Finance and Systems Assurance Officer - Leeds

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We have an exciting opportunity to join one of our Financial Accreditation (FA) Teams. Our FA Teams have three strategic objectives; we are the finance keyholders for HMRC Change programmes, we provide assurance to CFO that changes to systems and processes meet finance requirements, whilst building a high-performing team that supports wider government economic aims through HMRC's work.

As a principal keyholder of HMRC's finance systems, we ensure that all changes meet our standards, summarised in five key guardrails, and provide assurance to the Chief Financial Officer (CFO) that these standards are upheld. We provide expert advice and support on accounting treatments, financial controls, and risk management to programmes throughout the end-to-end (E2E) change lifecycle, ensuring that all financial aspects of change are robust, compliant, and well-governed.

You will work in a fast-paced environment, building relationships, and providing specialist financial 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.

Our vacancy sits in one of the FA Teams, which forms part of Finance Systems Strategy and Change in Risk, Control & Financial Accountant (RCFA). Our team plays a key role in HMRC Transformation by ensuring excellent financial management and control throughout the HMRC Change process by accrediting changes to financial systems and processes. You will work closely with colleagues and stakeholders to ensure that we design the systems and processes to support the delivery of change through key milestones by effectively managing risks, caveats, High Level requirements and produce monthly progress reports through development and production of KPI's along with looking at ways of innovating our process.

Job description

Become an expert in financial accreditation processes, ensuring high level requirements are met by the Change programme for the portfolio of projects/programmes assigned to you. Engage with SMEs, across several finance and specialist areas to ensure change requirements are delivered and tested to our standards. Being a 'critical friend' with key HMRC Change Delivery programmes, whilst acting in a sensitive and diplomatic manner. Ensuring that the financial journey delivered by the project is safe, secure, auditable and allows HMRC accounts to be produced accurately. Communicate with senior management using appropriate styles, methods and timing, to maximise understanding and impact. You will join a welcoming and accomplished team of accreditors, who have a wide knowledge of tax and finance accounting systems and processes.

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

• Represent Finance 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 programs teams to ensure Finance requirements are understood and developed.

Critically you'll then be assuring the subsequent changes made to ensure that they align with internal and external standards. We do this throughout the project lifecycle process, providing accreditation and assurance for changes to HMRC's financial systems and processes.

Person specification

Responsibilities

Working closely with experienced Accreditors, HMRC Change leads and Finance/IT specialists you will be responsible for:

• Leading the accreditation of change initiatives.
• Being a finance project stakeholder ensuring finance requirements are delivered by the project team to attain a safe, secure and auditable financial journey.
• Managing risks, issues and prioritising your own work so that you meet critical deadlines.
• Ensuring that changes made to Finance systems and processes meet Finance strategy.
• Working with an expert team of accreditors, to continually build capability that will ensure efficient delivery that meets the future demands of HMRC.

Essential Criteria: You will need to have - Finance skills in one or more of the following areas, risk management, systems, processes, general ledger, or change. Highly developed interpersonal skills with evidence of influencing and engaging with business partners in a large, dispersed organisation. Ability to communicate technical concepts clearly and concisely. Strong communication and relationship-building skills. Ability to manage multiple deadlines and conflicting priorities from multiple sources. Ability to analyse information, summarise and use judgement on recommendations.

Desirable Criteria

Ability to demonstrate either project management, audit or assurance skills. Experience of working on transformation programmes, in a project change environment or working knowledge of one or more areas of taxation.

Leeds Locations

Moves Adjustment Payment will be available for this role, provided the successful applicant is a current HMRC colleague in Bradford and meets the eligibility requirements outlined in the HMRC's Moves Adjustment Payment guidance.

Qualifications

To be eligible for this role, you must be: Part Qualified/Fully Qualified CCAB member, or CIMA, or actively working towards or a willingness to qualify. Part/fully qualified Association of Accounting Technician (AAT).

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

• Communicating and Influencing
• Delivering at Pace
• Managing a Quality Service

Benefits

Alongside your salary of 37,682, HM Revenue and Customs contributes 10,916 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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