Senior Management Accountant

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Job summary

Une organisation renommée chez les Archives nationales recherche un(e) Senior Management Accountant. Le poste implique la gestion de l'information financière, le soutien à la prise de décision stratégique, et l'amélioration des processus. Cette mission requiert une qualification en comptabilité et des compétences analytiques solides pour influencer efficacement les parties prenantes.

Qualifications

• Comptable qualifié.
• Compétences analytiques solides.
• Capacité à travailler avec divers intervenants.

Responsibilities

• Fournir des informations de gestion précises et pertinentes.
• Analyser les tendances financières et améliorer les prévisions.
• Construire des relations avec les gestionnaires de budget.

Skills

Analyse financière

Compétences interpersonnelles

Compétences en systèmes financiers

Excellente communication écrite et orale

Education

Certificat d’Expert-comptable

Tools

Excel avancé

Job description

Senior Management Accountant

£51,000 (London)

The National Archives are a non-ministerial department, and the official archive and publisher for the UK Government, and for England and Wales. We are the guardians of over 1,000 years of iconic national documents.

Operating within the Management Accounting team, the postholder will act as a Senior Management Accountant for the business area for which they are made responsible. Working directly with budget holders, Heads of Department and Directors, they will manage all aspects of their management accounting and financial planning services providing incisive, value-add financial support and analysis which facilitates effective decision making.

The organisation:

We are expert advisers in information and records management and we work with partner across the cultural, academic and heritage sectors. We fulfil a leadership role for the archive sector and work to secure the future of physical and digital records. We collect and secure the future of the government record, from Shakespeare s will to tweets from Downing Street, to preserve it for generations to come.

The role:

• Be responsible for the provision of timely, accurate, relevant management information to all levels of management within assigned Directorates, regularly reviewing this information with the senior management teams. This will include provision of monthly reports, critical review of results, value-add analysis, explanation of variances and early identification of potential issues / opportunities.
• Be responsible for providing analysis that informs and supports effective decision making.
• Apply various tools such as investment appraisal techniques to better inform decision making.
• Support the business in gathering evidence to assess the costs, benefits and risks of a wide range of delivery options when making commercial decisions, and provide advice which helps secure value-for-money.
• Build strong and positive relationships with budget holders and senior managers (notably Heads of Departments), providing the necessary assistance and professional advice to assist them with the financial aspects of their duties.
• Proactively provide improvements to procedures, applying sound judgement based on knowledge and experience.

The successful candidate will:

• Be a fully qualified Accountant.
• Have strong analytical skills, able to identify and interpret trends and improve financial forecasting.
• Have the ability to understand the strategic business goals of an organisation, able to look beyond the numbers and understand the wider business context.
• Be a team player, with exceptional interpersonal skills, able to work with a diverse and broad range of stakeholders across the organisation. Demonstrable ability to influence.
• Have good written and oral communication skills, able to communicate clearly, concisely, accurately and in ways that promote understanding but challenge when needed.
• Have strong finance system skills including advanced Excel skills.

This position will be based officially at the head office in Kew and will require the postholder to work from the office three days a week.

Applications will be under constant review before the closing date, so please apply by sending your CV to Emma Fuller at our retained search agent, Robertson Bell at . Please note the closing date for applications is Sunday 6 th July 2025.