Summary

We are the public body that looks after England’s historic environment. We champion historic places, helping people understand, value and care for them.

Historic England have a fantastic opportunity for you to join us as our

What you will be doing

The role will be responsible for maintaining, coordinating and managing complete and accurate Nominal and Fixed Asset Registers for Historic England and customers and VAT. You will be required to ensure the efficient operation of the cash management processes, including managing balance sheet reconciliations for Historic England and all customers, where required. You will also be responsible for seeking and providing Tax (specifically VAT) advice for Historic England and customers. 

What we are looking for

• Relevant Finance Competence

• Good problem solving Skills

• Good communication

• Technological Literacy

• Relationship Management and Partnership Working

  We are an equal opportunity employer which values diversity and inclusion. If you have a disability or neurodiversity, we would be happy to discuss reasonable adjustments to the job with you. Having just won the Gold Award from MIND, we also recognise the importance of a healthy work-life balance.

  We are an inclusive employer and believe that flexible working options are for everyone. We want to make sure our working arrangements don’t prevent anyone from joining us because of their personal circumstances. We also want to provide you with the best balance in your home and work life that we can.

  We are open to considering options including job sharing, part-time working, compressed hours working and different working locations, including hybrid working. Please visit our jobs pages or contact us to find out more.

  Why work for Historic England

  We are committed to promoting equality of opportunity for everyone. Diversity helps us to perform better and attract more people to support our work. We welcome and encourage job applications from people of all backgrounds.

  We particularly encourage applications from Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic candidates and candidates with disabilities as they are underrepresented within Historic England at this level.

  Historic England want all of our candidates to shine in the recruitment process. Please tell us what we can do to make sure you can show us your very best self. You can contact us by email at recruitmentTeam@Historicengland.org.uk if you have any recruitment queries. 

  At Historic England we use a hiring system called Applied.  Applied is a behavioural science-backed recruitment platform that reduces bias, improves quality of hire and increases diversity.  We do not use CV application for the majority of our hiring processes. You will answer a selection of questions that allow our hiring teams to test your skills and suitability for the role.

  To ensure a fair and inclusive recruitment process for everyone the use of AI or automated tools is not permitted.

  Provisional interview dates: 16/ 12 /2024

  Please follow the link for a full copy of the Job Description –

https://cms.historicengland.org.uk/media/c3rfbu5c/zw-financial-accountant-jd-nov-2024.odt