AddressDetails
Reference number
Salary
Job grade
Contract type
Business area
Type of role
Working pattern
Number of jobs available
Contents
Location
About the job
Benefits
Things you need to know
Apply and further information
Location
About the job
Job summary
Visit our YouTube channel to watch the full series and come and discover your potential.
Are you a graduate interested in starting or furthering your career in finance?
Can you use your analytical and problem-solving skills to make accurate and informed decisions?
Like the idea of work placements across a range of Finance teams, which will give you a unique experience of how finance works within HMRC?
If so, we’d love to hear from you!
Our financial services are vital not only to the everyday running of HMRC but to building the Department’s future as a trusted, modern tax and customs department. To do this, we need great people like you to support and build a professional, empowered and inclusive Finance Function right across HMRC.
You will study towards a CIMA Finance Qualification via a Level 7 Apprenticeship.
The scheme duration is 4 years. After 2 years, and a successful assessment, you will be offered promotion to Senior Officer, and you will receive a salary uplift.
During your apprenticeship you will carry out work placements across a range of Finance teams, which will give you a unique experience of how finance works within HMRC, while also studying for your qualification.
There are 4 placements in total, 3 x 1-year placements in Finance roles and then you will spend your final year on a development programme.
Your work placements will ensure that you gain the variety and breadth of experience required to be recognised as a qualified accountant.
You will be supported to gain skills and experience needed to apply for G7 opportunities through fair and open competition.
See what it’s like to work at HMRC:find out more about us or ask our colleagues a question. Questions relating to an individual application must be emailed as detailed later in this advert.
Job description
Responsibilities include but are not limited to:
- Management Reporting - perform important month end activities, ensure accuracy and provide insight, which supports the team to produce financial reports.
- Financial Accounting and Reporting - delivering core financial controls, providing technical accounting advice and producing the annual report and accounts.
- Financial Operations - ensuring that financial processes run efficiently such as purchasing, income, cash management, expense, payroll and master data setup.
- Finance Business Partnering - long term planning, budgeting, forecasting, analysis and communication of financial data and reports, supporting investment appraisals and commercial activities.
- Risk management - working closely with other corporate functions and stakeholders to monitor and mitigate risk.
- Strategic Finance - provide strategic advice and analysis on financial impact, performance and risk to senior stakeholders and through this contribute to the strategic direction of the Department.
- Systems and Data - manage the financial systems controls and user support processes.
Person specification
About you:
- You have exceptional communication skills and can use clear and concise language to convey your opinions and ideas, including making best use of digital resources.
- Ability to build and maintain positive relationships through good interpersonal skills and communication skills.
- Enjoy finding creative solutions to problems and using these solutions to inform decisions.
- You have time management and prioritisation skills and can adapt to changing priorities whilst adhering to strict deadlines.
- Ability to work collaboratively with others to successfully achieve tasks and deliver results.
Essential Criteria
- A Degree minimum 2.1 in any subject.
- Existing Civil Servants will need a minimum of Level 4 Qualification or equivalent to apply.
- Not undertaking another apprenticeship or government funded qualification at the same time.
Plus:
- Applicants must complete and pass eligibility assessment from our Training Provider at enrolment stage. You will be assessed against Level 7 Apprenticeship Standard.
Qualifications
Behaviours
We'll assess you against these behaviours during the selection process:
- Working Together
- Making Effective Decisions
- Delivering at Pace
- Communicating and Influencing
Benefits
- 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 average employer contribution of 27%
Team members that are moving offices as a result of the Locations Programme will be entitled to a Moves Adjustment Payment for three years where they incur additional costs. This is calculated based on the difference between the costs of travelling to and from the new and old office, over a weekly period. You will get more detail on this as part of targeted locations move communications.
Find more about HMRC benefits in 'Your little extras and big benefits handbook' for further information or visit Thinking of joining the Civil Service.
Things you need to know
Selection process details
There are five stages:
Stage 1 : Application form - Applications for the programme close 23:55pm on 19th March 2024.
You will be asked to complete:
1. A basic application form, detailing your personal details.
2. CV - Details of your qualifications and job history, this is for information only and will not be scored.
3. Personal Statement of no more than 750 words to cover the following :
- Confirmation on how you meet the essential criteria.
- Examples of how you meet the person specification for this role.
Further details around what this will entail are listed on the application form.
How to write your PS , Civil Service Careers (civil-service-careers.gov.uk) This may assist you in providing the evidence required in your Personal statement.
Stage 2 : Online tests
You are required to complete 2 online tests, the Civil Service Numerical Test and Civil Service Verbal Test.
You will receive an invitation, after the advert closing date, to sit the online tests. The deadline for completing both tests is 12 noon on 02 April 2024.
After the test deadline, we will review scores from the verbal and numerical tests. If you meet the minimum standard for each test your application will be put on hold for further consideration. Meeting the minimum standard is no guarantee of an invitation to continue the selection process.
We reserve the right to increase the scores for all tests to manage the applications through to next stage. You will be informed if you have passed or failed the raised standard.
