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SalaryWorking hours: Minimum of 35 hours per week - working a minimum of 40% per week in our London Headquarters
Interview date: To be confirmed
The role of Management Accountant (MA) sits within the management accounting function within the finance team. Based in the Territorial Headquarters they assist the Mission Management Accountants (MMA’s) in the support of budget holders within the assigned client group with their financial activities. They will provide financial analysis, budget support and financial planning by preparing management accounts and providing variance analysis as well as providing customer focused financial partnering to meet the current requirements & planned future developments.
Key Responsibilities: The MA provides proactive financial partnering to their assigned client group, supporting and advising on operational decision making, driving organisational performance and building financial capability. They are responsible for the preparation of monthly management accounts, quarterly forecasts, monthly variance analysis as well as monitor headcount/ FTEs. In the main they will be undertaking consolidation activities and will be undertaking and supporting the full budget process.
In addition you will:
Support the MMA with preparing and presenting reporting and other relevant data – headcount, dashboards etc
Regularly liaise with their “customer” contacts on a day-to-day basis dealing with queries and relating to their relevant area.
Run monthly reporting processes and will develop reports for their group areas as requested to improve financial planning and performance. Ensure all issues and risks are highlighted to the MMA.
Prepare and input journal adjustments, month end accruals and prepayments and will assist in preparing year-end schedules.
The successful candidate will be able to demonstrate:
CCAB/CIMA qualified
Good technical accounting skills
Intermediate to advanced level Excel capability
Experience of sophisticated accounting systems
Good analytical skills including analysing variances
Experience of working with budget holders, preparing and presenting budgets and forecasts
Provide relevant support through business cases with financial analysis for projects as well as tendering for contracts as required
Experience supporting analysis of key business decisions
Ability to influence stakeholders
Experience of delivering proactive business partnering
Proven report writing ability
In order to complete your application please download and read the job profile and any other attachments.
In the job profile you will find the criteria required for the role please make sure that you address this in your supporting statement as this forms the basis of our shortlisting.
Appointment subject to satisfactory references and proof of right to work in the UK
Please note that any employees who are under notice of redundancy and apply for this position will be given priority consideration.
We reserve the right to close this advert earlier if we feel that we have received sufficient applications.
Promoting equality in the workplace and as a disability confident scheme employer, we guarantee to interview all disabled applicants who meet the minimum criteria for the vacancy.
