Senior Finance Business Systems Analyst

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We have an exciting opportunity to join the Financial Accreditation Team (FA Team). 

Our exciting and interesting role would suit anyone who wants to work in a project change environment with a desire to develop their knowledge of HMRC tax systems and processes.  

The role will suit you if you like to collaborate, are confident, able to articulate your view in a room of peers, appropriately challenge and want to make a difference by supporting HMRC deliver change.

You will work in a fast-paced project environment, building relationships, and providing specialist advice and support to assist in driving forward effective transformation of HMRC’s finance systems and processes. You will specify finance requirements for change initiatives and ensure they are delivered. 

This will allow HMRC to account for, receive and pay out money in accordance with strategy and Accounting Standards. This role gives an outstanding opportunity to develop key leadership, assurance, and collaboration skills. 

Important: This vacancy is only available at the specified locations; alternative locations are not available. 

Your office location is contractual so if you are successful, there is an expectation that you will attend that office a minimum of 60% of your available working time. 

The successful candidate will be required to remain in post for a minimum of two years before considering a move within the same grade to a different business area. 

You need to consider how you will meet these requirements before you apply and discuss any concerns with the vacancy holder before accepting any role. 

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Job description
You will join a welcoming and accomplished team of accreditors, who have a wide knowledge of tax and finance accounting systems and processes. 

You will be a critical stakeholder for Risk, Controls and Financial Accounting (RCFA) representing and working with several finance areas to ensure change requirements are delivered and tested to our exacting standards.

You will hold accountability for making sure that the financial journey delivered by the project is safe, secure, auditable and allows HMRC accounts to be produced accurately.   

Successful candidates will undertake a bespoke training programme enabling you to: 

• Represent RCFA in a project change environment, introducing and driving forward our requirements. 
• Influence the financial accreditation process as the team adapts to the pace of HMRC Change and the way we deliver Financial Accreditation. 
• Develop the skills needed to build co-operative partnerships with project and programme teams to ensure finance requirements are understood and developed. 

While this isn’t an accounting role, knowledge of accounting and/or accounting systems would be advantageous.      

As a department committed to continuous professional development this role will also provide you with opportunities to learn, expand or further develop knowledge to support you reach your potential.
Person specification
We will support you to develop your skills so that you can take ownership and lead the accreditation of several complex and high-risk project changes, developing an extensive range of contacts and being involved in a wide variety of subjects, which reach across the whole of HMRC. 

We want you to lead, develop and introduce the finance requirements to be delivered by the project, to meet finance standards. Ensuring that changes to HMRC accounting systems and processes are robustly tested and test evidence is analysed. 

You will do this by: 

• Maintaining engagement with the project team throughout the project change cycle to ensure risks and issues are managed, prioritising yours and your teams work so that you meet critical deadlines. 
• Working with an expert team of accreditors, subject matter experts and IT specialists, to make sure requirements are delivered. 
• Coach and mentor staff to help their development and delivery of accreditation. 
• Providing written project updates and summaries of documents to support seniors on Project Boards or when senior decisions are needed. 
• The role may include HR management responsibilities. 

Important: The role can require frequent travel including overnight stays, sometimes at short notice. 

Essential Criteria:

• Highly developed interpersonal skills with evidence of influencing and engaging with senior partners in a large, dispersed organisation. 
• Demonstrate one or more of working in a project, finance, audit, or assurance role. 
• Ability to communicate technical concepts clearly and concisely. 
• Strong leadership, communication, and relationship-building skills. 
• Ability to manage multiple deadlines and conflicting priorities. 
• Ability to analyse information, summarise and use your own judgement to make recommendations.

Desirable Criteria:

• Worked in a project change environment. 
• Working knowledge of one or more areas of taxation. 
• Good knowledge of accounting and project management principles, including desirable qualifications as follows: 
• Part/fully qualified accountant (CIMA or equivalent). 
• Part/fully qualified Association of Accounting Technician (AAT). 
• Audit qualification(s). 
• Project Management qualification(s).
Technical skills
We'll assess you against these technical skills during the selection process:

Candidates will also be asked to provide a 5 to 10 minute presentation on the topic:  - Your skills and experience, and how you will add value to this position.
Benefits
Alongside your salary of £42,618, HM Revenue and Customs contributes £11,506 towards you being a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme. Find out what benefits a Civil Service Pension provides.
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 27% of their salary.
•    Family friendly policies.
•    Personal support.
•    Coaching and development.

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Things you need to know
Selection process details
This vacancy is using Success Profiles (opens in a new window), and will assess your 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.

•    A 750-word Personal Statement.

Your Personal Statement (750 word limit) should include evidence against the following:

• How you meet the essential criteria
• Suitability for the role; and
• What you will bring to the role

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 the 'essential criteria' within the Personal Statement. 

At full sift all behaviour statements, your CV, and your Personal Statement will be assessed, with the successful candidates being invited to interview.

We reserve the right to raise the score required at any stage of the process if we receive a high number of applications.

Interview

During the panel interview, your experience will be assessed.

You will also be asked to carry out a 5 to 10 minute presentation as part of the interview.

Interviews will take place virtually via video link. Sift and interview dates to be confirmed.

Eligibility

Please take extra care to tick the correct boxes in the eligibility sections of your application form. We understand mistakes sometimes happen but if you contact us later than two working days (Monday-Friday) before the vacancy closes, we will not be able to reopen your application for you. If you do make a mistake, please contact us via: 

ubsrecruitmentexcellence@hmrc.gov.uk – Use the subject line to insert appropriate wording for example – ‘Please re-open my application – [364731] & vacancy closing date [30/08/2024] 

To check that you are eligible to apply for this role, please review the eligibility information before submitting your application.