Management Accountant

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.

• 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.

• 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.