Management Accountant

Civil Nuclear Constabulary; Culham; Hybrid; GBP 39,000 - 46,000; Full time

Job summary

A public sector organization based in Culham is seeking a Management Accountant to oversee financial reporting, budgeting, and stakeholder collaboration. The ideal candidate will be AAT qualified or studying towards a relevant professional qualification, with strong Excel and ERP system skills. This role offers a competitive salary and generous benefits including a pension scheme, flexible working options, and gym access.

Benefits

27.5 days annual leave plus bank holidays

Generous pension scheme

Flexible working hours

Bonus scheme

Free gym on-site

Qualifications

• Demonstrable experience in an accountancy environment providing management reporting.
• Keen eye for detail to ensure data integrity.
• Experience in budgeting and forecasting processes.

Responsibilities

• Provide technical business partnering in financial reporting and budgeting.
• Lead month-end reporting processes and analysis.
• Work closely with internal and external customers.

Skills

Experience in accountancy

Advanced Excel skills

Effective communication

Education

AAT Qualified or actively studying towards ACCA, CIMA, or CIPFA

Tools

Oracle (Fusion and EPM)

MS Office applications

Job description

Overview

Up to £39,929 plus a £2,000 South East allowance per annum and generous benefits package. Based at Culham, Oxfordshire (hybrid working). Permanent, Full-Time (37.5 hours per week).

Responsibilities

• The Management Accountant is responsible for providing technical business partnering in all aspects of monthly financial reporting, budgeting, and forecasting with an emphasis on process efficiency and continuous improvement alongside the production of robust management information to enable effective decision making.
• You will take full ownership of month-end reporting processes including the analysis and production of reporting packs, as well as leading the budgeting and forecasting exercises, receiving financial submissions, consolidating, and incorporating into the medium-term financial plan.
• You will work closely with internal and external customers and stakeholders, managing the relationships, providing financial advice, developing reporting, and supporting with tracking and modelling financials.
• In conjunction with the Financial Control team, you’ll help to produce accurate and timely end of year accounts, ensuring that financial controls are maintained, and undertake audit activities.
• You will have a keen eye for detail to ensure the integrity of the data held in Oracle (Fusion and EPM) and work closely with the Business System Support team to develop additional reporting and improve processes and models.
• You will have good knowledge of Managing Public Money and will ensure that the CNC are following these principles.

Qualifications

• AAT Qualified or actively studying towards a professional qualification with a recognised Accountancy body (ACCA, CIMA, CIPFA) with demonstrable experience in an accountancy environment, providing management reporting and facilitating budgeting and forecasting processes.
• Highly competent and experienced using Enterprise Resource Planning systems and MS Office applications, and an advanced user of Excel to maintain, develop, and build financial models.
• Effective communicator and confident in collaborating with both internal and external stakeholders.

Benefits

• 27.5 days annual leave (rising after 2 years’ service) plus bank holidays
• Additional 30 minutes time worked during the week to accrue additional leave, usable for the period between Christmas and New Year
• Generous pension scheme (20.7% employer contribution, 8.2% employee). The employer contribution for this grade is £7,421 minimum per year, and minimum employee contribution of £2,940. A total minimum annual pension contribution of £10,361
• Flexitime working scheme
• Bonus scheme – dependent on organisational performance, up to a maximum of 7% of salary
• Blue Light Card scheme for discounts
• Free gym on-site
• Enhanced family friendly and wellbeing policies
• Cycle to Work scheme

Equality, Diversity and Inclusion

Equality, Diversity and Inclusion are central to the values of our organisation. We value and embrace the unique experiences, identities and abilities that each of us bring to our roles. We strive to empower everyone to bring their authentic self openly and safely to work. Through the dedicated commitment of our affinity networks, ED&I team and wider HR departments, we are on a journey to embed our ED&I commitments, ensuring the CNC is an employer of choice, where everyone feels included.

Vetting

Please review the video links below which will give you an overview of the vetting process that you will be required to go through if you are successful in your application to join the CNC:

• Vetting: An Overview - https://youtu.be/lRit8RA7Zpo
• Vetting and Finances - https://youtu.be/JmZP7r-9MEE
• Vetting and Life Experiences - https://youtu.be/jVPHvgpB8nc
• Vetting and Internet Use - https://youtu.be/hvXPicGQmYg

How to apply

If you have any questions, please feel free to get in touch with us at [e-mail].

If you are interested in applying for this role, please follow the link below. You will need to ensure you attach your CV and a Covering Letter that detail your suitability against the above responsibilities and experience.