Accounting Technician
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 ) or Stephanie Court, Director of Management Accounts ).
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Benefits
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
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