HM Revenue and Customs Hiring for Advisory Accountant Job at Belfast, Northern Ireland Full Time

160902

£52,077 – £66,051

National (£52,077 – £58,707) London (£58,596 – £66,051)

Permanent

HMRC – CCG – Fraud Investigation Service

Accountancy

Flexible working, Full-time, Job share, Part-time

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Belfast Regional Centre- Erskine House, 20-32 Chichester Street, Belfast, BT1 4GF; Newcastle Regional Centre- Benton Park View, Longbenton, Newcastle, NE98 1ZZ; Croydon Regional Centre- 1 Ruskin Square, Croydon, CR0 2WF; Edinburgh Regional Centre- Queen Elizabeth House, 1 Sibbald Walk, Edinburgh, EH8 8FT; Cotton House, Glasgow (Migrating to Glasgow Regional Centre in early 2022 – 1 Atlantic Square, Argyle Street, Glasgow G2 8NJ); Leeds Regional Centre- 7 & 8 Wellington Place, Wellington Street, Leeds, LS1 4AP; Liverpool Regional Centre- India Building, 31 Water Street, City Centre, Liverpool, L2 0RD; Nottingham Regional Centre- Unity Square, Nottingham, NG2 1NL; Manchester Regional Centre- 3 New Bailey Square, New Bailey Street, Salford, M3 5AY; Stratford Regional Centre- 14 Westfield Avenue, Stratford, London E20 1HZ

Do you enjoy interpreting financial information and data, and explaining what this shows to others?

Can you build good relationships with a range of people?

Do you thrive dealing with a range of work?

If so, you could be just the person we are looking for.

HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) is one of the largest Government Departments and one of the country’s biggest organisations. Almost every individual and business in the UK is a direct customer of HMRC. We collect in excess of £500 billion a year in revenue from over 50 million customers across the UK.

We are an effective, efficient and impartial tax and payments authority with a vital purpose: To collect the money that pays for the UK’s public services and help families and individuals with targeted financial support.

You will be joining us at an exciting time, as we move through an organisational re-design and into a regional structure, helping us better deliver an innovative Vision, a more flexible structure and a customer-centric approach to meet the new challenges of avoidance.

We have approximately 140 Advisory and Forensic Accountants within HMRC and by joining us you will be able to support HMRC’s drive to tackle avoidance, whilst making a positive difference to the nation’s finances. You will play an active role in high-profile issues and ultimately your work will touch the lives of everyone in the UK.

We are seeking to fill senior leadership roles in different Directorates.

The posts are as follows: Edinburgh x 2, Glasgow x1, Belfast x1, Newcastle x1, Leeds x2, Manchester x3, Liverpool x2, Nottingham x3, Stratford x1, Croydon x1.

For 14 of the posts, your work will principally support the following directorates:

1. Wealthy and Mid-sized Business Compliance / Individuals and Small Business Compliance, responsible for delivering operational compliance work nationwide across the full range of taxes and duties for businesses and individuals.

2. Counter-Avoidance, which leads in HMRC’s drive to tackle tax avoidance, combining operational and policy work on marketed avoidance.

3. Fraud Investigation Service directorate, responsible for both civil and criminal investigations in tackling the most serious tax evasion and fraud.

For 3 of the posts, your work will principally support Large Business directorate, which is responsible for over 2,000 of the largest businesses in the UK.

Please Note: 2 posts can be North West England (Liverpool or Manchester) and 1 in Nottingham.

At HMRC we are committed to creating a great place to work for all our colleagues; an inclusive and respectful environment that reflects the diversity of the society we serve.

We want to maximise the potential of everyone who chooses to work for us and we offer a range of flexible working patterns and support to make a fulfilling career at HMRC accessible to you.

Diverse perspectives and experiences are critical to our success and we welcome applications from all people from all backgrounds with the experience and skills needed to perform this role.

Our Advisory Accountants enjoy the range of work they undertake utilising their commercial and technical knowledge and breadth of experience to understand and explain a wide range of transactions and issues. The team undertakes regular CPD and utilises this in sharing best practice both within the team and with customers.

As an Advisory Accountant you will give accounting advice which is objective, professional, clear and concise to include analysing relevant customer facts and financial information and challenging customer’s accounting, where appropriate. You will utilise the appropriate accounting frameworks, accounting standards and company law, and apply your commercial experience to identify risks and substantiate your advice. You will meet with customers and work with other specialists to form a view and assess the impact of the accounting treatment for tax.

You will support litigation, acting as an expert witness, case accountant or witness of fact and be proactive in assisting others involved in litigation. You will prepare and review professional reports with both factual and opinion evidence, attend case conferences, meetings and court acting with professionalism, integrity and independence.

A visible leader, within and outside HMRC, you will share knowledge, promote the work of the directorates and HMRC and develop and provide quality accountancy training to both accountancy colleagues and tax professionals.

Responsibilities

The ideal candidate will be a qualified accountant who has trained and spent a few years in the profession or industry. This could be in the public sector or private sector.

You will be joining a team who share their wealth of knowledge and breadth of experience and apply this to commercial situations, both from an advisory perspective and a commercial perspective. You will:

• Provide accounting advice, analysing relevant customer facts, accounting frameworks and, where appropriate, challenging customer’s accounting analysis.
• Prepare clear and concise reports for a range of senior stakeholders.
• Support risk activities, including reviewing financial statements, commercial and accounting information, meetings with customers and working with other specialists to form a view and assess the impact for tax.
• Communicate, meet and collaborate closely with internal and external stakeholders to influence behaviour, including case teams, policy experts, other accountants, tribunals and customers.
• Develop and provide quality accountancy training to accountancy and tax professionals. Tailor training materials and offer follow-up support to delegates.
• Coach and mentor colleagues and trainees, using own skills and experience to aid their development.
• Share knowledge and best practice, using innovative methods and digital tools.
• Assist delivery of strategic objectives, matching resource to risk, through prioritisation, work planning and national/cross directorate work sharing.
• Display expertise and experience at a sufficient level and authority to appear credible to courts, tribunals, accountancy firms, policy colleagues, customers and senior HMRC officers.

Person specification

• You build effective working relationships with a wide range of stakeholders.

Essential Criteria

Full and complete qualification from, and continuing membership of, one of the following professional accounting bodies:

• The Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales (ICAEW)
• The Institute of Chartered Accountants of Scotland (ICAS)
• Chartered Accountants Ireland (CAI)
• The Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA)
• The Chartered Institute of Management Accountants (CIMA)
• The Chartered Institute of Public Finance and Accountancy (CIPFA)

Strong financial accounting experience gained in either practice, industry, public sector or private sector and specifically including:

• Experience of analysing and interpreting a range of financial records; and
• Experience of preparing or reviewing financial statements; and
• Experience of considering the appropriate accounting treatment of a variety of specific transactions; and
• Experience in communicating orally and in writing with a variety of audiences

Part qualified accountants are not eligible to apply for these posts.

Please confirm which body you are a full member of within your Statement of Suitability.

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

• Making Effective Decisions
• Working Together

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

• The interview process will include an accountancy based technical test (to include both a presentation and a written output).