Senior Management Accountant

Job summary

The Senior Management Accountant is responsible for overseeing a team of management accountants in providing consistent, effective and accurate financial management reporting, supporting financial planning, providing financial analysis and advice to stakeholders to inform business decisions. Activities delivered by the team will include:

Financial management processes – deliver accurate budgets, forecasts and month-end reporting to agreed timelines.

Financial reporting – provide clear, timely and transparent financial information to support decision-making.

Financial analysis & insight – analyse financial performance, explain variances, and identify and challenge risks, issues and opportunities.

Stakeholder management – build and maintain strong relationships to ensure stakeholders understand financial position and implications.

The Crown Prosecution Service is based in England and Wales. If you’re applying for this role and live in Scotland or Northern Ireland, you must let us know when accepting this offer as you need permission to work from your home address if hybrid working is part of your role. There’s no guarantee that we will grant this approval.

You must be aged 16 or over at the point of starting in this role. The expected start date is approximately 8–12 weeks after the application closing date. Candidates are expected to commence employment as soon as possible following the expiry of their notice period. Requests for significantly later start dates may not be accommodated.

You must complete and pass your Civil Service tests by 14 August 2026 at 23:55 to be able to complete an application for this role.

As part of this role, you are expected to undertake direct line management responsibilities.

Job description

Your roles and responsibilities:

• Lead, develop and support a team of Management Accountants, providing direction, coaching and oversight to ensure high-quality outputs, continuous professional development, and consistent application of financial policies and processes
• Drive consistency and standardisation across financial management activities, ensuring robust controls, accurate financial data, compliant month-end processes, and a uniform approach to budgeting, forecasting and reporting
• Oversee the production of accurate financial reporting, forecasts and management information, delivering timely insights and clear financial narratives that support effective decision-making by senior leaders, consolidating reports where appropriate
• Provide expert financial analysis, challenge and advice, identifying risks, issues and opportunities, supporting business case development, and helping stakeholders optimise the allocation of resources.
• Build strong relationships with budget holders and stakeholders, promoting collaboration, clear communication and a shared understanding of financial performance, priorities and expectations across the organisation.

A copy of the full job description is attached.

Person specification

To be eligible to apply, you need to:

• Demonstrate experience in financial management, reporting and analysis
• Show the ability to interpret financial information and provide clear, insight-led commentary
• Have strong attention to detail with a focus on data accuracy and quality
• Evidence the ability to build effective working relationships and collaborate with stakeholders
• Demonstrate an understanding of financial controls, governance, and assurance processes
• Level 4 AAT qualified with a willingness to work towards a Level 7 (CCAB or CIMA) qualification within 6 months.

Qualifications

AAT Level 4 qualified, willing to work towards a CCAB qualification within 6 months

Behaviours

We'll assess you against these behaviours during the selection process:

• Working Together
• Communicating and Influencing
• Managing a Quality Service
• Delivering at Pace

Benefits

Alongside your salary of £43,800, Crown Prosecution Service contributes £12,688 towards you being a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme. Find out what benefits a Civil Service Pension provides (opens in a new window).

Join the Crown Prosecution Service and find your purpose.

The Crown Prosecution Service is passionate about ensuring that we're a top performing organisation and a great place to work. We're a committed equal opportunities employer, creating a culture where you can bring your whole self to work, and individuality is truly appreciated.

This culture of inclusion is underpinned by our staff networks covering disability, faith and belief, LGBTQI+, race, social mobility alongside our mental health first aiders programme and wellbeing sessions.

The Crown Prosecution Service commits to offer its employees the following experience.

• You can do impactful, purposeful work that’s making a difference to your local communities.
• You are able to learn and grow, with access to the right opportunities and resources.
• We care about your wellbeing.
• We want you to feel valued, trusted and included.

We also offer the following range of benefits:

• Civil Service contributory pension of up to 28.9%
• 25 days’ leave, increasing to 30 days after 5 years
• £350 each year to spend on personal development
• lawyer training programme for all new prosecutors
• an extra privilege day to mark the King's birthday
• competitive maternity, paternity and parental leave
• flexible working including flexitime, and a family friendly approach to work
• Cycle2Work scheme, employee savings.

Diversity at the Crown Prosecution Service is about inclusion, embracing differences and ensuring our workforce truly reflects the communities we serve. We want you to feel that you belong and can thrive, whatever your background, identity or culture. As a Disability Confident employer, we're happy to support requests for reasonable adjustments and improve your recruitment experience. If you'd like any reasonable adjustments made to our recruitment process, let us know within your application or contact [email removed]

We want to ensure our employees can thrive at work and home and offer a range of support to achieve a balance. This includes flexibility of working hours, flexibility to support caring responsibilities and a flexible approach to deployment. We offer a hybrid working policy. You must spend at least 40% of your contracted hours over a four-week period at court, in an office or another official workplace depending on business need and the kind of work you're doing.

The Crown Prosecution Service also has a range of development programmes to support all aspiring, new and experienced managers with developing the skills, behaviours and knowledge to build their confidence and capability. Our Manager Induction Programme is mandatory for all newly appointed managers. This is a fantastic opportunity to support all our new Crown Prosecution Service managers with the tools required to perform effectively in their roles.

Things you need to know

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