Management Accountant

Goverment Property Agency; Birmingham; On-site; GBP 35,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

A government agency is seeking a Management Accountant to ensure accurate transactions and produce management information. This role involves facilitating forecasting, producing financial reports, and supporting internal audits. Ideal candidates will have strong management accounting experience and be proficient in Microsoft Excel. The position offers the opportunity to contribute to a culture of strong financial management and work within a diverse portfolio of projects.

Qualifications

• Good experience of management accounting.
• Ability to seek out new information and self-develop.
• Experience in an Estates/Property environment.

Responsibilities

• Facilitating forecasting and reporting.
• Producing management accounts for relevant budget holders.
• Preparing balance sheet reconciliations.

Skills

Management accounting

Financial data analysis

Strong attention to detail

Excellent communication

Education

AAT Qualified or working towards CCAB qualification

Tools

Microsoft Excel

Google Sheets

Job description

Location

Birmingham, Bristol, Cardiff, Leeds, Manchester, Nottingham, Swindon

About the job The Government Property Agency is the largest property holder in government, with more than £2.1 billion in property assets and over 55% of the government’s office estate.

We are transforming the way the Civil Service works by creating great places to work, leading the largest commercial office programme in the UK, working towards halving carbon emissions from government offices, and achieving greater value for taxpayers. And we are looking for innovative, solutions-focused people to join our team.

Representing the best covenant in the UK – His Majesty’s Government – we are leading transformational programmes such as the Government Hubs Programme, Whitehall Campus Programme and Net Zero Programme, as well as delivering modern, cost-effective real estate service solutions.

Innovation and progress are at the heart of our behaviours. We foster a culture of lifelong learning, where curiosity and self-improvement are encouraged. And we’re dedicated to becoming a leading, inclusive employer both in the external market and throughout the Civil Service. Our strong emphasis on Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion (EDI) is not just about driving inclusion across our organisation, it is also about ensuring our services meet the needs of government departments and the civil servants who use our spaces.

Join our dynamic and diverse team that leads with purpose, improving sustainability, nurturing social value, driving inclusivity and flexibility, and kickstarting economic growth. We are driven by purpose, and you can be part of it too: where you make a meaningful impact; where you influence; where your voice really matters; where you help to shape our future direction.

The GPA is committed to representing the communities we serve by making Diversity, Equality and Inclusion part of everything we do.

To ensure that we are always recruiting and retaining a diverse mix of talent, we are particularly inviting applications from candidates who are disabled, ethnically or gender diverse, and people who identify as being part of the LGBTQ+ community.

Job description

The Management Accountant role in the GPA is integral to ensuring transactions are accurately recorded, producing management information, forecasts and supporting the business and GPA clients to make informed decisions.

Working across a diverse portfolio of projects and related overheads, the post holder will need to build key relationships across the business, ensuring accurate management accounting and providing analysis and analysis interpretation to key stakeholders.

The post holder will contribute to GPA developing a culture of strong financial management.

Key Responsibilities

• Facilitating forecasting and reporting
• Producing management accounts for relevant budget holders
• Producing financial reports for corporate stakeholders and GPA clients
• Supporting internal and external audits
• Preparing balance sheet reconciliations including accruals and prepayments
• Investigate variances and ensure transactions are accounted for correctly, as well as identifying trends, risks and opportunities in the financial data
• Supporting the payroll and staff costs, ad-hoc recharging and purchase to pay processes
• Preparing and processing journals
• The post holder may be required to undertake additional responsibilities as expected in relation to the role and grade

Person specification

Experience & Technical Skills

Desirable criteria

1. Good experience of management accounting
2. Strong attention to detail and ability to analyse and interpret significant amounts of financial data
3. Ability to seek out new information and self-develop
4. Highly IT literate and experienced at using multiple software tools, including Microsoft Excel and/or Google Sheets
5. Excellent communicator, with the ability to communicate complex financial information to non-finance stakeholders
6. Ability to work in a geographically dispersed team
7. Experience in an Estates/Property environment

Qualifications and Accreditations

Desirable criteria

• AAT Qualified, or working towards CCAB qualification

Behaviours

We'll assess you against these behaviours during the selection process:

• Working Together
• Changing and Improving
• Delivering at Pace

Technical skills

We'll assess you against these technical skills during the selection process:

• Customer Perspective
• Commercial Acumen
• Property Market Knowledge
• Innovation

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