Financial Support Officer London, England
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Job summary
The Borders and Trade Finance Team provide financial services to the business including budgeting, financial management, reporting, control and financial analysis at group level and is part of a wider finance function of the group which includes the Financial Business Partners to the group.
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
Your responsibilities will include:
- Supporting the provision of in-year financial and workforce reporting to the FD, UK Transition and Borders and Trade SLT and to Strategic Finance, requesting and collating information from the business/finance colleagues to for fill requirements within tight timescales.
- Using ERP to upload forecasts, complete journals, accruals and run a suite of reports. Analyse business information to identify trends, risks and issues and support the innovation and production of informative management information packs.
- Collaboration with key stakeholders across UK Transition and Borders Finance and Planning community to drive up the quality of forecasts, plans and underlying processes.
- Working with Strategic Finance and other stakeholders to ensure mutual understanding of UK Transition and Borders financial position.
- Support the delivery of longer term consolidated financial and workforce plans to Corporate Finance and other stakeholders, based on underlying data from the business.
Person specification
Essential
- Previous experience in a finance, analytical or planning role where you have demonstrated financial skills and knowledge alongside strong analytical skills.
- Good understanding of financial practices and processes including examples of setting up complex data monitoring processes and trackers.
- Experience in using financial systems such as SAP FM and PS, MyBuy or other procurement system. Including updating information, running reports and interrogating.
- Effective communication skills and an ability to take large sets of data and communicate insightful information to others.
- Confidence and ability to create the credibility needed to engage and challenge leaders in a considered and professional manner.
- Excellent IT skills including Microsoft Excel, Power Point, Outlook, Word and Power BI.
Behaviours
We'll assess you against these behaviours during the selection process:
- Delivering at Pace
- Working Together
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
As part of the application process you will be asked to submit a Personal Statement and CV.
Personal Statement, word limit 1000 words, to include evidence of how you meet the essential criteria, your suitability for the role and what you will bring to the role.
CV - You will be presented with two text boxes.
The first will ask for your employment history - here you should set it out like a traditional CV, making sure to following the following format:
- Name of employer.
- Dates worked (to and from).
- Job title.
- Brief description of your main role / responsibilities (please ensure you match this section against the job advert / essential / role criteria).
The next text box will ask you to include any relevant qualifications you may have.
Sift
In the event that we receive a large number of applications, we may conduct an initial sift based on the Personal Statement .
Where there is an initial sift, we will provide scores to people who do not meet the minimum standard. If your application progresses to a full sift, your full application will then be assessed and scores provided.
Interview
You will be assessed further on your experience and suitability for the role along with the following Behaviours: -
- Delivering at Pace.
- Working Together.
We reserve the right to raise the score required at any stage of the process in order to manage numbers.
Application sift is planned to be carried out WC: 10th July.
Interviews, if required are planned to be carried out WC: 31st July 2023.
Please be advised that the above dates are indicative only and are subject to change.
A reserve list may be held for a period of up to 12 months from which further appointments may be made for the same or similar roles – if this applies to you, we’ll let you know via your Civil Service Jobs account.
After interview, a single merit list will be created, and you will only be considered for posts in locations you have expressed a preference for. Appointments will be made in strict merit order in line with the set number of roles in each location.
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 location as required by the business. You need to consider how you will meet this requirement before you apply and discuss any concerns with the vacancy holder before accepting any role.
Eligibility
To check that you are eligible to apply, review this eligibility information
Important information for existing HMRC contractual homeworkers:
This role may be suitable for existing HMRC employees who are contractual homeworkers. Occasional attendance to the office will be required where there is a business need, so please take into account the advertised office locations for this role when submitting an application and only select locations from the ‘location preferences’ section that you are able to travel to.
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 [email protected] as soon as possible.
Equality and Diversity
We’re committed to creating a great place to work for all our colleagues here at HMRC. We want everyone to feel valued, supported and comfortable being their true self at work.
We’re proud to be a diverse and inclusive employer, supporting social mobility by giving opportunities to people from all walks of life. We want to maximise the potential of everyone who chooses to work for us and offer a range of flexible working patterns and support. Our aim is to make a fulfilling career at HMRC accessible to you.
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 submitted application (e.g. you’ve ticked the incorrect eligibility box), please contact [email protected] 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 - 293633 & vacancy closing date 05/06/23.
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.
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Nationality requirements
This job is broadly open to the following groups:
- UK nationals
- nationals of Commonwealth countries who have the right to work in the UK
- nationals of the Republic of Ireland
- nationals from the EU, EEA or Switzerland with settled or pre-settled status or who apply for either status by the deadline of the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS) (opens in a new window)
- relevant EU, EEA, Swiss or Turkish nationals working in the Civil Service
- relevant EU, EEA, Swiss or Turkish nationals who have built up the right to work in the Civil Service
- certain family members of the relevant EU, EEA, Swiss or Turkish nationals
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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).
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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 submitted application (e.g. you’ve ticked the incorrect eligibility box), please contact [email protected] 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 - [insert vacancy ref] & vacancy closing date [insert date].
For reasonable adjustments queries or requests, please see details within reasonable adjustments section above.
