Full time, Permanent, Temporary Cranfield £48,760 to £58,664 per annum Ref No: IPRS7500 Our client has a temporary position, with strong potential to become permanent, for a Management Accountant. The role is full time, hybrid working with 2 days per week in the office.
Responsibilities
* Post award research, consultancy and large project accounting.
* Production of all invoices and claims.
* Preparing for and dealing with contract audits.
* Reviewing contract progress and highlighting variances and issues.
* Assisting with financial budgeting and forecasting of research, consultancy and large project income and expenditure.
* Ensuring staff reporting into this post are customer focused and follow the principles of “enabling”, “delivering” and “assuring” in their day‑to‑day duties.
* Assisting in evaluating and updating the financial business processes with regards to research accounts monitoring and claims.
Requirements
* Qualified Accountant (or soon to fully qualify).
* Experience in a large complex organisation.
* Staff management experience.
* Proficiency in large finance systems.
* Significant experience using Microsoft Excel to analyse and report on financial data.
* Monitoring of performance against budget in relation to significant funding or contract monitoring or other similar.
* Significant experience in budget setting, forecasting and variance analysis.
* Ability to understand and implement terms and conditions for a variety of contracts, grants and agreements.
* Strong technical knowledge on finance issues including an in‑depth understanding of accounting treatments for deferred and accrued income.
* Ability to communicate and think outside the box to deliver customer requirements while still following relevant rules and regulations.
* Excellent time management with the ability to work to strict deadlines and manage conflicting demands.
* Advanced level Excel skills.
* Excellent Microsoft skills in Word, PowerPoint and Outlook.
* Good communication.
* Ability to build relationships with staff and customers.
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