Employer: Home Office
Position: Management Accounts Officer
Salary: £30,000 – £35,700
Job Type: Full-time, Part-time, Available
Work location: Croydon, Liverpool, Manchester, Sheffield, Westminster
FULL JOB DESCRIPTION
Reference number
420232
Salary
£30,000 – £35,700
National pay locations: Liverpool, Manchester, Sheffield, £30,000 – £31,500
London pay locations: Croydon, Westminster, £34,000 – £35,700
About the job
The Home Office works to build a safe, fair and prosperous UK. We achieve this through our work on counter-terrorism, policing, crime, drugs policy, immigration and passports.
The Chief Operating Officer Group works closely with the Home Office’s policy and operational commands to enable us together to deliver the department’s priorities. The group is comprised of different teams and professional functions, including Commercial, Finance, People, Portfolio and Project Delivery, Security, Estates and Information and Digital, Data and Technology.
The Management Accounts Officer is a key position within the Management Accounting Unit (MAU) and requires the post holder to support the HEO in monthly financial reporting activities.
The post holder will also support the SEO / HEO in providing robust analysis for use by the Finance Business Partner, when delivering professional, timely advice and challenge to specific business areas.
The Management Accounting Unit (MAU) is a key aspect of finance in the Home Office. MAU are responsible for gathering, analysing and reporting all financial information for Operational areas to make informed decisions. MAU ensure the accuracy of the in-month accounting treatment, budget reporting, ensuring all variances are interrogated, assisting the Finance Business Partners and Operational business areas ensuring forecasts reflect true position.
As a Management Accounts Officer you will be required to undertake critical analysis of financial transactions through interrogating financial information, support with the creation of management board reports for Operational areas and support with the monthly forecasting and annual budget setting during the financial year.
Main Responsibilities
Forecasting
- Deliver forecasting of material expenditure items; based on proportionate and insightful analysis of the business Meet monthly milestones, taking responsibility for delivery of forecasts.
- Assisting with the consolidation of the overall forecast, providing a narrative explanation of material changes and summary level supporting volumes.
- Improve the quality of the forecasts in terms of accuracy and volatility.
- Adopt standardised systems and processes to ensure a consistent approach is taken, processes are well documented and shared.
Month End Reporting and Integrity
- Assist in the production and distribution of generic dashboard reports to required timescales.
- Take responsibility for material journal adjustments and accruals; ensure all adjustments are signed off and posted within the required timescales.
- Complete daily and monthly reconciliations of cash received to source data.
Budget Management
- Populate planning templates with trend data to inform the annual budget planning.
- Collate and upload individual budgets to agreed timetables and in compliance with standardised processes.
Analytical Services
- Responding to ad hoc commissions from FBPs, PQ / FOI data; spend by supplier or data trends across years.
- Calculate savings, where this is not supported by embedded resource.
- Supporting structural change e.g. hierarchy changes/revised budget delegations.
- The post holder may be required to undertake additional responsibilities as expected in relation to the role and grade.
Working Pattern
This role is available on a full-time basis with the option of compressed hours working. This role is also suitable for part-time working hours.
Person specification
Essential Criteria
- Experience of using Microsoft Excel to an intermediate level.
- Ability to work collaboratively, developing successful relationships between own team and other areas. Experience of using a variety of communication styles.
- Adopting and promoting an organisational culture that is positive about change.
- Experience of working independently to tight deadlines.
Desirable Criteria
- CCAB qualified, or equivalent, or part qualified accountant or qualified by experience.
- Good knowledge of public sector finance processes and procedures.
- Behaviours
- We’ll assess you against these behaviours during the selection process:
- Working Together
- Delivering at Pace
- Making Effective Decisions
- Managing a Quality Service
- We only ask for evidence of these behaviours on your application form:
- Working Together
Benefits
- In addition to your salary, a career with the Home Office offers a range of benefits, including:
- A Civil Service pension with an employer contribution of 28.97%.
- In-year reward scheme for one-off or sustained exceptional personal or team achievements.
- 25 days annual leave on appointment, rising with service to 30 days.
- Eight days of public holidays, plus one additional privilege day.
- Where business needs allow, some roles may be suitable for a combination of office and home-based working. This is a non-contractual arrangement where all employees will be expected to spend a minimum of 60% of their working time in an office.
- See more of our benefits on our careers website.
- Things you need to know
- Selection process details
- This vacancy is using Success Profiles , and will assess your Behaviours, Ability and Experience.
- This gives us the best possible chance of finding the right person for the job, drives up performance and improves diversity and inclusivity.
- We will endeavour to conduct the selection process in line with the dates indicated below, but cannot guarantee that these will not, where necessary, be revised.
- As part of the application process, you will first be asked to confirm your eligibility by providing some basic personal information.
After submission of this first stage, you will be invited to complete the followingCivil Service Numerical and Verbal test(s).
Online Test – by 27th August 2025
If you successfully pass the Numerical and Verbal test(s), you will be invited to complete the full application form. Please complete the online test(s) as soon as possible (within 24-48 hours is recommended). If you fail to complete the online test(s) or full application before the deadline, your application will be withdrawn.
