Management Accountant - Restricted

Location:

Flexible in UK
- Occasional travel to RSPB HQ (Sandy SG19) and other UK locations may be required

Contract:

12 months

Hours:

Part-Time, 30 hours per week

Salary: £40,381.00 - £43,113.00 Per Annum, Pro Rata

Benefits:
Pension Scheme, Life Assurance Scheme, 26 days' Annual Leave (pro-rata)

Are you a qualified management accountant looking to make meaningful impact? This is an exciting opportunity to join the RSPB’s dynamic Finance team and contribute to one of the UK’s most influential conservation charity. With an annual income exceeding £170m and over 1.15 million members, the RSPB combines charitable impact with a substantial commercial operation- offering you both challenge and opportunity.

This role plays a pivotal part in embedding the Overhead Cost Recovery (OCR) internal recharge mechanism into our financial operations. The OCR initiative was commissioned to change and improve the way we cost projects and recover overheads, the goal being to strengthen the organisation's financial sustainability by improving the consistency, transparency, and effectiveness of cost allocation and recovery. The goal is to recover an appropriate contribution to core operations from externally funded projects, in line with funder agreements and the agreed accounting treatment.

While the design and development phase of the methodology has been completed, dedicated capacity is now required to support implementation, testing, stakeholder training, and transition into business as usual) operations.

By supporting this initiative, you will help drive financial sustainability, improve cost transparency, and enable better decision making across the organisation.

• Lead the implementation and embedding of the Overhead Cost Recovery (OCR) methodology, including the completion of set-up in finance system, establishing financial controls to ensure accurate cost allocation and reporting, and development of training materials.
• For a selected set of test projects, manage overhead recovery monitoring and financial reporting, including processing project recharge transactions, maintaining management reporting templates, tracking recovery performance, and providing analysis of funding gaps against target recovery rates.
• Maintain the OCR costing tool and develop practical guidance, templates and an annual timetable for OCR budgeting, forecasting, monitoring, and year-end review.
• Deliver training and support for Finance Business Partners, Project Managers, Fundraisers and budget holders, ensuring a consistent understanding of the methodology and funding implications
• Design and document the sustainable BAU operating model, including process ownership, controls, reporting responsibilities, escalation arrangements, and requirements for future finance systems development.

• Professional accounting qualification (e.g. ACCA, ACA, CIMA, or equivalent qualification, experience, or demonstrable expertise).
• Experience of financial analysis and modelling, including management accounting activities where applicable.
• Ability to build effective working relationships and influence stakeholders at different levels, including both finance and non-finance colleagues.
• Ability to communicate financial information clearly and appropriately to a range of audiences.
• Proficiency in Excel or equivalent data analysis and spreadsheet tools.
• Experience of financial management, such as project costing, restricted income management, charity finance, or other relevant financial environments.
• Experience of delivering or supporting change initiatives, implementing financial controls, and developing reporting or management information processes.
• Experience of supporting change…