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SalaryA Education provider in the North West of England are seeking a Junior Management Accountant on a permanent basis. Reporting into the Senior Management Accountant, You will assist with the annual reporting cycle, including financial planning, budgeting, forecasting and reporting processes for your area of responsibility.
This role is hybrid - 2 days a week on site.
Main Duties:
- Act as a point of contact to provide support and advice to the Heads of School/Directorate management teams and meeting with budget holders as appropriate.
- Assisting the Head of School/Directorate Finance as required in the annual financial reporting cycle, including the preparation of monthly management accounts, forecast outturns, year end accounts, annual budgets and five year plans.
- Responsible for specific areas of activity within the School/Directorate as deemed appropriate.
- Assist the Head of School/Directorate Finance in monitoring income and expenditure against budget through variance analysis and other ad hoc reports.
- Assist in the preparation of the costing and financial aspects of business plans for new and current developments and activities.
- Liaise closely with the Finance Officers within the team, including provision of advice and guidance as appropriate.
- Seek opportunities to continuously improve procedures as necessary to adequately support the business activities.
- Produce monthly and other ad hoc financial reports and ensure that these are distributed to the relevant Budget Holder and that appropriate action is taken where necessary.
- Assist the Head of School/Directorate Finance in ensuring all accounts are set up correctly on Oracle Financials, the University's accounting system.
Experience:
- Qualified AAT Level 4 (technician) or equivalent.
- Experience of working in an accounting environment.
- Experience of attending meetings with key stakeholders and managers.
- Excellent communication (both verbal and written) demonstrating an ability to deal with a wide range of colleagues.
- Excellent organisational skills, ability to plan and prioritise a variety of work activities in a busy environment and meet strict deadlines.
- A flexible team player with the ability to support colleagues in the delivery of objectives.
- Demonstrates an ability to be creative and solve problems, with experience of contributing to the development and improvement of systems and procedures.
- Strong numeracy skills demonstrating accuracy and attention to detail.
- Strong IT skills, particularly accounting systems and high level excel skills, including data manipulation and interrogation.
- Have the ability to use discretion with sensitive information and to maintain complete confidentiality at all time.
- Studying towards a recognised CCAB professional accountancy qualification or equivalent.
- Full right to work in the UK
