Management Accountant

Management Accountant for Navigo, part of the Finance Team and the role will include mentoring and supervision of a finance assistant, along with providing training and advice to budget managers throughout the organisation.

An exciting opportunity has arisen for an enthusiastic Management Accountant to join our dynamic Finance team. In this pivotal role, you will work closely with service managers, providing information and critical insights for decision making and resources planning. The work will range from budgeting and forecasting to analysis and reporting directly supporting services that transform lives every day. If you are looking for a role that combines your financial expertise with a mission that really matters we want to hear from you!

Main duties of the job

You will provide a full management accounting service for a given portfolio, which would require you to attend regular meetings with colleagues, both virtually and face to face. You will be encouraged to develop an understanding of the invaluable and varied services Navigo provides, in order to continuously improve the financial support service we offer.

Job responsibilities

Job Purpose

The post-holder will provide a comprehensive and rigorous management accounting service for a given portfolio of Business Development Units within a multi-million pound contract. The post-holder will ensure that financial information is accurate, timely, relevant, useful and adds value.

The role requires continuous professional development, which the organisation will support.

The post-holder will communicate with all levels of staff, including Senior Management and will play a key role in the efficient and effective management and operation of the finance function. The role entails driving to various work bases to meet with budget holders face to face as well as virtually.

1. Undertaking monthly budget monitoring including reporting and support/advice to a portfolio of Budget Holders, including regular scheduled meetings which may include the discussion and resolution of complex financial issues;
2. Utilising in-depth specialist knowledge of finance to assist in development of proposals and plans that impact on the organisations Financial Strategy;
3. Developing detailed and accurate reports from complex IT systems, including monthly budget statements and circulating to budget managers in accordance with agreed timescales;
4. Analysis, identification and investigation of budget variance within their portfolio; with escalation where appropriate.
5. Providing training to budget managers to utilise the Access Financials dashboards to provide real-time information in regard to their budget;
6. Meeting strict deadlines to submit financial information for inclusion in various board reports and external reports;
7. Investigating and analysing transactional data to identify errors and discrepancies, preparing journals for input to the financial system;
8. Actively participating in improving systems or structures within the finance department.
9. Providing financial support to budget managers on various corporate projects and service developments;
10. Supervising and mentoring finance assistant, and recruitment and selection of finance assistant in the event of a vacancy;
11. Ad-hoc duties as required to meet the exigencies of the service.

Person Specification

Qualifications

• Minimum AAT Qualified or part qualified AAT "time served" accountant in very similar role
• Willing to undertake training relevant to role
• 2 years accounting experience
• 3 years relevant experience

Experience

• Management accounting experience
• Variance analysis / analytical review
• Calculating accruals and Prepayments
• Working with computerised financial systems
• Payroll monitoring

Knowledge

• Possess numerical and analytical skills and have the ability to assimilate and interpret data to make resultant judgements
• Excellent IT skills including advanced Excel skills
• Ability to convey complex financial issues to non-finance managers

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

£29,970 to £44,962 a year Pay dependant on experience