Cashier

Job summary

We are looking for a Financial Cashier to join our Finance team at the UK Hydrographic Office (UKHO).

You will manage cash flow and treasury operations for UKHO and IC‑ENC, ensuring funds are available to meet business needs while investing surplus balances effectively. This includes overseeing all payments across BACS, CHAPS, foreign currency platforms and SAP, as well as completing weekly bank reconciliations and maintaining strong financial controls.

You will also act as the organisation’s VAT lead—providing guidance, ensuring compliance, maximising VAT recovery and submitting statutory returns. As the main contact for auditors and external partners such as Lloyds Bank and HMRC, you’ll support audit queries and help the organisation stay compliant and financially well‑governed.

Hybrid working

This job role can be worked on a hybrid basis, which is an informal, non-contractual and voluntary arrangement, working between the office in Taunton and remotely within the UK. However, as this is a leadership role, it is expected that the successful candidate will attend our offices at least 40% of their working time.

Job description

• Managing the short and medium-term cash flows for both the UKHO and IC-ENC, including identification of cash requirements to meet business needs and investment of surplus funds.
• Processing of all BACS payments, including payroll, through the internal finance system (SAP) and Lloyds Bank. Processing of all foreign currency payments and investments through both systems. Processing of miscellaneous payments via CHAPs.
• Responsibility for monitoring all aspects of financial control procedures.
• Performing weekly bank reconciliations.
• Focal UKHO point for VAT expert advice and guidance. Ensuring UKHO and IC-ENC compliance with VAT regulations and maximising opportunities for VAT recovery and submission of the statutory VAT returns.
• Awareness of existing and emerging payment engines (PayPal, Stripe, etc) and how they affect cash management.
• Main point of contact for all treasury and VAT queries from internal and external auditors.

Person specification

• You must have previous experience of financial accounting and cash management and VAT rules and reporting.
• Be able to demonstrate experience in application of sound financial control procedures and the ability to perform detailed financial reconciliations. You should be organised and accurate in your work.
• Be able to make effective decisions independently and work on your own.

Behaviours

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

• Managing a Quality Service
• Making Effective Decisions

Benefits

Alongside your salary of £31,952, UK Hydrographic Office contributes £9,256 towards you being a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme. Find out what benefits a Civil Service Pension provides.

At the UK Hydrographic Office, it's very important to us that our people feel valued.

We offer a huge range of benefits such as training and development, well-being support, flexible/ homeworking, a fantastic state of the art building, high spec equipment, and so much more.

See our attached Candidate Information Pack for more details.

Things you need to know

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 (opens in a new window) for more information on appropriate and inappropriate use.

Selection process details

This vacancy is using Success Profiles (opens in a new window), and will assess your Behaviours and Experience.

Please click "Apply now" where you will be asked to attach your anonymised CV and write a 500 word supporting statement on the below criteria.

Timeline:

• Advert Closes for applications: 10th June 2026
• Shortlisting: week commencing 15th June 2026
• Interviews: week commencing 6th July 2026

We will try to meet the dates set out in the advert. There may be occasions when these dates change. You will be provided with sufficient notice of the confirmed dates.

Sift/Shortlist Criteria:

All applications are processed anonymously. You will be asked to write a 500 word supporting statement which covers the criteria below:

Experience:

• Accounting/ cash management experience (lead criteria)
• Detailed knowledge and understanding of VAT rules and regulations.
• Experience in application of sound financial control procedures and the ability to perform detailed financial reconciliations.
• ERP and banking software experience

Interview Criteria:

You will be interviewed against the following criteria:

Experience:

• Accounting/ cash management experience (lead criteria)
• Experience in application of sound financial control procedures and the ability to perform detailed financial reconciliations.

Technical:

• ERP and banking software experience
• Detailed knowledge and understanding of VAT rules and regulations.

Civil Service Behaviours (EO level):

• Managing a Quality Service
• Making Effective Decisions

See here for further information: Success Profiles: Civil Service behaviours - GOV.UK

Interview Process:

• Single Stage face-to-face Interview at our Headquarters in Taunton, Somerset.
• You will be contacted to book a suitable slot if you are shortlisted.
• Interview will be with a panel of no more than 3 people and will last approx. 45 mins

Onboarding Checks:

In the event you are offered a role with us, you will be required to go through Basic Personnel Security Standard (BPSS) checks which will include Employment and Right to Work Checks. You will also need to apply for SC (Security Clearance), but you may be able to start your role before gaining this. Please see our attached Candidate Pack for further details and Terms.

Please note, we are unable to offer visa sponsorship.

Residency Requirements:

SC – non reserved
This is a Ministry of Defence non-reserved post and although open to UK, British Commonwealth and European Economic Area nationals, successful applicants will require a security clearance (SC) and therefore need to have resided in the UK for a minimum of 12 consecutive months within the last 5 years.

Eligibility

Due to the secure nature of our work, there may be eligibility restrictions if you hold dual nationality or are not a British Citizen. We will consider each application on a case-by-case basis. We will ask you in our application form to confirm your place of birth and details of any dual or previous nationalities.

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

Security

Successful candidates must undergo a criminal record check.Successful candidates must meet the security requirements before they can be appointed. The level of security needed is security check (opens in a new window).

See our vetting charter (opens in a new window).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) (opens in a new window)
• 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 (opens in a new window)

Working for the Civil Service

The Civil Service Code (opens in a new window) 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 (opens in a new window).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 theCivil Service People Plan (opens in a new window) and the Civil Service Diversity and Inclusion Strategy (opens in a new window).

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Contact point for applicants

Job contact :

• Name : recruitment.queries@ukho.gov.uk
• Email : recruitment.queries@ukho.gov.uk

Recruitment team

• Email : recruitment.queries@ukho.gov.uk

Further information

Further Information

The Department’s recruitment processes are underpinned by the requirement of selection for appointment based on merit, open and fair competition as outlined in the Civil Service Commissioners’ Recruitment Principles, details of which can be found at http://civilservicecommission.independent.gov.uk If you feel your application has not been treated in accordance with the Recruitment principles and you wish to make a complaint, you should in the first instance contact recruitment.queries@ukho.gov.uk If you are not satisfied with the response you receive, you can further contact the Civil Service Commission at: civilservicecommission.independent.gov.uk or view more details at http://civilservicecommission.independent.gov.uk

Attachments

Additional Pay Information Opens in new window (pdf, 163kB)UKHO Candidate Information Pack Opens in new window (pdf, 5713kB)