Tax Stream Specialist

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At HMRC we are committed to creating a great place to work for all our colleagues; an inclusive and respectful environment that reflects the diversity of the society we serve. We want to maximise the potential of everyone who chooses to work for us and we offer a range of flexible working patterns and support to make a fulfilling career at HMRC accessible to you. Diverse perspectives and experiences are critical to our success and we welcome applications from all people from all backgrounds with the experience and skills needed to perform this role.

RCFA Directorate fulfils a vital role at the heart of HMRC. We are responsible for ensuring that HMRC plans and manages its performance, makes good decisions, and is held to account on accurate financial and performance data. As part of Accounting Operations, the Tax Accounting team play a crucial role in providing both Financial and Management information across all areas of HMRC, accounting for over £900 billion of tax revenue in 2025-26. The Tax Accounting and Revenue Analysis Team plays a pivotal part in the production of the Departmental Accounts by preparing financial statements for each Head of Duty, interrogating HMRC systems and analysing and assuring information from customer facing business areas.

As a Tax Accounting Higher Officer, you will play a key role within a dynamic, high-performing team based in Stratford. Working alongside experienced professionals, you will gain unique insight into HMRC's vital work in tax administration, financial reporting, and the production of HMRC's Annual Report and Accounts.

This is an excellent opportunity for motivated individuals to develop both their technical finance expertise and stakeholder management skills while contributing to high-profile and nationally significant work.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead and support the production of published accounts and financial statements by collating, calculating and assuring complex tax accrual data. You will analyse trends, challenge anomalies, provide robust financial insight, and prepare high-quality explanatory notes and narrative disclosures while managing risks and ensuring critical deadlines are achieved.
• Drive improvements in Head of Duty to General Ledger reconciliation processes through critical review, process optimisation, and the implementation of strong and sustainable financial controls.
• Build and maintain effective relationships with colleagues across HMRC and external stakeholders, providing assurance over financial data and championing continuous improvements in accounting and reporting processes.
• Support National Audit Office audits by providing timely, accurate and comprehensive financial information and evidence.
• Contribute to HMRC's strategic transition to a single General Ledger platform (SAP), ensuring accounting structures, controls and coding frameworks align with organisational reporting requirements.
• Support the delivery of the Making Tax Digital programme, helping to ensure financial accounting considerations are effectively integrated into programme outcomes.
• Champion a culture of continuous improvement by identifying opportunities to enhance processes, strengthen controls, and increase efficiency across the team.
• Contribute to wider corporate objectives, demonstrating professionalism, collaboration, and HMRC's values and behaviours at all times.

Person specification

The key responsibilities of the role will also include:

• Supporting the production of published accounts and financial statements through the collation, calculation and assurance of tax accruals data, providing analysis and challenging anomalies to ensure the integrity of the data; drafting explanatory notes and other narrative; liaising with stakeholders and managing risks to ensure deadlines are met.
• Working collaboratively with colleagues across HMRC and other stakeholders to build effective relationships; developing appropriate assurances on data provided for financial accounts and driving forward process improvements.
• Managing audits conducted by the National Audit Office; driving forward audit recommendations and providing timely updates to the Audit & Risk Committee.
• Driving and supporting continuous improvement within the team.

Essential Criteria:

• Experience in analysing financial data and drawing conclusions on trends
• Experience of data gathering and analysis across large datasets.
• Ability to organise and manage your own workload, meeting deadlines and priorities, and work effectively with colleagues across finance and the wider organisation.
• Proficiency in Excel functionalities.

Desirable Criteria:

• Be studying for, or qualified in, one of the following accountancy qualifications: AAT, ACCA, CIMA, CIFPA, ICAEW, ICAI or ICAS.
• Experience in using modern accounting systems.
• Experience in working with audit teams.
• Experience of working with stakeholders to improve processes, or to investigate and resolve problems.
• Ability to work independently and collaboratively within/across small teams.

Benefits

Alongside your salary of £42,631, HM Revenue and Customs contributes £12,350 towards you being a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme. Find out what benefits a Civil Service Pension provides.

HMRC operates both Flexible and Hybrid Working policies, allowing you to balance your work and personal commitments. We welcome applications from those who need to work a more flexible arrangement and will agree to requests where possible, considering our operational and customer service needs.

We offer a generous leave allowance, starting at 25 days and increasing by a day for every year of qualifying service up to a maximum of 30 days.

• Pension - We make contributions to our colleagues’ Alpha pension equal to at least 28.97% of their salary.
• Family friendly policies.
• Personal support.
• Coaching and development.