EIAT Management Accountant

We Manage Jobs(WMJobs); Birmingham; Remote; GBP 35,000 - 55,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a Management Accountant to join their dynamic team. This role offers an exciting opportunity to influence financial practices within a flourishing Multi Academy Trust. The ideal candidate will be CCAB qualified and possess significant experience in month-end reporting and budgeting. With a focus on collaboration and professional development, this position promises a supportive environment where your contributions will directly impact the educational experience of students. If you are ambitious and dedicated to excellence, this opportunity is perfect for you.

Benefits

Generous annual leave entitlement

Employee Assistance Programme

Access to discounts and offers

Comprehensive induction and support

Professional development opportunities

Local Government Pension Scheme

Qualifications

• CCAB qualified with significant experience in month end reporting.
• Ability to produce tailored financial information for various audiences.

Responsibilities

• Produce reliable financial information to support decision making.
• Manage workload effectively in a remote working environment.

Skills

CCAB qualification

Month end reporting

Budgeting

Xero

Effective communication

Tools

Xero

Job description

Education Impact Academy Trust is a flourishing Multi Academy Trust (MAT) incorporating Wilson Stuart School, Mayfield School, Queensbury School, The Hive College, Blue Sky Nursery and Lime Tree Nursery. We strive to ensure that all establishments are improving because they are part of EIAT and seek to share best practice and work in cohesive, collaborative and innovative ways. Our ethos is ‘Better Never Ends’.

As part of the ongoing development of our Trust team to support our establishments, we have a new opportunity for an experienced Management Accountant to join our team of professional and dedicated staff. The finance function has gone through a period of significant change, including migrating to a new finance system (Xero with Planergy for purchasing) and moving to the Department for Education’s Chart of Accounts (CoA). This is an exciting time to join our team and to have a significant influence our ways of working and ultimately decision making though the production of reliable and timely financial information to benefit our Trust and most importantly our students.

The ideal candidate will:
• Be CCAB qualified with significant experience of month end reporting and budgeting;
• Be able to produce financial information that is tailored for purpose and to the audience;
• Be able to work independently and manage workload effectively in a remote working environment;
• Have experience using Xero;
• Be comfortable with communicating effectively with a variety of internal and external stakeholders; and
• Have integrity, enthusiasm and commitment.

Informal conversations are warmly welcomed. If you would like to arrange an informal visit, please email [e-mail]

We can offer:
• A collaborative and inclusive culture;
• A committed, hardworking team who strive to provide the best education for all students;
• Comprehensive induction and probation support and regular opportunities for professional development and growth;
• We offer 10 staff training days across the academic year; one or two of these days are disaggregated which means you complete training outside of normal working hours in twilight sessions and take the actual training day off;
• Employee Assistance Programme via BHSF - free totally confidential support;
• Access to discounts and offers via BHSF;
• Access to a generous pension scheme known as the Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS) for support staff; and
• Generous annual leave entitlement for support staff based on length of service, starting at 29 days pro-rata, rising to 32 at 5 years’ plus service and 34 following 10 years’ plus service.

If you are determined, ambitious, hardworking and you meet our requirements, then we would love to hear from you.

The Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of students and expect all staff to share this commitment. Successful candidates will be subject to all necessary pre-employment checks, including an enhanced DBS, Childcare Disqualification (where applicable), qualifications, medical fitness, identity and right to work. All applicants will be required to provide two suitable references. An online search (and a prohibition check for teachers) will also be carried out as part of due diligence on all short-listed candidates.

To read a copy of our Safeguarding and Child Protection Policy please click on the link below:
Policies (educationimpact.org.uk)

To read our policy on the Recruitment of Ex-Offenders please click on the link below:
Policies (educationimpact.org.uk)

This post is covered by Part 7 of the Immigration Act (2016) and therefore the ability to speak fluent English is an essential requirement of the role.

This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and the amendments to the Exceptions Order 1975, 2013 and 2020 Which means that when applying for certain jobs and activities certain spent convictions and cautions are ‘protected’, so they do not need to be disclosed to employers, and if they are disclosed, employers cannot take them into account.

Further information about filtering offences can be found in the DBS filtering guide:
DBS filtering guide - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)