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Reference number

397318

Salary

£36,320 - £44,614 National £36,320 - £39,234 London £41,289 - £44,614 A Civil Service Pension with an employer contribution of 28.97% GBP

Job grade

Higher Executive Officer

Contract type

Apprenticeship

Business area

HMRC - CFO - Risk, Control and Financial Accounting

Type of role

Finance

Working pattern

Flexible working, Full-time, Job share, Part-time

Number of jobs available

5

Contents

• Location
• About the job
• Benefits
• Things you need to know
• Apply and further information

Location

Croydon, London - 100 Parliament Street, Westminster, London, SW1A 2BQ, Newcastle- Upon- Tyne, Stratford

About the job

Job summary

Discover a career in finance with an apprenticeship at HMRC - YouTube

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 experience of how finance works within HMRC?

Find out more about this fantastic offer at HMRC-Finance Apprenticeships , Civil Service Careers.Please pay particular attention to the FAQ section.

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We will also be running two webinars on the following dates to provide more information about HMRC, the role, why you should apply and application process details.

To register, please click one of the following links:

• Monday 31st March, 11am – https://events.teams.microsoft.com/event/cf096672-7576-4269-a287-4db4b9f7796f@ac52f73c-fd1a-4a9a-8e7a-4a248f3139e1
• Monday 7th April, 12pm - https://events.teams.microsoft.com/event/bda4f836-27cc-4ac3-8ddb-deb8a5578f7e@ac52f73c-fd1a-4a9a-8e7a-4a248f3139e1

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 either a CIMA or CIPFA - Finance Qualification via a Level 7 Apprenticeship.

This 4-year programme offers 4 placements in total. 3 x 1-year placements in core finance roles and then you may spend your final year in a role less focussed on core finance.

Following 2 years on the scheme (at Higher Officer) and subject to meeting the scheme milestones (satisfactory progress with study programme, Line manager endorsement), you can apply for advancement to Senior Officer through an assessment process. If successful, you will be offered a permanent contract for the remainder of the scheme. Placements 3 & 4 will reflect your new grade.

You will do work placements across multiple Finance teams to give you experience of how finance works, alongside studying for your qualification. Your placements will ensure the variety and breadth of experience required to be recognised as a qualified accountant.

Existing Civil Servants currently at a higher grade than HO, will be opting to voluntarily downgrade if successful which would be a permanent change to your terms and conditions.

All applicants should refer to the FAQs to understand terms of the apprenticeship employment contracts.

Please note: Failing to adhere to the programme’s terms and conditions and keeping up with your apprenticeship commitments could jeopardise your place on the scheme.

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.
• You have the ability to build and maintain positive relationships through good interpersonal skills and communication skills.
• You 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.
• You have the ability to work collaboratively with others to successfully achieve tasks and deliver results.

Essential Criteria :

• External Candidates - A Degree minimum 2.1 in any subject
• Existing Civil Servants – A minimum of Level 4 Qualification or equivalent.
• All applicants - GCSE (or equivalent) in Math's & English, Grades 4-9
• All Applicants - Not undertaking another apprenticeship or government funded qualification at the same time.

Plus

• All Applicants must complete and pass an apprenticeship eligibility assessment from our Training Provider at enrolment stage. You will be assessed against Level 7 Apprenticeship Standard. Your appointment will not be confirmed until this has been completed.

Additional Security Information

Please note that if you are appointed to 100 Parliament Street, as a condition of working in this location you will be required to obtain Counter Terrorist Check (CTC) level clearance.

To obtain this level of clearance, you will normally need to meet the minimum UK residency period, which for CTC is 3 years UK residency prior to your vetting application.

You may not be able to start in the location until clearance is granted.

If you have any questions about this residency requirement, please speak to the vacancy holder for this post.

Qualifications

External Candidates - A Degree minimum 2.1 in any subject ,
Existing Civil Servants – A minimum of Level 4 Qualification or equivalent.
All applicants - GCSE (or equivalent) in Maths & English, Grades 4-9
All Applicants - Not undertaking another apprenticeship or government funded qualification at the same time.

Behaviours

We'll assess you against these behaviours during the selection process:

• Communicating and Influencing
• Making Effective Decisions
• Working Together

Benefits

Alongside your salary of £36,320, HM Revenue and Customs contributes £10,521 towards you being a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme. Find out what benefits a Civil Service Pension provides.

HMRC operates both Flexible and Hybrid Working policies, allowing you to balance your work and personal commitments. We welcome applications from those who need to work a more flexible arrangement and will agree to requests where possible, considering our operational and customer service needs.

We offer a generous leave allowance, starting at 25 days and increasing by a day for every year of qualifying service up to a maximum of 30 days.

• Pension - We make contributions to our colleagues’ Alpha pension equal to at least 28.97% of their salary.
• Family friendly policies.
• Personal support.
• Coaching and development.

To find out more about HMRC benefits and find out what it’s really like to work for HMRC hear from our insiders or visit Thinking of joining the Civil Service

Things you need to know

Selection process details

This vacancy is using Success Profiles , and will assess your Behaviours, Strengths and Experience.

This vacancy is using Success Profiles , and will assess your Behaviours, Strengths and Experience.
There are five stages:

Stage 1: Application form

Applications for the programme close 12:00pm on 7th April 2025.

You will be asked to complete:

Part 1 - A basic application form, detailing your personal details.

Part 2 - CV Details of your qualifications and job history, this is for information only and will not be scored.

Part 3 - Personal Statement of no more than 500 words to cover the following:
• Provide evidence of how you meet the person specification for this role.

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.

We acknowledge that AI can assist you in your application. Find our guidelines here.

Stage 2: Online tests

If you pass the eligibility criteria sift, you will be invited to complete the Civil Service Numerical Online Test.

