Interim Management Accountant / Finance Business Partner

Headstar; West Yorkshire; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

Headstar is seeking an Interim Management Accountant / Finance Business Partner to work directly with the Finance Director during a period of change for a social enterprise delivering urgent medical and dental services in the UK. The role focuses on strengthening management accounts, improving reporting and providing business partnering across the finance function.

You will produce monthly management accounts and financial reporting, support board packs, and help streamline processes while

Qualifications

• Fully qualified accountant (ACA/ACCA/CIMA or equivalent).
• Experience in Management Accountant / Finance Manager / Finance Business Partner roles.
• Strong technical skills in management accounts and financial reporting.

Responsibilities

• Producing and improving monthly management accounts and financial reporting
• Working closely with the Finance Director to strengthen the finance function and improve its infrastructure
• Helping to build and streamline management accounting processes
• Improving the quality, consistency and presentation of financial information
• Supporting the preparation of Board reports and Board-level information
• Providing financial insight and helping to simplify complex information for non-finance stakeholders
• Supporting year-end activity and wider finance projects
• Developing reporting and processes to give the business better visibility of performance
• Providing commercial finance and business partnering support across the organisation
• Helping to assess and develop business cases
• Taking ownership of projects and other areas of work where additional senior finance support is required
• Providing day-to-day support and guidance to the wider finance team
• Line managing and supporting members of the finance team where required

Skills

Management accounting

Financial reporting

Business partnering

Leadership

Education

ACA/ACCA/CIMA or equivalent

Job description

Interim Management Accountant / Finance Business Partner

A senior interim opportunity to work directly with the Finance Director, improve financial reporting and help shape a finance function going through a period of change.

Our client is a well-established social enterprise providing urgent medical and dental services. They are looking for an experienced finance professional to join on an interim basis for an initial 3-4 months, with the potential for this to extend.

This is more than a standard Management Accountant position. The successful candidate will work closely with the Finance Director to strengthen management accounts, improve reporting and processes, support the Board and provide additional business partnering and leadership capability across the finance function.

The Role

You’ll be involved in:

• Producing and improving monthly management accounts and financial reporting
• Working closely with the Finance Director to strengthen the finance function and improve its infrastructure
• Helping to build and streamline management accounting processes
• Improving the quality, consistency and presentation of financial information
• Supporting the preparation of Board reports and Board-level information
• Providing financial insight and helping to simplify complex information for non-finance stakeholders
• Supporting year-end activity and wider finance projects
• Developing reporting and processes to give the business better visibility of performance
• Providing commercial finance and business partnering support across the organisation
• Helping to assess and develop business cases
• Taking ownership of projects and other areas of work where additional senior finance support is required
• Providing day-to-day support and guidance to the wider finance team
• Line managing and supporting members of the finance team where required

There is a genuine opportunity to leave the finance function in a better place than you found it.

What they’re looking for

This role needs someone who can hit the ground running and operate with a high degree of independence.

You’ll ideally be:

• A fully qualified accountant (ACA/ACCA/CIMA or equivalent)
• An experienced Management Accountant / Finance Manager / Finance Business Partner
• Strong technically, with a proven understanding of management accounts and financial reporting
• Comfortable working directly with a Finance Director and senior leadership18]EOFJSON