Location
Leeds, Stratford
Job summary
Discover what it’s like to work in a compliance role that makes an impact. Could you help us shape a stronger, fairer future? Your next career move starts here.
The Customer Compliance Group (CCG) brings all our compliance customer segment directorates into one group: Large Business, Wealthy and Mid-sized Business, Small Business and Individuals.
The group also includes several teams who work across business segments such as Fraud Investigation Service (FIS), Counter Avoidance (CA) and Risk & Intelligence Service (RIS).
CCG ensures that HMRC collects the full and accurate amount of money due from UK taxpayers, investigates offenses against the tax system and takes action to identify and mitigate potential threats.
HMRC strives to provide fair, lawful and impartial service by putting the customer experience at the heart of our compliance work. In CCG, we deliver on HMRC Charter commitments by applying the Compliance Professional Standards consistently to all our work.
Job description
Are you a qualified accountant with strong financial accounting experience from working in practice or industry?
Will you bring commercial knowledge and an understanding of how businesses operate, and how accounting standards apply to sophisticated transactions?
Would the offer of hybrid working, actual flexi-time and genuine work-life balance alongside captivating technical work interest you?
If so, we can offer you a role that offers exciting and ambitious work that makes a huge difference to the nation’s finances.
Our team of 150 accountants support HMRC’s compliance teams and have previously worked in varied roles in practice or industry, including audit and financial accounting positions. Equivalent roles in the private sector will include managers in Practice and financial accountants in industry.
We are looking for 2 accountants to join our team of Advisory Accountants based in Fraud Investigation Service. We provide accountancy support to tax colleagues working across the customer groups with a primary focus on Wealthy and Mid-Sized Business, Small Business and Individuals and Counter-Avoidance.
Person specification
As an Advisory Accountant you will research technical issues and explain these and the related entries in financial statements in providing accountancy advice to non-accountant colleagues. You will also use your commercial awareness of how businesses operate and will clarify the further information required to enhance our understanding of transactions.
* Provide accounting advice for complex accountancy issues - analysing relevant customer facts, accounting frameworks and, where appropriate, challenge customers’ accounting analyses. No specific tax knowledge is required for the role.
* Meet with customers and work with other specialists to form a view and assess the impact of the accounting treatment for tax.
* Support litigation, acting as an expert accounting witness, case accountant or witness of fact and be proactive in assisting others involved in litigation.
* Prepare and review professional reports that contain factual or opinion evidence, attend case conferences, meetings and tribunal acting with professionalism, integrity and independence.
* Develop and provide quality accountancy training to accountancy and tax professionals, offering follow-up support to delegates.
* Coach and support colleagues in understanding accountancy matters.
* Share knowledge and best practice, using innovative methods and digital tools.
* Demonstrate leadership, expertise, and authority to credibly engage with key collaborators including agents, tribunals, colleagues, customers, and senior HMRC officers.
This role requires strong financial accounting experience gained and consolidated in either practice, industry, public sector or private sector, dealing with a range of stakeholders.
This should be demonstrated by:
* Experience of working on complex technical financial accounting matters, including:
o Analysing and interpreting financial records.
o Preparing or reviewing financial statements; and
o Considering the appropriate accounting treatment of a variety of specific transactions.
* A clear understanding of accounting principles and the application of GAAP in the UK.
* Strong communication skills, including delivery of reports or briefings to senior stakeholders.
* Experience of coaching and supporting others in relation to accountancy matters.
* Commercial knowledge and an understanding of how businesses operate including accounting systems.
* Proficiency in managing and reporting intercompany transactions including within multinational group structures.
* Exposure to international operations or cross-border work may beadvantageous
Essential Criteria
* 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)
Part qualified accountants are not eligible to apply for these posts. Please confirm which body you are a full member of within your CV. You will be required to show evidence of your qualification and membership at interview.
Behaviours
We'll assess you against these behaviours during the selection process:
* Communicating and Influencing
Technical skills
We'll assess you against these technical skills during the selection process:
* A 250 word example of your Technical Skills
* An accountancy based Presentation - Technical Content
* An accountancy based Presentation - Presentation Skills
We only ask for evidence of these technical skills on your application form:
* A 250 word example of your Technical Skills
Benefits
Alongside your salary of £58,541, HM Revenue and Customs contributes £16,959 towards you being a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme.
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 28.97% of their salary.
* Family friendly policies.
* Personal support.
* Coaching and development.
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