AMS PSR

On behalf of HSE, we are looking for a Senior Financial Accountant (Insid IR35/PAYE) for a 5 Month contract based In Bootle 2-3 days a week

At the Health and Safety Executive, we believe everyone has the right to come home safe and well from their job. Our mission is to prevent work-related death, injury, and ill health.

Our roots stretch back to 1833. The modern HSE is an independent regulator with a wide reach across many employment sectors. Using world leading science, we have helped protect millions of people from devasting injury and suffering through our diverse regulatory activities.

We concentrate effort on the most serious risks, targeting industries with the greatest hazards, and sectors with the worst risk management record. We hold people to account where we have to, and we are firm but fair when using our legal powers. We also provide support to businesses through free guidance and advice tailored to business needs. By giving them the confidence to manage risks sensibly, we boost productivity, support the economy, and contribute to a fairer society. We work hard to help maintain an effective regulatory framework, playing our part in providing proportionate and accountable legal requirements.

The world of work is always changing. We use science to understand these changes. And that understanding helps us all prepare for the workplaces of tomorrow... so Great Britain continues to be one of the safest and best places to work and do business.

Reporting to HSE’s Assistant Director of Finance this role is to assist

with the production of our Annual Report & Accounts as well as a Finance

improvement initiative.

This will be an important part of the preparations for our annual audit (by National Audit Office), also helping to ensure that our processes are as efficient as possible and that some of our key financial models are straightforward to maintain

As a Senior Financial Accountant, your main responsibilities will be:

• Project manage the production of the Annual Report and Accounts. This will involve liaison with all contributors, including those responsible for each section (i.e. Performance; Accountability; Remuneration; Governance Report; and Financial Statements
• Support the preparation of the annual audit, by quality assuring the most significant transactions and balances.
• Review technical accounting areas which we have identified as requiring improvement.
• Working with colleagues outside of the central Finance team, reviewing models and data sources and putting in place sustainable improvements:
• Expected Credit loss model (liaising with the Cost Recovery team on the information available to improve reporting for March 2026
• IFRS 17 Insurance contracts – reviewing the evidence returned from across the business, to ensure we have the appropriate accounting in place from 1 April 2025 as well as reviewing disclosures. IFRS 15 revenue recognition – support the quality assurance review as part of the 2024/25 audit (revenue iro Science Division, CRD and BSR)
• Quality assurance of other models which underpin material figures in the accounts, including Estates and financial commitments.

Essential:

• Financial Reporting Experience
• Financial Modelling experience with the ability to improve and simplify
• IFRS and technical accounting experience
• Full chartered level professional qualification awarded by a UK-recognised accountancy body: CIMA, ICAEW, ACCA, CIPFA, ICAS and Chartered Accountants Ireland.

Please be aware that this role can only be worked within the UK and not Overseas.

Disability Confident 

As a member of the Disability Confident Scheme, HSE guarantees to interview all candidates who have a disability and who meet all the essential criteria for the vacancy. In cases where we have a high volume of candidates who have a disability who meet all the essential criteria, we will interview the best candidates from within that group. This scheme encourages candidates with a disability and/or neurodivergence to apply. In exceptional circumstances, we may also need to apply the desirable criteria in our shortlisting process which may include holding active security clearance.

In applying for this role, you acknowledge the following "this role falls in scope of the Off Payroll Working in the Public Sector legislation. Any rates of payment quoted will reflect the gross rate per day for the assignment and will be subject to appropriate taxes and statutory costs. As such the payment to the intermediary and your income resulting from this contract will be different".