Financial Accounting and Reporting | Senior Executive Officer

Summary

Role summary

Financial Accounting and Reporting SEOs are expected to produce the statutory financial accounts or estimates ensuring they meet HMT reporting standards. They will liaise with a range of colleagues and wider stakeholders to obtain and assure the information relevant to the production of these external reporting outputs.

Typical Role Responsibilities

Financial Accounting and Reporting SEOs are expected to produce the statutory financial accounts or estimates ensuring they meet HMT reporting standards. They will liaise with a range of colleagues and wider stakeholders to obtain and assure the information relevant to the production of these external reporting outputs.

Entry Route

May be suitable for staff with the required skills and/or experience from within finance

Typical Qualifications

Recommended:

• Level 4 qualification with AAT, CCAB or CIMA
• Qualified with CCAB, CIMA or equivalent
• Working towards qualification
• Financial experience over an extended period of time

Responsibilities

Tasks

• Leading the preparation, of financial statements, notes and related disclosures for annual report and accounts ensuring these are in line with financial reporting manual (FReM) and IFRS

• Ensuring the completeness of audit packs for Financial Audits

• Supporting the business on accounting issues, ensuring that appropriate government guidance has been consulted

• Updating and maintaining accounting policies, providing training and upskilling where appropriate

• Liaising with NAO to ensure that evidence and robust explanations are provided to support the audit

• Liaising with stakeholders to ensure that accurate Estimates and ambits are provided to HMT

• Supporting senior team members in producing statutory financial accounts and estimates

• Providing analysis and drafting to support the Estimates Memorandum for Parliament, and additional analysis to support responses to PQs and FOIs.

Expectations

Behaviours

For details of Behaviours read the Success Profiles guidance on GOV.UK

• Developing Self and Others

• Making effective decisions

• Delivering at Pace

• Communicating and Influencing

Interpersonal Skills

• Ability to develop collaborative relationships with key stakeholders e.g. NAO, Finance Business Partners

• Good coaching and leadership skills with the ability manage a team, ensuring that staff are being developed and have the tools and support to deliver their objectives

Professional Skills

Key for Levels of Professional Skills

A = Awareness

W = Working

P = Practitioner

E = Expert

Qualifications

Recommended:

• Level 4 qualification with AAT, CCAB or CIMA

• Qualified with CCAB, CIMA or equivalent

• Working towards a qualification

• Financial experience over an extended period of time

• Details of how to gain a finance qualification through an apprenticeship can be found here:

  • Apprenticeships on OneFinance
  • Apprenticeships on Civil Service Learning

Entry and Progression Routes

Entry Routes

Within Finance

This role may be suitable for individuals in the following roles:

• Financial Accounting and Reporting HEO
• Business Partnering HEOs or SEOs with sufficient technical accounting knowledge
• Finance HEOs or SEOs with the required numeracy and technical accountancy skills

From Outside Finance

This role may be suitable for HEOs on promotion and SEOs with the required numeracy skills.

Progression Routes

Staff in this role typically move into other SEO roles in Finance or progress to Financial Accounting and Reporting G7 or wider finance G7 role.