Guidance for the Civil Service test(s) will be available when you are invited to take the test(s). The online tests are accessed via the Civil Service Jobs website.
You cannot complete the tests on a mobile phone or tablet.
Following successful completion of your test/s, you will then be asked to complete the full application form.
2. Application – by 27th August 2025
As part of the application process, you will be asked to complete:
Personal Statement (maximum 1000 words).
Evidence of the Behaviour Working Together (maximum of 250 words per Behaviour).
The Personal Statement should be aligned to and demonstrate how you meet the skills and experience set out in the essential criteria, detailed in the job description.
For guidance and information on how to construct your application (Personal Statement and Behaviours), you are encouraged to visit Civil Service Careers website.
3. Sift – week commencing 1st September 2025
The sift will be held on the Personal Statement and Behaviour Working Together.
Should a high volume of applications be received, the sift will be conducted only on the Personal Statement.
4. Interview – week commencing 22nd September 2025
If you are successful at sift stage, you will be invited to an interview that will be Behaviours (as listed in the job advert) based questions.
The interview will take place via video, using Microsoft Teams.
For guidance and information on what to expect and how to prepare for an interview, you are encouraged to visit Civil Service Careers.
Artificial Intelligence
Artificial Intelligence can be a useful tool to support your application; however, all examples and statements provided must be truthful, factually accurate and taken directly from your own experience. Where plagiarism has been identified (presenting the ideas and experiences of others, or generated by artificial intelligence, as your own) applications may be withdrawn and internal candidates may be subject to disciplinary action. Please see our candidate guidance for more information on appropriate and inappropriate use.
Problems during the application process
If you experience problems accessing this advert, or you think you’ve made a mistake on an initial application, please contact hocandidates.grs@cabinetoffice.gov.uk, including the vacancy reference, at least two working days before the vacancy closes. Further information can be found on our website.
Do not create or attempt to submit another application, online test or use a different Civil Service Jobs account to proceed as this would be in violation of the candidate declaration.
Location Preference
You can select up to threelocations in order of preference. Please ensure that these are locations you are prepared to travel to. If you are offered a role at one of your preferred location(s) and you decline, your application will be withdrawn.
Reserve List
A reserve list may be held for a period of up to 12 months from which further appointments may be made. There is no guarantee that being held on a reserve list will lead to a job offer. Further information can be found on our website.
Reserve lists will be held for each location. Candidates will be appointed in merit order by location.
Standards
All Civil Servants are expected to comply with the Civil Service Code, and its core values of integrity, honesty, objectivity and impartiality.
Additional Security Checks
As well as successfully obtaining UK Security Vetting clearance, candidates will be subject to a range of additional checks. The range of checks carried out will depend on whether you are a current Home Office employee, existing civil servant or an external new entrant as well as the role requirements. Further details are included in the Notes to Candidates.
Further information
If you are invited to an interview, you will be required to bring documentation for the purposes of establishing your identity.
You will need to meet the nationality requirements for this role and obtain the necessary security clearance to take it up.
For meaningful security checks to be carried out, individuals need to have lived in the UK for a sufficient period of time. Learn more on our website. Security Checks – Home Office Careers
In order to process applications without delay, we will be sending a Criminal Record Check to Disclosure and Barring Service on your behalf. However, we recognise in exceptional circumstances some candidates will want to send their completed forms direct.
If you will be doing this, please advise Government Recruitment Service of your intention by emailing Pre-EmploymentChecks.grs@cabinetoffice.gov.uk stating the job reference number in the subject heading.
For further information on National Security Vetting please visit the Demystifying Vetting website.
Please be aware the levels of national security clearance are changing which may impact on the level needed for this role by the time of appointment. All efforts will be made to keep candidates informed of any changes and what that will mean in terms of vetting criteria. For more information please See our vetting charter
Visa sponsorship
We do not sponsor individuals via Skilled Worker Sponsorship / Tier 2 (General) work visas.
Reasonable Adjustments
If a person with disabilities is at a substantial disadvantage compared to a non-disabled person, we have a duty to make reasonable changes to our processes.
If you need a change to be made so that you can make your application, you should:
Contact Government Recruitment Service via HOrecruitment.grs@cabinetoffice.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
If you are experiencing accessibility problems with any attachments on this advert, please contact the email address in the ‘Contact point for applicants’ section.
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Contact point for applicants
Job contact :
Name : Home Office Resourcing Centre
Email : HORCCampaignTeamCorporateEnablers@homeoffice.gov.uk
Recruitment team
Email : HOrecruitment.grs@cabinetoffice.gov.uk
Further information
If you feel that your application has not been treated in accordance with the recruitment
principles, and wish to make a complaint, then you should contact in the first instance
HORecruitment.GRS@cabinetoffice.gov.uk. If you are not satisfied with the response that you receive, then you can contact the Civil Service Commission
Application Process
If you’re interested in this role, check out more information on the Official website and apply now!