Job Details
Management Accountant
Salary: £39k-£42k
Contract: Permanent, Full Time
Location: Bradford, UK (Hybrid)
The Management Accountant will report into the Finance Manager and support and advise services in financial controls, budget monitoring, forecasting and year end to provide a professional finance and management information service to all departments.
Key Responsibilities
* Work with Budget Managers to assist with costing and help identify and confirm areas of potential pressures and saving.
* Listen to service customers and provide timely information and advice, offering solutions as required.
* Anticipate and identify financial issues affecting the business, help managers to ensure net expenditure is within budget, and address any business issues not resolved by Service Managers.
* Contribute to regular monthly meetings with the business area to challenge and scrutinise (offer critical evaluation of) monitoring figures.
* Undertake service analysis to support the year‑end position and the Accounts.
* Contribute to financial modelling of new services or changes to existing services, working with the business area and/or third parties to enhance financial and business performance.
* Provide support to Budget Managers during budget preparation, monthly monitoring, year‑end and closure of accounts, helping them to understand the financial information required and processes to be followed.
* Ensure that all cashbook, budgeting and year‑end accounting procedures are complied with, including the operation of financial policies and controls, Financial Regulations and Standing Orders.
* Prepare, analyse and interpret financial and other service performance information to influence and enable managers to make the correct operational decisions.
Required Skills and Experience
* Ideally AAT qualified or working towards an accountancy qualification or equivalent.
* Experience of working within a busy accounting environment.
* High level of IT skills including financial systems and MS Office applications.
* Excellent communication skills both verbal and written.
* High level of organisational skills.
* High level of analytical skills.
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