Senior Financial Accountant

Location

Swindon, Wiltshire – Hybrid working available, minimum 2 days a week in the office.

UKRI

Salary: £46,743 per annum.

Band: UKRI Band

E.

Contract Type:
Open Ended.

Hours:

Full-time.

Closing Date:
Sunday 15th March 2026.

Working closely with the other Senior Financial Accountants, Financial Control Managers and Financial controller, the role will be responsible for ensuring accurate financial reporting, completion of external audits and liaising with National Audit Office (NAO), Government Internal Audit (GIA) and Department for Science, Innovation and Technology (DSIT) colleagues.

Working closely with the other Senior Financial Accountants, Financial Control Managers and Financial controller, the role will be responsible for ensuring accurate financial reporting, completion of external audits and liaising with National Audit office (NAO), Government Internal Audit (GIA) and Department for Science, Innovation and Technology (DSIT) colleagues.

• Effective and active contributor to the team, where appropriate makes proactive suggestions to improve ways of working and coordinates with other teams within UKRI.
• Build & maintain good working relationships with colleagues & partners and provide input where needed to assist in the resolution of queries, & to share findings.
• Deal effectively with challenging situations and consults at a higher level when necessary.
• Adaptable and flexible approach to work; able to effectively multi‑task.

• Production of monthly, interim, and year‑end financial accounts for 1 UKRI entity including reporting onto DSIT accounts portal.
• Working in partnership with the UKRI entities Finance Business Partners (FBP) to ensure accurate management, financial accounts and reconciliations.
• Support on the preparation of UKRI consolidated TB and detailed TB for interim and final accounts to support UKRI accounts consolidation.
• National Audit Office (NAO) liaison and provision of audit data sets.
• Providing training and advice to colleagues producing Counter party and Whole of Government Accounts (WGA) datasets.
• Liaise with the Government Internal Audit Agency (GIAA), to ensure that evidence and robust explanations are provided to describe current controls and support the development of additional controls; implement audit recommendations and agreed management actions.
• We are implementing a cloud‑based ERP system. This role will be integral to implementing continuous improvement across financial control.

This job description is intended to provide a broad outline of the main duties and responsibilities only. The successful candidate will need to be flexible in developing the role in conjunction with their line manager. They may be asked to carry out any other delegated duty or task that is in line with the post.

The below criteria will be scored during Shortlisting (S), Interview (I) or both (S&I).

• CCAB qualified (desirable) or qualified by experience. (S)
• Previous experience working in a finance environment and dealing with tight deadlines, preparing financial accounts including notes to accounts from trial balance. (S/I)
• Experience of external audits, providing audit data and liaison with auditors. (S/I)
• Ability to prioritise work and meet tight timescales and adapt to regularly changing priorities. (S/I)
• Good understanding of financial accounts preparation and accounting principles. (S/I)
• Good written and verbal communication skills and the ability to communicate effectively with both internal and external customers. (S/I)
• Able to establish effective working relationships with colleagues and stakeholders. (S/I)
• Able to resolve problems independently whilst knowing when to consult or take advice. (S/I)
• Knowledge of Oracle/Fusion and Workday. (S)