Advisory Accountant

Overview

HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) is expanding and looking for 2 accountants to join the Commissioners’ Advisory Accountant (CAA) team. The role supports HMRC’s accountancy advice in litigation and policy matters, and delivers high-quality accountancy services across the department. The team represents HMRC with external professional bodies such as ICAEW, ICAS and ACCA.

• Belfast Regional Centre - Erskine House
• Birmingham Regional Centre - Arena Central
• Bristol Regional Centre - 3 Glass Wharf
• Cardiff Regional Centre - Ty William Morgan
• Croydon - Ruskin Square
• Edinburgh Regional Centre - Queen Elizabeth House
• Glasgow Regional Centre - Atlantic Square
• Leeds Regional Centre - Wellington Place
• Liverpool Regional Centre - Water Street
• Manchester Regional Centre - Three New Bailey
• Newcastle Upon Tyne - Benton Park View
• Nottingham Regional Centre - Unity Square
• Portsmouth - Lynx House
• Stratford Regional Centre - Westfield Avenue

Are you a qualified accountant with strong financial accounting experience from practice or industry? Do you bring commercial knowledge and an understanding of how businesses operate, and how accounting standards apply to sophisticated transactions? Are you interested in hybrid work, flexitime and a genuine work-life balance alongside engaging technical work that impacts Government tax policy decisions?

If so, this role offers exciting work with real impacts on the nation’s finances. We value an inclusive and respectful environment reflecting the diversity of society.

• Provide accounting advice for complex accounting issues: analyse relevant facts, accounting frameworks, and, where appropriate, challenge the customer’s accounting analyses.
• Engage with customers and colleagues to form a view and assess the impact of accounting treatment for tax.
• Support litigation activity, acting as an expert accounting witness, case accountant, or witness of fact; assist others involved in litigation.
• Prepare and review professional reports containing factual and opinion evidence; attend case conferences, meetings and court with professionalism, integrity and independence.
• Develop and provide high-quality training to accountancy and tax professionals; ensure knowledge transfer and follow-up support to delegates.
• Coach and mentor colleagues, fostering capability development and professional growth.
• Share knowledge and best practice, leveraging innovative methods and digital tools to enhance efficiency and consistency.
• Demonstrate leadership and credibility to engage with collaborators including agents, tribunals, colleagues, customers, and senior HMRC officers.

This role requires strong financial accounting post-qualification experience, gained in practice, industry, public sector or private sector, with a range of stakeholders. The following should be demonstrated:

• Experience working on complex technical financial accounting matters, including analysing and interpreting financial records, preparing or reviewing financial statements, and considering appropriate accounting treatment of various transactions.
• A clear understanding of accounting principles and the application of UK GAAP.
• Strong communication skills, including delivering reports or briefings to senior stakeholders; commercial knowledge and understanding of how businesses operate, including accounting systems.

Essential qualifications:
Full and complete qualification from, and continuing membership of, at least one of the following professional accounting bodies: ICAEW, ICAS, CAI, ACCA, CIMA, CIPFA. Part-qualified accountants are not eligible. You will need to show evidence of qualification and membership at interview.

There may be a need to travel across the UK with occasional overnight stays for business purposes.

These sites are not long-term HMRC locations and may require moves to new buildings in the future, subject to location strategy and policies.

• Please provide an example (250 words) of when you considered complex accounting treatments in practice, including industry type, your role, standards applied, and alternatives considered; indicate which role this relates to from your CV.
• A technical accountancy presentation will be provided in advance of your interview.

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