Agency contributes £15,764 towards you being a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme. Find out what benefits a Civil Service Pension provides.

• Learning and development tailored to your role
• An environment with flexible working options
• A culture encouraging inclusion and diversity
• A Civil Service pension with an employer contribution of 28.97%
  
  

Selection process details

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

Required

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
• Meets no 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/

International Police check

If you have spent more than 6 months abroad over the last 3 years you may need an International Police Check. This would not necessarily have to be in a single block, and it could be time accrued over that period.

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.

Internal Fraud check

If successful for this role as one aspect of pre-employment screening, applicant’s personal details – name, national insurance number and date of birth - will be checked against the Cabinet Office Internal Fraud Hub and anyone included on the database will be refused employment unless they can show exceptional circumstances. Currently this is only for External candidates to the Civil Service.

Careers website

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

Salary Information

Market Pay Supplement (MPS) of £5000 is available To be eligible for the MPS, the individual must hold a qualified membership to a CCAB, CIMA or equivalent accountancy body and be in one of the in-scope roles within Finance, Performance, Risk and Assurance.

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 new window) checks.

People working with government assets must complete baseline personnel security standard (opens in 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 the Civil Service
  
  

Further information on nationality requirements (opens in a new window)

Working for the Civil Service

The Civil Service Code (opens in a new window) sets out the standards of behaviour expected of civil servants.

We recruit by merit on the basis of fair and open competition, as outlined in the Civil Service Commission's recruitment principles (opens in a new window).

The Civil Service embraces diversity and promotes equal opportunities. As such, we run a Disability Confident Scheme (DCS) for candidates with disabilities who meet the minimum selection criteria.

The Civil Service Code (opens in a new window) sets out the standards of behaviour expected of civil servants.

We recruit by merit on the basis of fair and open competition, as outlined in the Civil Service Commission's recruitment principles (opens in a new window).

The Civil Service embraces diversity and promotes equal opportunities. As such, we run a Disability Confident Scheme (DCS) for candidates with disabilities who meet the minimum selection criteria.

Diversity and Inclusion

The Civil Service is committed to attract, retain and invest in talent wherever it is found. To learn more please see the Civil Service People Plan (opens in a new window) and the Civil Service Diversity and Inclusion Strategy (opens in a new window).

The Civil Service welcomes applications from people who have recently left prison or have an unspent conviction. Read more about prison leaver recruitment (opens in new window).

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

Contact point for applicants

Job Contact

• Name : Rosie O'Grady
• Email : [e-mail]
  
  

Recruitment team

• Email : [e-mail]
  
  

Further information

The law requires that selection for appointment to the Civil Service is on merit on the basis of fair and open competition as outlined in the Civil Service Commission's Recruitment Principles. If you feel your application has not been treated in accordance with the Recruitment Principles, and you wish to make a complaint, in the first instance, you should contact UKHSA Public Accountability Unit via email: [e-mail] If you are not satisfied with the response you receive from the Department, you can contact the Civil Service Commission: Visit the Civil Service Commission website: https://civilservicecommission.independent.gov.uk

Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Mid-Senior level

Employment type

• Employment type

  Full-time

Job function

• Job function

  Accounting/Auditing and Finance

• Industries

  Hospitals and Health Care

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