Management Accountant

The post-holder will be responsible for the delivery of all aspects of the Council's management accounting, including cost management, cash flow management, variance analysis, budgeting and forecasting.

The role will require close working relationships across the management accounting team and with the business partners, financial accounting team and finance staff across the business.

Duties and responsibilities:

Main areas of responsibility for will include:

• Deliver management accounting services including cost management identifying and ensuring accounting entries required are made to ensure the accuracy of management accounts
• Manage and review the budget and forecast template returns, either supporting administrators in updating the templates with budgets and forecasts or reviewing returns to ensure information is complete and accurate
• Produce monthly management accounts and dashboards with supporting commentary to enable monitoring and support management insight
• Perform all general accounting to maintain compliance with financial regulations and external audit requirements