The advertised salary is inclusive of a base salary of £42,848 and an allowance of £4,000

Pension: Generous employer pension contribution

Job grade: Senior Executive Officer

Contract type: Permanent

Working pattern: Flexible working, Full-time, Job share, Part-time, compressed hours

DVSA is a large, complex government organisation responsible for road safety. It operates across Great Britain, generating annual income of around £450m and employing c4,600 people.

As a Senior Financial Accountant (SFA) you will be part of a specialist team that sits at the heart of the finance department. The team provides expert advice, support and challenge to DVSA managers, ensuring compliance with all statutory, regulatory and best practice accounting standards and requirements. We produce statutory reports and manage the balance sheet, including managing fixed asset register.

As a senior member of the Financial Accounting team, the job holder is expected to participate across the full breadth of the team’s remit whilst specialising in one of the areas. The area of specialisation will be rotated through the team to encourage staff development.

The roles we are currently recruiting will specialise initially in either Financial Accounting or Fixed Asset Accounting.

Financial Accounting – Take lead responsibility for the financial assurance and governance of DVSA. To include managing DVSA accounting policies, ensuring compliance with IFRS and FReM, production of the Annual Report and Accounts and managing the period end close process as well as taking ownership for the audit process.

Fixed Asset Accounting – Maintaining governance and control over the fixed asset base of DVSA. This involves becoming the key point of expertise regarding DVSA’s fixed asset registers, supporting and contributing to the DVSA’s capital strategy, ensuring compliance with IFRS and FReM, and producing regular monthly reports to Boards and the relevant elements of the Annual Report and Accounts.

The role may include line management of other members of the team.

Person specification

You will be a fully qualified CCAB accountant (or equivalent). You will have experience of working with IFRS, FReM or other statutory reporting frameworks. You will preferably have experience of SAP (or similar financial system), and experience of working in Finance in a large, complex organisation, including for example working in an accountancy practice with larger, complex clients.

You will be analytical, well organised and passionate about making a difference.

We are looking for people who build relationships and work well as part of a team.

This role can be based in
Swansea, Nottingham or Bristol,
your presence at one of these locations will form part of the working arrangements agreed with you. We operate a hybrid working model, giving you greater flexibility about where and when you work. Our expectation is that you will spend a minimum of 60% of your time at your base location. Visits to other DVSA sites or work locations count towards this.

Whilst we welcome applications from those looking to work with us on a part time basis, there is a business requirement for the successful candidate to be able to work at least 30 hours per week.

How to Apply

For this role you will need to submit a CV which must include your employment history, relevant experience to date, and professional qualifications and memberships.

For your CV, please provide detailed evidence of your experience against the following essential criteria:

Please note, for this vacancy, we are working with our recruitment partner Hays.
Please send your CV to Jackie Taylor - Jackie.Taylor@hays.com

The selection process will include an interview and presentation.

Interviews are likely to be held from 23rd June 2025.

This interview will be conducted via a video interview, details of which will be provided to you should you be selected for interview.