Management Accountant

Government jobs, apprenticeship; West Midlands; On-site; GBP 43,000 - 47,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Local government pension

Staffordshire Pension Fund

Gym membership discount

Free on-site parking

Subsidised meals

Cycle scheme

Annual leave 28–33 days

Employee Assistance Programme

Job summary

The Alpha Academies Trust (AAT) is seeking to appoint an experienced and motivated Management Accountant to support the Finance Director in delivering high-quality financial management, reporting, budgeting, forecasting and financial control across the Trust. Based at The Discovery Academy with travel across the Trust as required.

This role is based fully on-site, with working hours of 8:00am to 4:00pm Monday to Thursday, and 8:00am to 3:30pm on Friday.

Qualifications

• CCAB qualified accountant with strong management accounting experience.
• Experience in budgeting, forecasting and financial reporting.
• Ability to analyse and present financial information clearly.
• Excellent organisational, communication and problem-solving skills.
• Ability to build relationships with a wide range of stakeholders.
• Preferably experience in an Academy Trust, education, charity or public sector.

Responsibilities

• Support the Finance Director in delivering high-quality financial management, reporting, budgeting, forecasting and financial control across the Trust.
• Based at The Discovery Academy with travel across the Trust as required; on-site role, 8:00–16:00 (Fri 8:00–15:30).
• Provide accurate financial information, analysis and advice to support effective decision-making.

Skills

Management accounting

Budgeting

Forecasting

Financial analysis

Communication

Stakeholder management

Education

CCAB Qualified Accountant

Job description

Job details

Job role

• Administration, HR, data and finance

Visa sponsorship

Visas cannot be sponsored

Working pattern

Full time: 37 hours per week, Monday to Friday.

Contract type

Permanent

Full time equivalent salary

Between £43,149 to £46,579

What skills and experience we're looking for

Chief ExecutiveOfficer: Mr S French | Required:As Soon As Possible |Management Accountant | Permanent | WholeYear | 37 hours per week | Level 11, Actual Salary £43,149 to £46,579

The Alpha Academies Trust (AAT) is seeking toappoint an experienced and motivated Management Accountant to support theFinance Director in delivering high-quality financial management,reporting, budgeting, forecasting and financial control across theTrust. Based at The Discovery Academy with travel across the Trust as required.This role is based fully on-site, with working hours of 8:00am to 4:00pm Monday to Thursday, and 8:00am to 3:30pm on Friday.

This is an exciting opportunity to join our Central Team and play a key role in supporting the financial sustainability and strategic development of our academies. Working closely with the Finance Director, Principals, budget holders and senior leaders, you will provide accurate financial information, analysis and advice to support effective decision-making.

Weare looking for someone who

• Is a CCAB Qualified Accountant
• Has strong managementaccounting, budgeting and forecasting experience.
• Can analyse and present financialinformation clearly.
• Has excellent organisational,communication and problem-solving skills.
• Can build effective relationships with a widerange of stakeholders.
• Ideally has experience within an AcademyTrust, education, charity or public sector environment.

Our Trust has an amazing family of academies, and each has its own ethos and values that contribute to the wider Trust purpose. We are committed to delivering a first-class education to overcome inequality and as a member of the Trust Central Team, you will play a key part in helping us to achieve that. We are a local trust with all academies in close proximity, this allows us to focus our strategic direction on learning from each other to ensure that we can deliver the very best in experiences and standards for the communities that we serve.

Our main priority is to develop people and our staff in the organisation are no exception to this. The Trust Central Team facilitates the very best in collaboration, staff development and wellbeing. In order to continue this, we need exceptional people, who we will support to be outstanding professionals.

The ability to converse at ease with members of the public, including staff and students in accurate spoken English is essential for the post, therefore post holders must be able to fulfil all spoken aspects of the role with confidence through the medium of English.

Our Purpose

Our purpose is to deliver a first-class education for every child that overcomes inequality. We recruit outstanding staff and make their professional development a number one priority. We are committed to working with other stakeholders to create a joined-up momentum, with the ambition of bringing about transformational change.

Our values

• Ambition
• Respect
• Belonging

Why Alpha?

Our Trust is located in Stoke-on-Trent and consists of two Secondary Academies, four Primary Academies and a Central Team.Alpha Academies Trust has been established to create a network of Primary and Secondary Academies in North Staffordshire.

We help over 4000 pupils develop and grow into very special individuals. Our staff thrive in doing this and as a result, fulfil their own immense sense of purpose. Joining us will in turn mean that you can support those pupils as well as our staff in being the best that they can be. You will be a part of their success.

We care about our people and feel that we can achieve the greatest impact through a research led culture.

We believe that mutual Respect should serve as the foundation of our organisation. This supports collaboration and as a result our people are creative, confident and work as one. Our staff identify the approaches that have the greatest impact on children and support the well-being and workload of all our staff.

What the school offers its staff

The Benefits of Working for Our Trust

• a local government pension scheme
• Staffordshire Pension Fund
• a discounted gym membership for on‑site gyms and a 25% discount at Nuffield Health Stoke Fitness & Wellbeing Gym
• free on‑site parking
• subsidised meals
• a Cycle scheme
• Annual leave entitlement starts from 28 days, increasing to 33 days after 5 years' service
• an Employee Assistance Programme through Life and Progress including counselling services to ensure that our staff are looked after and supported

We're Disability Confident!

Alpha Academies Trust is a Disability Confident Employer which means that it has made commitments to the recruitment and continued employment of people with disabilities. Should you require any reasonable adjustments during any point of the application process, please contact our Trust HR Team at [e-mail] to discuss.

Further information about the job

The candidate will be required to undergo a full enhanced DBS check and must be eligible to work in the UK.

Visas cannot be sponsored.

If you're interested in teaching or training to teach in England as an international citizen, we can help you understand your next steps.

Commitment to safeguarding

The Alpha Academies Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all its employees and volunteers to share this commitment. This post is exempt under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and the successful candidate will be subject to an enhanced check by the Disclosure and Barring Service, as well as an online social media check along with other stringent vetting and induction processes. Please note, references will be sought for all shortlisted candidates prior to the interview.