Non-Current Assets Business Partner / Financial Reporting Resource Accounts Accountant

Job summary

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 Finance Directorate is one of the most dynamic and forward-looking places to work. We provide professional finance advice and challenge which ensures that the HO delivers value for money to the taxpayer and protects the Accounting Officers in their responsibilities for regularity, propriety, value for money and feasibility on all spending decisions. We ensure that finance is at the heart of decision making and operate a business partner model to support strategic planning, operational control and by working within challenging budgets through effective financial reporting, management and planning.

Accounting Operations Unit (AOU) sits at the heart of HO finance and the Financial Reporting and Non-Current Assets (NCA) teams are integral parts of it. AOU are responsible for a number of key functions including Corporate Reporting, HMT Reporting, Management Accounting and Financial Reporting and are currently expanding in size and scope. This is an exciting time to join AOU due to the spans of the roles, fast-changing environment and delivering on Ministerial priorities. We are looking for dynamic and innovative people who want to join us on the next stage of their career and who want to work in and be part of one of the most interesting and high-profile Government Departments.

Job description

Non-Current Assets Business Partner

The NCA team is responsible for all aspects of accounting for the HO’s non-current assets, in total with a net book value of around £3.5 billion. The team is responsible for ensuring correct accounting for all stages of the non-current asset lifecycle, including additions (at the purchasing stage), revaluation, depreciation and amortization, reclassification, impairment, and disposal.

We are in the process of establishing a new NCA Centre of Excellence function which is a great opportunity for you to be a part of. The NCA business partner role will work extensively with finance and non-finance stakeholders across the department and will lead and support capital expenditure decision-making and the NCA lifecycle throughout the year.

You will need need to lead some parts and support all processes and activity within your team and liaise with wider stakeholders to develop ways of working that are able to deliver and are sufficiently robust to embed continuous improvements. In particular, you will need to lead on ensuring that the balance on the capital expenditure holding account is reduced and maintained at acceptable levels.

The role supports interim and year-end activity and supplying evidence to auditors so that audits are delivered successfully and on time. Alongside this, the role is also responsible for reviewing and finding resolutions for NAO management letter points.

Financial Reporting Resource Accounts Accountant

Working in the financial reporting team at the Home Office, this role is a key to enabling the Home Office to publish audited financial information in the annual report and accounts. This role is responsible for producing the annual departmental group resource accounts.

You will have good analytical and reporting skills and will be able to work well with others in the immediate team and across the Home Office and wider government finance community to identify and resolve issues.

Responsibilities

Duties include but are not limited to:

Non-Current Assets Business Partner

• Business partner with stakeholders within and outside of finance to maintain and improve accurate and complete records of the department’s non-currents assets.
• Managing the reconciliation between the non-current assets register and the general ledger, including working through adjustments when necessary.
• Forecasting and managing capital and depreciation budgets (and costs) for the department.
• Leading, managing, and developing processes to ensure accurate record keeping, for example: additions, verification exercises, revaluations, impairment reviews, and disposals.
• Developing and supporting policy relating to non-current assets to aid continuous improvement.
• Supporting the interim and year-end NAO audits on non-current assets.
• Managing one non-current assets officer as part of small non-current assets team aiding positive personal and professional development.
• Collaborating with others across the non-current assets function to contribute towards a positive high-performing environment.

Financial Reporting Resource Accounts Accountant

Annual report and accounts

• Delivering monthly and annual resource accounts to a high standard, ensuring internal consistency and a clear audit trail to source data.
• Managing consolidation of arm’s length bodies (ALBs) into the Home Office group accounts.
• Developing and maintaining ALB disclosure packs for collection of data to produce group accounts.
• Reconciling financial accounts to management accounting data, and working with stakeholders to ensure consistent reporting throughout the organisation.
• Supporting in the production of quality disclosure notes which meets requirements set out in the financial reporting manual (FReM) and relevant accounting standards.
• Identifying misstatements, and working with business areas to make correcting adjustments.
• Providing financial reporting advice consistent with the FReM and financial reporting standards.
• Contributing to the Home Office’s whole of government accounts (WGA) return and associated audit.
• Taking lessons learned from current year to improve the process.
• Working with colleagues to ensure a robust process for incorporating the year-end accounts into the annual report and accounts document.

