Interim Management Accountant

To ensure the accuracy of recording and reporting of spend and budgets. The job holder will work in a team of technicians, led by a Management Accounting Lead, to provide operational technical support to the team of Business Partners who will face the business directly.

The team of technicians will provide a centre of excellence in maintaining budgetary information and ensuring that transactions are properly and promptly recorded.

Principal Accountabilities

Producing and maintaining accurate financial records for a specified section of the budget enabling the team to become a centre of excellence

• Prepare due diligence reports for Business Partner review and sign off, evaluating the financial standing of grant and contract partners
• Prepare monthly financial forecasts based on analysis, constructive thinking, and evaluative judgement.
• Ensuring that budgets and actuals are properly, accurately and promptly recorded and reported
• Undertake reconciliations of budget areas to ensure that budgets are accurate
• Enable the strategic Business Partnering model through provision of operational technical support to the team

• Deliver the budget setting process
• Responsible for a cross-cutting activity which enhances financial information available to the whole team
• Provide advice to directorate colleagues about proper accounting process and financial regulations
• Processing budget transactions within prescribed parameters
• Maintaining forecast models to support monthly and quarterly financial reporting.
• Posting accruals, prepayments and journal transfers as directed
• Realise the benefits of a flexible approach to work in undertaking the duties and responsibilities of this job and participating in multi-disciplinary cross-department and cross-organisational groups and project teams.

• Accounting Technician qualification (AAT or equivalent)
• Experience of applying accounting good practice to resolve problems and improve systems and processes
• Good working knowledge of budget recording and reporting through an ERP system such as SAP or Oracle.
• Experience of suggesting and implementing improvements to finance systems and processes
• Experience of presenting financial information (orally and in writing) clearly and concisely
• Excel - intermediate