An exciting opportunity has arisen for an enthusiastic, forward-thinking Management Accountant to join our excellent finance team at our HQ at NAViGO House, Brighowgate, Grimsby.
This is a fantastic opportunity if you would like to join a small team where innovation, improvement, and putting your own stamp on the role is actively encouraged.
You will provide a full management accounting service for a given portfolio, which would require you to attend 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.
Main duties of the job
The successful candidate will have wide accounting experience and be a motivated and enthusiastic individual. Strong communication skills are vital - including the ability to analyse, understand, and communicate financial information to non-finance colleagues.
Main duties will include the timely production and provision of monthly management reports; variance analyses and analytical review; costing service developments and reporting on cost improvement plans.
Regular meetings with budget managers will be a key part of the role, in order to build a thorough knowledge of the service that is so vital to ensure the finance function continues to be relevant and effective.
Job responsibilities
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 will include mentoring and supervision of a finance assistant, along with providing training and advice to budget managers throughout the organisation.
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.
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;
Utilising in-depth specialist knowledge of finance to assist in development of proposals and plans that impact on the organisation's Financial Strategy;
Developing detailed and accurate reports from complex IT systems, including monthly budget statements and circulating to budget managers in accordance with agreed timescales;
Analysis, identification, and investigation of budget variance within their portfolio; with escalation where appropriate;
Maintaining and reporting on Action Plans agreed with budget holders to address variance;
Providing training to budget managers to utilise the Access Financials dashboards to provide real-time information in regard to their budget;
Provide technical finance support and advice to non-finance managers;
Meeting strict deadlines to submit financial information for inclusion in various board reports and external reports;
Undertaking often complex calculations for setting of budgets in accordance with the organisation's budget setting policies, and subsequent discussions and agreements with budget holders;
Resolving any queries and assisting budget holders with the calculation of cost improvement plans that have been identified during the budget setting process;
Investigating and analysing transactional data to identify errors and discrepancies, preparing journals for input to the financial system;
Using appropriate software, identifying ways of working more efficiently and effectively;
Actively participating in improving systems or structures within the finance department. Developing changes to business-wide structures and monitoring their success;
Calculation of monthly system accruals and prepayments; calculation of estimated accruals;
Ensuring that work undertaken complies with the accounting procedures and policies of the organisation and UK GAAP;
Maintaining financial procedures, ensuring they are accurate and adhering to standing financial instructions, whilst looking for ways to make all processes as efficient as possible;
Providing financial support to budget managers on various corporate projects and service developments;
Undertaking accountancy tasks on the ledger system; such as inputting large, complex feeder files from external sources (e.g. Payroll Feeder file), creating journals, budget virements, setting up ledger codes, running ad-hoc reports etc; adhering to a strict month-end timetable. Performing ledger reconciliations to prevent errors and omissions;
Submitting financial information to a strict timetable for inclusion in the annual accounts;
Assisting in the collation and production of statutory reports, benchmarking exercises, and statistical returns;
Working as an integral part of the finance team; providing certain elements of cover, and deputising where appropriate, in the absence of the Senior Management Accountant.
Monthly detailed pay budget analytical review to identify miscodes and changes in a timely manner. Liaising with HR colleagues where necessary;
Supporting organisation-wide recruitment by performing checks upon receipt of a vacancy notification to ensure post to be advertised is funded and affordable and to give approval upon such assurance in a timely manner;
Assisting in complex and confidential issues such as costing of restructures, service re-design or tendering for service developments or new services;
Supervising routine accounting tasks on the finance system, such as inputting journals, setting up ledger codes within agreed coding structure, ledger enquiries, running ad-hoc reports etc;
Supervising and mentoring finance assistant, carrying out annual PDR and recruitment and selection of finance assistant in the event of a vacancy;
Ad-hoc duties as required to meet the exigencies of the service.
Person Specification
Experience
* Management accounting experience
* Variance analysis / analytical review
* Calculating accruals and Prepayments
* Working with computerised financial systems
* Working on large multi-purpose databases
* Payroll monitoring
* Appointing and Managing staff
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
Skills & Attributes
* 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
* Working knowledge of Access Financials
* Working knowledge of Teams
Additional Criteria
* Confidentiality
* Confidence to work with people at all levels in person and using Teams or similar.
* Diplomatic
* Commitment to Continued Professional Development
* Understanding of databases, email and internet.
* Understanding of the Organisation (current and changes)
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.
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