Job Description and Person Specification
Role Profile
Job title: |
Assistant Management Accountant |
Reports to: |
Management Accountant |
Salary bracket: |
£32,000-£36,000 (Pro-rata for part time) |
Contract type: |
Part time |
Working hours: |
37.5 hours per week (30.0 Part time available) |
Purpose of the role
The Assistant Management Accountant will support in all aspects of financial reporting within the Finance Function. Business partnering Overhead departments to provide clear and insightful information to aid business decisions. Driving cost savings across the business by challenging spend and alternative ways of working/delivering.
Key Responsibilities
Main
- Preparation of Core reporting of P&L, Balance Sheet and Cashflow as part of the monthly management accounts process, ensuring timely and accurate reporting of business performance.
- Reconciling monthly accounts to Power BI for publishing of monthly departmental reporting
- Business partnering overhead departments through monthly budget meetings, to understand any variances and be able to provide insightful analysis and suggestions
- Post monthly payroll journal and prepare reconciliation/analysis
- Time sheet collation and analysis, including reporting on cost of projects in progress to expected revenue
- Posting of accruals, including maintaining a schedule
- Analysis of expenditure with Purchase Ledger, challenging spend and alternative ways of working/delivering
- Support with financials on projects
- Preparation of financials for Bids & Tenders submissions
- Preparation and submission of Office for National Statistics reporting
- Balance sheet reconciliations
- Key contact for the Annual Statutory Audit
- Assisting with annual budget preparation and re-forecasting, along with any other ad-hoc reporting
- Process improvement of all aspects of reporting
KPIs and Performance Measures for this role
- Month end timetable completed on schedule
- Reporting to schedule
General
- Adhere to policies and procedures of the business
- Undertake any training relevant to the efficient execution of any of the above duties and take responsibility for his/her own professional development
- Undertake necessary Health and Safety responsibilities and duties as required by this post
- Undertake any necessary data protection responsibilities and duties as required by the post
- Undertake other duties and responsibilities as directed by Line Management from time to time
- Ensure the office is clean and tidy and clear desk policy is adhered to.
Skills and Experience (essential)
- Qualification: AAT minimum (would consider qualified by experience)
- Previous experience in Accounting environment
- Experience of Financial Reporting
- Excellent excel skills and report writing skills
- Well organised and able to demonstrate a high level of accuracy
- Excellent communication
- Methodical approach to work.
- Ability to work to tight deadlines
- Willingness to adapt and respond to the changing and varied needs of the business
Skills and Experience (desirable)
- NetSuite/Oracle
Behaviour Framework
Behaviour |
Level |
Customer Focus |
2 |
Growing and Improving the Business |
2 |
Developing Self & Others |
2 |
Positive Personal Impact |
2 |
Leadership |
2 |
Working Collaboratively |
2 |
Decisiveness & Accountability |
2 |
The detailed descriptors are in the Behaviour Framework. These should also be used as the foundation for interviewing and responses assessed against the desired behaviour.