Senior Financial Accountant 4 views

Salary up to £44,618 plus a £2,000 South East Allowance per annum and generous benefits package
Based at Culham, Oxfordshire (hybrid working)
Permanent, Full Time (37.5 hours per week)

The Civil Nuclear Constabulary (CNC) is an armed police service that’s dedicated to the nuclear industry. Our vision is to be recognised as a provider of a world-class service for the protection of nuclear material and facilities. Given the critical nature of our work, it’s vital that we recruit skilled and committed professionals to join our high-performing team. As Senior Financial Accountant, you’ll join us in a role where you can provide a high-quality service to the CNC. 

Working as part of the Finance team, we are looking for a Senior Financial Account to provide high-quality technical Accounts and financial information. You’ll support and lead the delivery of all financial aspects of our Annual Report and Accounts process to ensure accurate, effective, and timely delivery whilst leading on all monthly control activities. You will ensure that revenue expenditure is accurately recorded in the Financial Ledger, ensuring a robust reconciliation process. Development and growth are a key part of what makes our Finance team special – you will lead on the support, training, and mentoring of our Finance Apprentice, supporting them through their studies.

Looking to the Central Government Financial Regime, IFRS and UK GAAP, you’ll review to understand, interpret, and analyse the impacts for us and ensure that we comply with HM Treasury Guidance. You’ll need to have a good knowledge of Managing Public Money, to support capital and reporting capital income and expenditure processes. You’ll also hold responsibility for completing returns to the Inland Revenue, so a solid understanding of taxation regulations is key.

We’re looking for someone to join us who is Fully, or Part Qualified and actively studying towards a professional qualification, with a recognised Accountancy body (ICAEW, ACCA, CIMA, CIPFA) with experience in an accountancy environment, ideally with some public sector experience. You’ll be confident with matters relating to all technical finance accounts, including working experience within a Financial Accounts/Technical Finance team. It would be advantageous if you had knowledge of the Central Government Financial Regime (FReM, Managing Public Money etc.) and international reporting standards. You will need to be able to interpret and analyse highly complex financial and statistical data and reporting. Commercially sharp and good with people, you’ll be comfortable presenting and communicating, both internally and externally.

As police staff the public expect us to display the highest standards, values and professional qualities at all times. The CNC values and Code of Ethics applies to all police staff and sets out the principles and standards of behaviour we expect to see, and you are responsible for displaying and delivering these to the highest standards.

Benefits of working for the CNC

• 27.5 days annual leave (rising with service) plus Bank Holidays
• Additional 30 minutes time worked during the week (totalling 37.5 hours per week) to accrue additional 3 days leave, which can be used for period between Christmas and New Year
• Generous pension scheme (20.7% employer contribution). The employer contribution for this grade is up to £9,235 per year, and employee contribution of up to £3,658 – providing you with a total annual pension contribution of up to £12,893.
• Flexi-time working scheme
• Bonus scheme – dependent on organisational and personal performance, up to a maximum of 7% of salary
• Subsidised Costa Coffee on site at HQ
• Free parking on site
• Free gym on site
• Officers and staff also can join the national Blue Light Card scheme which offers discounts on a variety of products and services to those working in the emergency services, NHS and Armed Forces
• Enhanced family friendly and wellbeing policies
• Cycle to Work scheme

When applying please evidence your skills, knowledge, and suitability against the relevant section of the job description (Knowledge, Skills & Experience). This should be in the form of examples where you have delivered the required criteria, detailed within a cover letter.

Equality, Diversity and Inclusion are central to the values of our organisation. At CNC we value and embrace the unique experiences, identities and abilities that each of us bring to our roles. We strive to empower everyone to bring their authentic self openly and safely to work.

Through the dedicated commitment of our affinity networks, ED&I team and wider HR departments, we are on a journey to embed our ED&I commitments, ensuring the CNC is an employer of choice; where everyone feels included.

We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. Please contact the Police Staff Recruitment Team to request accommodation.

Please review the video links below which will give you an overview of the vetting process that you will be required to go through if you are successful in your application to join the CNC:

Vetting: An Overview – https://youtu.be/lRit8RA7Zpo

Vetting and Finances – https://youtu.be/JmZP7r-9MEE

Vetting and Life Experiences – https://youtu.be/jVPHvgpB8nc