Management Accountant

The University of Manchester; Manchester; Hybrid; GBP 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading UK university in Manchester is looking for a Management Accountant to assist in producing monthly management accounts and managing financial planning, budgeting, and forecasting processes. The ideal candidate will focus on customer service and work collaboratively with finance colleagues. This role offers a market-leading pension scheme, excellent health services, and generous leave entitlements, including paid closure during Christmas.

Benefits

Market leading pension scheme

Employee health and wellbeing services

Generous annual leave entitlement

Paid closure over the Christmas period

Local and national discounts

Qualifications

• Experience in producing monthly management accounts.
• Ability to manage budgeting and forecasting processes.
• Strong analytical and communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Assist with production of monthly management accounts.
• Manage financial planning and budgeting processes.
• Develop management information to assist budget holders.

Skills

Financial planning

Budgeting

Forecasting

Customer focus

Team collaboration

Job description

Management Accountant The University of Manchester•Manchester, GB

Overall Purpose of the Job

The Management Accountant is a member of the Directorate of Finance working under the guidance of the Head of School/Directorate Finance.

You will assist with production of monthly management accounts, managing the financial planning, budgeting, forecasting and reporting processes for your area of responsibility. You will develop and continuously improve management information to assist budget holders.

You will be customer focused, flexible in your approach, and work in conjunction with other finance colleagues, covering for and relating with them in order to develop and enhance your role and the service delivered by the Directorate of Finance.

What you will get in return:

• Fantastic market leading Pension scheme
• Excellent employee health and wellbeing services including an Employee Assistance Programme
• Exceptional starting annual leave entitlement, plus bank holidays
• Additional paid closure over the Christmas period
• Local and national discounts at a range of major retailers

As an equal opportunities employer we welcome applicants from all sections of the community regardless of age, sex, gender (or gender identity), ethnicity, disability, sexual orientation and transgender status. All appointments are made on merit.

Our University is positive about flexible working you can find out more here

Hybrid working arrangements may be considered.

Please be aware that due to the number of applications we are unfortunately not able to provide individual feedback on your application.

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Any CV’s submitted by a recruitment agency will be considered a gift.

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This vacancy will close for applications at midnight on the closing date.

Please see the link below for the Further Particulars document which contains the person specification criteria.