Management Accountant & Business Partnering

Association of International Certified Professional Accountants; City Of London; Hybrid; GBP 45,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

A public sector organization in Central London is seeking a Management Accountant & Business Partner for a 6-month fixed-term contract. The role involves budgeting, forecasting, and providing financial reports while establishing relationships with various business areas. Candidates should have management accounting experience and advanced Excel skills. This position offers a salary between £45,000 and £50,000 and a flexible work arrangement with 2 days in the office and 3 days from home.

Qualifications

• Experience with management accounts and business partnering.
• Prior experience with prepayments, accruals, and variance analysis.
• Advanced Excel skills required.

Responsibilities

• Enable the annual budget and support business areas.
• Assist in forecasting and updating budgets.
• Provide accurate and timely financial reports.
• Establish relationships with business stakeholders.

Skills

Management accounts experience

Business partnering

Prepayments

Accruals

Variance analysis

Posting journals

Advanced Excel skills

Education

Qualified or part qualified

Qualified by experience

Job description

Overview

Your new role
Management Accountant & Business Partnering
6 months FTC
£45,000 - £50,000
2 days/ week in the office, 3 days from home
Central London

Reporting to the Senior Finance Business Partner, you will be working for a public sector organisation.

Responsibilities

• Budgeting - enable the annual budget. Provide assistance to business areas in setting their budgets and different scenarios.
• Forecasting - Support the provision of an appropriate number of forecast updates to the budget, supporting the Senior Finance Business Partners in their work with the business areas to help them understand and forecast their costs and income.
• Financial Systems - Be proficient at using new tools and using these to drive good practice in budgeting and forecasting.
• Ensure consistent budgeting and forecast practices, timing and detail, as appropriate, coordinating with other team members and the Head of.
• Reporting - working with oversight of the Senior Finance Business Partners in the provision of accurate and timely financial business reports each period to enable business areas to monitor cost performance and to have the information they require to alter their operations, if necessary, to ensure optimisation of their budget. Prepare internal finance papers.
• Service and business partnering - provide a first-class financial service and support to business areas in response to ad hoc queries, within the remit of the role, and experience held.
• Relationships - establish and develop relationships with business areas, Corporate Services Directorate, wider business and possibly external stakeholders in order to know and understand key elements of the business. This will facilitate an optimal level of service provided to the business

What you'll need to succeed

• Have experience with both management accounts and business partnering.
• Have prior experience with prepayments, accruals, variance analysis, posting journals.
• Have advanced excel skills.
• Are qualified/ part qualified/ qualified by experience

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