Financial Accountant
Birmingham, West Midlands (with hybrid working)

We are currently looking for a Financial Accountant to join our team in Birmingham where you will be responsible for the day-to-day financial accounting for both Gambling Regulation and the National Lottery.

The Benefits

- Salary of up to £45,950 per annum, depending on skills and experience
- Civil service pension, with an employer contribution rate of 27%
- Flexible working
- Hybrid working, specific guidelines are to be agreed with line manager
- 26 days’ holiday and option to buy up to five days extra annual leave

Joining us means joining an organisation that is certified as a Great Place to work, respects work-life balance, is inclusive, and completely dedicated to helping you achieve your full potential. Whether that’s through flexible working, really understanding how you work best or exposing you to real opportunities to challenge yourself, if you’re passionate about making your mark on the industry and on society, then we will help you do that.

Your Role

As the Financial Accountant, you will be supporting the Financial Controller in preparing final accounts at 9 and 12 months for the external audit and supporting their requests and queries throughout the external audit process.

Your role will also involve:

- Supporting the Financial Controller in the treasury management of the Gambling Commission in accordance with managing public money.
- Line managing two Assistant Financial Accountants.
- Responsible for the integrity of all financial systems and maintaining timely delegated authority structures within.
- Ownership of the balance sheet, ensuring timely and regular reviews are conducted with the Financial Controller.
- Ensuring all internal and external returns (including HMRC and Digital, Culture, Media & Sport (DCMS)) are completed, reviewed and returned on time.
- Deputise for the Financial Controller when required.

About You

To be considered as our Financial Accountant, you will need:

- Qualified accountant or QBE with significant experience.
- Team management experience.
- Good internal and external stakeholder management skills.
- Good understanding of accounting principles including the application of notes and disclosures in year-end accounts.
- Ability to meeting tight deadlines and work under pressure. This will involve managing your own workload and managing the team’s activities to ensure there is capacity to meet the needs of the business.

Knowledge of public sector accounting such as Managing Public Money and FReM would be desirable.

About Us

Set up under the Gambling Act 2005, the Gambling Commission is committed to safeguarding the public against any detrimental impact brought about by gambling. We do this by keeping crime out, protecting children and vulnerable people and ensuring the commercial gambling industry is run fairly and openly. We work with the legal system, the public health system, community groups and the industry itself to understand how we can protect the interests of as many people as possible, as effectively as possible.

The closing date for this role is 9 April 2023.

Please note: we will be speaking to and interviewing candidates throughout the advertised period; to avoid disappointment, we advise you to submit your application as soon as possible as we reserve the right to close posts at any time.

As the regulator of the National Lottery, there are some roles within the Commission that are prohibited from playing the National Lottery. This does not affect your family playing. We will let you know at interview if the role you have applied for is on the Prohibited List.

Other organisations may call this role Accountant, Chartered Accountant, Management Accountant, ACA Accountant, or ACCA Accountant.

Webrecruit and the Gambling Commission are equal opportunities employers, value diversity and are strongly committed to providing equal employment opportunities for all employees and all applicants for employment. Equal opportunities are the only acceptable way to conduct business and we believe that the more inclusive our environments are, the better our work will be.

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