We have an exciting opportunity in the Management Accounts team for someone with strong accounting skills and attention to detail to support a variety of stakeholders with their budgeting and reporting needs. About the role You will work closely with the Professional Services Accountant providing Business Partnering and Management Accounting Support to a range of Professional Service Departments, including the production of monthly and quarterly management accounting information. You will also support the Costing and Research Accountants with creating and maintaining research projects codes and producing detailed analysis to support the reporting and forecasting of research income and costs as well as ad hoc costings for projects and programmes. It is essential that you are at least AAT qualified with experience of working in large/complex organisations, providing a quality customer facing service to a variety of users. You should have strong technical knowledge and skills, excellent communication and interpersonal skills and be able to work on your own initiative, but also contribute positively to team goals. About you We are looking for a qualified accounting technician (or part qualified ACA/ACCA/CIMA) with experience of delivering Management Accounting information in a large organisation and with excellent written and oral communication skills. You should have: the ability to communicate complex financial concepts to a non-financial audience as well as to work independently within parameters specified by managers and senior colleagues. good interpersonal skills, including motivational and team building skills Experience of working with financial and information systems in the HE sector alongside excellent numeracy and advanced IT skills (Excel and Business Objects) and the ability to develop networks, prioritise tasks and solve problems would be beneficial. Further information This is a full-time role (36.5 hours per week) for a fixed term period of 12 months. For an informal discussion about the role please contact Mark Beattie, Head of Financial Insights and Business Partnering ( mwb47@bath.ac.uk ) or Stephanie Court, Director of Management Accounts ( sac74@bath.ac.uk ). We consider ourselves to be a university where difference is celebrated, respected and encouraged. We have an excellent international reputation with staff from over 60 different nations and have made a positive commitment towards gender equality and intersectionality receiving a Silver Athena SWAN award. We truly believe that diversity of experience, perspectives, and backgrounds will lead to a better environment for our employees and students and encourage applications from all genders, backgrounds, and communities, particularly from under-represented groups, and value the positive impact that will have on the university. We are committed to maintaining a safe and secure environment for our students, staff, and community by reinforcing our Safer Recruitment commitment. We're very proud to be a signatory of the Armed Forces Covenant. an accredited Disability Confident Leader ; autism friendly university, committed to building disability confidence and supporting disabled staff. What we can offer you We're continually expanding our benefits package to better support you and enhance your experience with us and the below is just an example of some of the many great benefits we offer: Free counselling services through Health Assured Cycle to work scheme Electric vehicle salary sacrifice scheme Staff discount at Team Bath gym Staff discounts on postgraduate tuition fees Staff discount on language courses Generous employer contributory pension schemes Generous annual leave allowance with an additional 5 discretionary days so that you can enjoy a positive work life balance A wide range of personal and professional development opportunities including Apprenticeships, LinkedIn Learning and more Free entry to the Holburne Museum in Bath Local discounts and more A family-friendly workplace An excellent reward package that recognises the talents of our diverse workforce Relocation allowance Visa reimbursement and Interest-Free Loan to help with the cost of some immigration expenses Find out more about our benefits and watch the video to hear from our staff about what makes the University of Bath a great place to work as well as following us X and LinkedIn. Closing Date: 08 Mar 2026 Department: Management, Specialist and Administration Salary: £31,236 to £37,694