Senior Consolidation Accountant

Finance is at the heart of decision making in the Department for Business & Trade (DBT).

The Financial Accounting, Reporting and Control team lead on the production of DBT's financial accounts, DBT's relationship with the National Audit Office (NAO) and providing advice on compliance with HM Treasury and Cabinet Office controls. The team are critical in embedding high quality financial accounting controls practices and processes in DBT, within and beyond the Finance team.

This is a high-profile role within the Finance directorate, and you will share your financial accounting expertise with stakeholders across the department. For example, through assessing business cases and investment decisions, and working with finance professionals in DBT's partner organisations, to ensure the financial accounting and budgeting implications are clearly understood.

Responsibilities are varied but will include:

• Lead and oversee the production of key statutory financial reports (including whole government accounts - WGA), consolidations, and notes to the accounts, and collating data from across the DBT group.


• Working with peers within the financial control team, supporting and developing team members to help them fulfil their potential.


• Line management of a small team.


• Collaboration with DBT's partner organisations to build relationships and facilitate effective consolidation.


• Engagement with the National Audit Office and Government Internal Audit Agency, ensuring a good working relationship, excellent communications and delivery of on-time and accurate financial and other information.


• Supporting the Head of Financial Reporting as an advisor for technical accounting matters, particularly relating to consolidation and Group matters, and making sure that all known technical accounting issues are dealt with in a timely and planned manner.


• Collaborate closely with HM Treasury colleagues on technical issues and cross Whitehall accountancy issues with the aim of ensuring that all technical aspects of the accounts production process are consistent with HM Treasury guidance and specifically the requirements of the Financial Reporting Manual (FReM).


• Drive improvements to the accounts production process to ensure that the Department's accounts achieve best practice in complying with all current accounting and legal reporting obligations.


• Building strong relationships with relevant functional stakeholders across the Department and wider HMG, to encourage alignment and cooperation, and the most efficient use of public funds, mitigating accounting risks and ensuring good financial control.