Management Accountant

ELEVATE PROJECTS LTD; London; On-site; NOK 697,000 - 951,000; Full time

Job summary

Elevate projects are working in partnership with our client to appoint an experienced management accountant, to work with heads of service to provide high quality, user-focused and proactive financial support and challenge to a range of service areas in managing budget/finances and delivering the efficiency programme, along with accurate and timely information to support budget-setting, budget monitoring and accounts closure.

Responsibilities

• Work with relevant budget holders to produce the three main pillars of the annual budget cycle (budget setting, regular budget monitoring, and accounts closing) accurately, to timetable and with clear audit trails of workings, across capital and revenue.
• To provide proactive, high quality and informed financial advice at all levels of operational decision making, with the necessary challenge and/or justification where necessary
• To build strong working relationships , alongside external stakeholders where relevant, and particularly with the services being supported, to ensure best results in operational decisions
• To provide accurate financial information as necessary for statistical returns, Freedom of Information requests and other information requests (internal and external), as required by the services, and with service input where relevant.

Job description

Elevate projects are working in partnership with our client to appoint an experienced management accountant, to work with heads of service to provide high quality, user-focussed and proactive financial support and challenge to a range of service areas in managing budget/finances and delivering the efficiency programme, along with accurate and timely information to support budget-setting, budget monitoring and accounts closure.

MAIN AREAS OF RESPONSIBILITY:

Work with relevant budget holders to produce the three main pillars of the annual budget cycle (budget setting, regular budget monitoring, and accounts closing) accurately, to timetable and with clear audit trails of workings, across capital and revenue.

To provide proactive, high quality and informed financial advice at all levels of operational decision making, with the necessary challenge and/or justification where necessary

To build strong working relationships , alongside external stakeholders where relevant, and particularly with the services being supported, to ensure best results in operational decisions

To provide accurate financial information as necessary for statistical returns, Freedom of Information requests and other information requests (internal and external), as required by the services, and with service input where relevant.