Successful candidates will be invited to the next stage of the selection process.
Stage 3 : Civil Service Judgement Test
If you are successful in Stage 2, you will be invited to complete the Civil Service Judgement Test online test.
This test must be completed by 12 noon on 09 April 2024.
Once you have completed the test, your application will be put on hold for further consideration. Meeting the minimum standard is no guarantee of an invitation to continue the selection process.
We reserve the right to increase the scores for all tests to manage the applications through to next stage. You will be informed if you have passed or failed the raised standard.
Successful candidates will be invited to the next stage of the selection process.
Stage 4: Personal Statement Sift
If you have passed the test stage your 750 word Personal Statement will then be sifted, following which, scores will be provided. We expect sifting to be held W/C 15 April 2024.
Stage 5: Virtual Assessment Centre
If you have been successful at the sift stage, you will be invited to attend a half day virtual online assessment centre. This will consist of a group exercise, written exercise and an interview.
The interview will assess both Behaviours and Strengths. Full details will be provided prior to interview.
We expect the virtual online assessment centre to be held between 3 June 2024 and 14 June 2024.
Please note that dates above are subject to change, further details will be provided to successful candidates at each stage.
Please note
Applicants will be offered only 1 location preference and a strict merit order by location will be applied. Applicants will not be considered for any other location as part of the selection process. It is therefore expected that successful candidates live within a reasonable commuting distance from their preferred location.
A reserve list may be held for a period of 12 months from which further appointments may be made. If this applies to you, we’ll let you know via your Civil Service Jobs account. This does not guarantee that you will be offered a future post.
Eligibility
To check that you are eligible to apply, review this eligibility information
Important information for existing HMRC contractual homeworkers
Please note that this role is unsuitable for contractual homeworkers due to the nature and/or requirements of the role.
Reasonable Adjustments
We want to make sure no one is put at a disadvantage during our recruitment process because of a disability, condition, or impairment. To assist you with this, we will reduce or remove any barriers where possible and provide additional support where appropriate.
If you need a reasonable adjustment or a change to be made so that you can make your application, review this information on reasonable adjustments, and contact hmrcrecruitment.grs@cabinetoffice.gov.uk as soon as possible.
Diversity and Inclusion
At HMRC we are committed to creating a great place to work for all our colleagues and creating an inclusive and respectful environment that reflects the diversity of the society we serve.
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. We’re committed to creating a great place to work for all our colleagues here at HMRC. We want everyone to feel valued and supported to achieve their potential at HMRC.
For more information on how we make this happen, review this information on our culture and values
Applications received from candidates with a criminal record are considered fairly in accordance with the DBS Code of Practice and the Recruitment of ex-offenders Policy.
We welcome applications from those who need to work a more flexible arrangement and will agree to requests where possible after considering operational and customer service needs. We can’t guarantee that we can meet all requests to work flexibly, as agreement will be subject to business ability to accommodate, and any request to work a more flexible arrangement should be made prior to your acceptance of the provisional offer.
Customer facing roles in HMRC require the ability to converse at ease with members of the public and provide advice in accurate spoken English and/or Welsh where required. Where this is an essential requirement, this will be tested as part of the selection process.
The Civil Service runs a Disability Confident Scheme (DCS) for candidates with disabilities who meet the minimum selection criteria.
The Civil Service also offers a Redeployment Interview Scheme to civil servants who are at risk of redundancy, and who meet the minimum requirements for the advertised vacancy.
Locations
HMRC has a presence in every region of the UK. For more information on where you might be working, review this information on our locations.
Security Update
For more information on the level of security checks we will carry out, review this information on security checks
Further Information
The Civil Service values honesty and integrity and expects all candidates to abide by these principles. The evidence you provide in your application must relate to your own experiences.
Any instances of plagiarism or other forms of cheating will be investigated and, if proven, the relevant application/s will be withdrawn from the process.
Duplicate applications for the same vacancy will also be withdrawn.
Transferring into HMRC from Civil Service If you are currently working for an ‘Other Government Department’ (OGD) and would like to consider the impact on your pay when joining HMRC, please see the attached document "Combined T&C and OGD Pay English”, found at the bottom of this advert. Further information on staff transfers can be found on gov.uk
Problems during the application process
If you experience accessibility problems with any attachments on this advert, please contact the email address in the 'Contact point for applicants' section.
If you think you’ve made a mistake on a short application form (e.g. you’ve ticked the incorrect eligibility box), please contact hmrcrecruitment.grs@cabinetoffice.gov.uk at least two working days before the vacancy closes. After this, we won’t be able to reopen your application.
Please use the subject line to insert appropriate wording e.g. Please re-open my application - 342138 & vacancy closing date 19/03/24. Please note that we cannot amend or re-open your application if you have submitted your full application in the interests of fair and open recruitment.
For reasonable adjustments queries or requests, please see details within reasonable adjustments section above.
Feedback will only be provided if you attend an interview or assessment.
Security
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
Working for the Civil Service
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).
Apply and further information
Contact point for applicants
Job contact :
Recruitment team
