Advisory Accountant

 

Main characteristics

Location

Manchester, Manchester

Company

HMRC

Salary

£54439 - £67713/annum National - £54,439 - £60,183 London

Employment type

Permanent

Category

Accounting / Financial / Insurance

Job summary

Advisory Accountant
For full details of this position please follow this link:-

Job summary

Are you a qualified accountant with strong financial accounting experience gained and consolidated in either practice or industry?

Will you bring commercial knowledge and an understanding of how businesses operate and how accounting standards apply to complex transactions?

Do you want to be part of a team where flexible working is the norm?

We are currently looking for advisory accountants to join our growing team, supporting HMRCs Customer Compliance group.

We can offer you a range of work that will allow you to utilise your commercial and technical knowledge and breadth of experience to understand and explain a wide range of transactions and issues.

Our team of 150accountants have previously worked in varied roles in practice or industry, including audit and financial accounting positions. We use our technical and commercial knowledge in a range of interesting and exciting work - work that has real impacts on Government tax policy decisions, makes a difference to the nations finances and touches the lives of many in the UK.

We pride ourselves on undertaking CPD and share best practice both within the team and with customers.

We have recently run an additional campaign for Forensic Accountants If you wish to apply for both, you will need to submit applications for each campaign. However, if you are successful at sift then you will need to sit one technical assessment and interview. We will use your outcomes from this for both campaigns.

Job description

As an Advisory Accountant you will act as a visible leader within and outside HMRC, promoting the work of HMRC's Customer Compliance Group.

You will provide accounting advice for complex accountancy issues - analysing relevant customer facts, accounting frameworks and, where appropriate, challenge customers accounting analyses.

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.

You will develop and provide quality accountancy training to accountancy and tax professionals, offering follow-up support to delegates.

Responsibilities:

Use your commercial acumen to support risk activities, including reviewing financial statements and commercial and accounting information.

Work with Customer Compliance tax specialists to understand the impact for tax and forming your own independent view on accountancy mattersPlay a key role in litigation where accountancy is relevant to cases. This could include acting as an independent accountancy expert witness.

Collaborate closely on accountancy issues with internal and external stakeholders.

Coach and mentor colleagues.

Share knowledge and best practice, using innovative methods and digital tools.

Demonstrate expertise, experience, and authority to credibly engage with courts, tribunals, accountants, colleagues, customers, and senior HMRC officers.

Person specification

Strong financial accounting experience gained and consolidated in either practice, industry, public sector or private sector, dealing with a range of stakeholders, and specifically including:

Experience of analysing and interpreting a range of financial records;

Experience of preparing or reviewing financial statements;

Clear understanding of accounting principles and the application of GAAP in the UK;

Experience of considering the appropriate accounting treatment of a variety of specific transactions;

Strong communication skills, including delivery of reports or briefings to senior stakeholders; and

Commercial knowledge and an understanding of how businesses operate including accounting systems.

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

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

Qualifications
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)

Benefits: National - £54,439 - £60,183 London