Audit liaison

• Supporting the external audit by the National Audit Office (NAO) ensuring that any resource account issues are promptly dealt with.
• Ensuring that all audit queries relating to the resource accounts are cleared swiftly.
• Supporting the wider audit with liaison on some audit areas, for example invoiced expenditure.

Chart of accounts and balance sheet

• Working with colleagues to ensure balance sheet maintenance work is aligned with the structure of the resource accounts.
• Supporting in ensuring chart of accounts is up to date and reflected in the resource accounts.

Continuous improvement and leadership

• Playing an active role in the successful working of the team, including sharing knowledge on using the accounting system, helping others to understand the accounts production process, and work with colleagues across the finance community to ensure the work of the resource accounts production team is aligned with other relevant business areas.

Working patterns

Due to the business requirements of these roles, they are only available on a full-time basis. However compressed hours are available.

Person specification

Essential criteria

You must be able to demonstrate:

• Experience of working in a finance function dealing with large financial datasets, performing reconciliations, and identifying and resolving inconsistencies.
• Strong analytical and Excel skills.
• Good stakeholder management skills with the ability to successfully foster and manage relationships between own team and others.
• The ability to change the way things are done to drive improvements.
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills which are tailored to the recipient.
• The ability to interpret and apply financial reporting standard and relevant government guidance (CBG, MPM and FReM).

Desirable criteria

• Strong rounded knowledge of IT and accounting packages.
• Experience of providing financial reporting advice consistent with the FReM and financial reporting standards.

Qualifications

CCAB (or equivalent) qualification, or studying towards CCAB (or equivalent) qualification

Behaviours

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

• Working Together
• Communicating and Influencing
• Changing and Improving
• Delivering at Pace

We only ask for evidence of these behaviours on your application form:

• Working Together

Benefits

• Learning and development tailored to your role
• An environment with flexible working options
• A culture encouraging inclusion and diversity
• A Civil Service pension with an employer contribution of 28.97%
• 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.
• New entrants to the Civil Service will be appointed at the pay scale minimum for that grade but an additional £4,000 allowance is applicable to SEO staff with a full CCAB qualification.

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, 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 tests.

1. Online Tests – by 28th January 2026.

If you successfully pass the Numerical and Verbal tests, you will be invited to complete the full application form. Please complete the online tests as soon as possible (within 24-48 hours is recommended). If you fail to complete the online tests or full application before the deadline, your application will be withdrawn.

Guidance for the Civil Service tests will be available when you are invited to take the tests. 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 tests, you will then be asked to complete the full application form.

2. Application – by 28th January 2026.

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).

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 Behaviour), you are encouraged to visit Civil Service Careers website.

3. Sift – week commencing 2nd February 2026.

The sift will be held on the Personal Statement and the Behaviour Working Together.

Should a high volume of applications be received, an initial sift will be conducted on the Personal Statement. Candidates who pass the initial sift will then be progressed to a full sift that will consist of the Behaviour Working Together.

4. Interview – week commencing 23rd February 2026.

If you are successful at sift stage, you will be invited to an interview that will be Behaviour (as listed in the job advert) based questions.

The interview will take place via MS Teams.

For guidance and information on what to expect and how to prepare for an interview, you are encouraged to visit Civil Service Careers.

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.

Further information

Location preferences

You can select up to twolocations 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 locations 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 and role choice. Candidates will be appointed in merit order by location and role choice.

Standards

All Civil Servants are expected to comply with the Civil Service Code, and its core values of integrity, honesty, objectivity and impartiality.

Multiple roles

As part of the recruitment process, you will be given the opportunity to express your role preference. Please bear in mind that any offers will be made in merit order, and we cannot provide an assurance that all successful candidates will be offered their preferred role.

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. The level of Criminal Record Check required for this role is Basic. Further details are included in the Notes to Candidates.

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.

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.

Feedback

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 counter-terrorist 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 : 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 Civil Service recruitment principles and you wish to make a complaint, then contact the Government Recruitment Service via HOrecruitment.grs@cabinetoffice.gov.uk. If you are not satisfied with the response that you receive, then you can contact the Civil Service Commission.

Attachments

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