You will receive an invitation, after the advert closing date, to sit the online test. The test window will open 22nd April 2025 and deadline for completing the test is 11:00am 24th April 2025.

After the test deadline, applications will be put on hold, and we will review scores from the numerical tests. If you meet the minimum standard for 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 3: 2nd Stage of Online Tests

If you are successful in Stage 2, you will be invited to complete 2 more online tests, the Civil Service Verbal and Judgement Tests.

Test window will open 30th April 2025 and a deadline to complete tests by 11:00am 2nd May 2025.

Once you have completed the tests, 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: Pre-Recorded Interview

If you have been successful in stages 1, 2 and 3 you will be invited to a pre-recorded video interview, where you will be assessed on strength based questions. Further details will be provided with your invitation.

Pre-Recorded Interviews will open on the 16th May 2025 with interviews needing to be completed by 11:00am 23rd May 2025.

Stage 5: Virtual Assessment Centre

If you have been successful at the pre-recorded interview stage, you will be invited to attend a virtual online assessment centre. This will consist of a group exercise, written exercise and a live interview.

The interview will assess both Behaviours and Strengths. Full details will be provided prior to the assessment centre.

We expect the virtual online assessment centre to be held between
30th June 2025 and 11th July 2025.

Please note that dates above are subject to change, further details will be provided to successful candidates at each stage.

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.

Eligibility

Please take extra care to tick the correct boxes in the eligibility sections of your application form. We understand mistakes sometimes happen but if you contact us later than two working days (Monday-Friday) before the vacancy closes, we will not be able to reopen your application for you. If you do make a mistake with your eligibility form, please contact us via: unitybusinessservicesrecruitmentresults@hmrc.gov.uk – Use the subject line to insert appropriate wording for example – ‘Please re-open my application – [insert vacancy ref] & vacancy closing date [insert date]’.

To check that you are eligible to apply for this role, please review the eligibility information before submitting your application.

Reserve List

A reserve list may be held for up to 6 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.

Criminal Record Check

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.

Merit List

After interview, merit lists will be created for each location advertised within the vacancy. If you are successful at interview, you will be placed on the merit list for any locations you have expressed an interest for. Appointments from each merit list will be made in strict merit order.

Reasonable Adjustments

We want to make sure no one is put at a disadvantage during our recruitment process. To assist you with this, we will reduce or remove any barriers where possible and provide additional support where appropriate.

If you need a change to be made so that you can make your application, you should:

• Contact the UBS Recruitment Team via unitybusinessservicesrecruitmentresults@hmrc.gov.uk as soon as possible before the closing date to discuss your needs.

Complete the “Assistance required” section in the “Additional requirements” page of your application form to tell us what changes or help you might need further on in the recruitment process. For instance, you may need wheelchair access at interview, or if you’re deaf, a Language Service Professional.

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. Please consider the advertised office locations for this role when applying and only select locations from the ‘location preferences’ section that you can travel to.

Who can start an apprenticeship?

To start an apprenticeship, you’ll need to be:

• 16 or over
• living in England
• not in full-time education

You can apply for an apprenticeship while you’re still at school but you’ll need to be 16 or over by the end of the summer holidays to start the apprenticeship.

Please note if successful you must be 16 or over to undergo the relevant security checks.

Terms and Conditions

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.

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.

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.

Recording of interviews is prohibited unless explicit agreement is sought in line with the UK General Data Protection Regulations.

Questions relating to an individual application must be emailed as detailed later in this advert.

Applicants who are successful at interview will be, as part of pre-employment screening, subject to a check on the Internal Fraud Database (IFD). This check will provide information about employees who have been dismissed for fraud or dishonesty offences. This check also applies to employees who resign or otherwise leave before being dismissed for fraud or dishonesty had their employment continued. Any applicant’s details held on the IFD will be refused employment.

A candidate is not eligible to apply for a role within the Civil Service if the application is made within a 5 year period following a dismissal for carrying out internal fraud against government.

New entrants will join on the minimum of the pay band.

Please note that, if you are applying for roles on a part-time basis, the salary agreed will be pro-rata, reflective of the working hours agreed within your contract.

If you experience accessibility problems with any attachments on this advert, please contact the email address in the 'Contact point for applicants' section.

Feedback will only be provided if you attend an interview or assessment.

Security

Successful candidates must undergo a criminal record check. People working with government assets must complete baseline personnel security standard (opens in new window) checks.

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)
• 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

Further information on nationality requirements

Working for the Civil Service

The Civil Service Code sets out the standards of behaviour expected of civil servants.

We recruit by merit on the basis of fair and open competition, as outlined in the Civil Service Commission's recruitment principles . The Civil Service embraces diversity and promotes equal opportunities. As such, we run 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.

Diversity and Inclusion

The Civil Service is committed to attract, retain and invest in talent wherever it is found. To learn more please see the Civil Service People Plan and the Civil Service Diversity and Inclusion Strategy .

Apply and further information

This vacancy is part of the Great Place to Work for Veterans initiative. Once this job has closed, the job advert will no longer be available. You may want to save a copy for your records.

Contact point for applicants

Job contact :

• Name : Syeda Shams
• Email : team.financeprofession@hmrc.gov.uk

Recruitment team

• Email : unitybusinessservicesrecruitmentresults@hmrc.gov.uk

Further information

Appointment to the Civil Service is governed by the Civil Service Commission’s Recruitment Principles. You have the right to complain if you feel there has been a breach of the Recruitment Principles.
In the first instance, you should raise the matter directly via ubsrecruitmentcomplaints@hmrc.gov.uk. If you are not satisfied with the response, you may bring your complaint to the Commission. For further information on bringing a complaint to the Civil Service Commission please visit their website.