Assistant Management Accountant

UK Dementia Research Institute; London; On-site; GBP 35,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

The UK Dementia Research Institute is seeking an Assistant Management Accountant to support its management accounting functions within a newly formed team. The successful candidate will engage in cost management, cash flow reporting, and budget forecasting, working closely with colleagues across UCL. This position offers great opportunities for professional growth and comes with a competitive benefits package including extensive holiday and retirement options.

Benefits

41 Days holiday

Defined benefit pension scheme

Cycle to work scheme

On-site gym

Employee assistance programme

Qualifications

• Demonstrable experience in a management accounting or finance role.
• Experience in a service delivery environment.
• Excellent communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Support delivery of the University’s management accounting.
• Assist in cost management, budgeting, and forecasting.
• Provide accurate financial information for use across the business.

Skills

Data analysis

Reconciliation skills

Customer service focus

Collaboration

IT skills

Education

Part qualified accountant

Tools

Microsoft Office

Excel

Job description

The UCL Finance department is divided into 4 Directorates: Management Accounting, Financial Planning and Analysis (FP&A), Finance Business Partnering and Financial Services. They are responsible for the central management of UCL's financial performance and strategy and for the provision of services and advice.

We currently have a vacant position for aa Assistant Management Accountant within the Management Accounting team, a newly created team which leads on management accounting, internal management reporting and compliance reporting to our regulators.

About the role

In this job you'll be responsible for supporting the delivery of all aspects of the University’s management accounting, including cost management, cash flow
management, variance analysis, budgeting and forecasting. You will also support the provision of accurate financial information for use across the business.

You will need to have a customer service focus with the ability to drive and deliver continuous customer service improvements including to financial systems and processes, workflows, management information and management and reporting of financial risks and issues.

You will work closely with colleagues across UCL with responsibility for general accounting and will need to understand and deliver on their management
accounting needs. This will include finance colleagues in the business areas, FP&A, the Financial Accounting team and the Finance Business Partners.

A full range of duties can be found on the attached job description.

Please note we may close our advert early if there are a high number of applications.

About you

To do this job you'll need:

• To be part qualified accountant actively studying for qualification with demonstrable experience in a management accounting or f inance role
• E xperience of working in a service delivery environment
• Experience of working collaboratively in a team environment
• Excellent data analysis and reconciliation skills Essential Application/ Interview
• Excellent IT skills i ncluding advanced knowledge of E xcel and a good all round knowledge of Microsoft Office software

Please review the JD, paying particular attention to the Essential and Desirable criteria, and ensure these are covered in your application.

What we offer

As well as the exciting opportunities this role presents, we also offer some great benefits some of which are below:

• 41 Days holiday (27 days annual leave 8 bank holiday and 6 closure days)
• Additional 5 days’ annual leave purchase scheme
• Defined benefit career average revalued earnings pension scheme (CARE)
• Cycle to work scheme and season ticket loan
• Relocation scheme for certain posts
• On-site gym
• Enhanced maternity, paternity and adoption pay
• Employee assistance programme: Staff Support Service

Our commitment to Equality, Diversity and Inclusion

As London’s Global University, we know diversity fosters creativity and innovation, and we want our community to represent the diversity of the world’s talent. We are committed to equality of opportunity, to being fair and inclusive, and to being a place where we all belong.

We therefore particularly encourage applications from candidates who are likely to be underrepresented in UCL’s workforce. These include people from Black, Asian and ethnic minority backgrounds; disabled people; LGBTQI+ people; and for our Grade 9 and 10 roles, women.

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