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Your new company My client is a public sector body that acts as an independent regulator withinHealthcare services Role OverviewThe Management Accountant will collaborate with senior managers and budget holders to provide financial guidance and support to specific directorates. This role involves budgeting, monitoring, and reporting financial performance. The position is due to the organisation implementing a new ERP system.Main Responsibilities Budget Preparation: Work closely with one or more specific directorates to prepare the annual budget, identifying efficiencies and cost-saving opportunities. Monthly Management Accounts: Prepare monthly management accounts, including journal postings, variance analysis, and forecasting full-year performance. Stakeholder Engagement: Build strong relationships with designated directorate budget holders, discussing financial performance and strategies to align spending with the budget. Investment Support: Assist budget holders in preparing bids for further investment through the "Gateway" process. This may involve costing, savings identification, and alternative option appraisal. Ad Hoc Reporting: Provide additional support as needed, including preparing ad hoc reports for Budget Managers and the Assistant Director of Finance. Year-End Accounts: Contribute to the compilation of year-end statutory accounts and support external audits of financial statements. Continuous Improvement: Collaborate with the management accounts team and wider finance to identify process efficiencies and improvements. Balance Sheet Reconciliation: Perform balance sheet reconciliations and reviews as assigned. Safeguarding Awareness: Understand and apply safeguarding policies and processes to protect children and adults at risk. Sustainability Commitment: Support the organization's sustainability aims and a net-zero plan where appropriate. Other Duties: Undertake any reasonable duties assigned from time to time. Person Specification (Essential Criteria) Management Accounting Experience: Demonstrated experience in management accounting, including annual budget production, re-forecasting, and monthly reporting. Interpersonal Skills: Ability to build positive relationships with budget holders and key stakeholders, influencing decisions and negotiating effectively. Financial Insight: Synthesise information from financial and non-financial sources to offer strategic advice and insights to budget holders. Familiarity with financial modelling and sensitivity analysis. Effective Communication: Strong verbal and written communication skills to convey financial information clearly to diverse audiences. Analytical Abilities: Proficient in analysing, interpreting, and articulating trends, variances, and cost drivers. Organisational Skills: Self-driven, able to prioritise workload, meet deadlines, and deliver high-quality outputs with attention to detail. Collaborative Approach: Work proactively as an individual or part of a team to support the wider organisation. Professional Qualification: Full membership of a recognised accounting body within the UK. Excel Proficiency: Excellent knowledge of Excel, including pivot tables and formula manipulation for large data sets. Customer Service Focus: Demonstrate excellent customer service, ensuring internal and external needs are met positively. If you're interested in this role, click 'apply now' to forward an up-to-date copy of your CV, or call us now. If this job isn't quite right for you, but you are looking for a new position, please contact us for a confidential discussion about your career. Hays Specialist Recruitment Limited acts as an employment agency for permanent recruitment and employment business for the supply of temporary workers. By applying for this job you accept the T&C's, Privacy Policy and Disclaimers which can be found at hays.co.uk
Macildowie are partnering with a leading retail company who are currently seeking an experienced Management Accountant to join their finance team on a short term basis while they undergo recruitment of a permanent position (for the right candidate, this position could continue on a permanent basis). This position is based in Leicester and will require office presence (at least 4 days on-site). What you'll do: Production of timely and accurate monthly management accounts in line with reporting timetables. Prepare and post monthly journals relating to P&L and perform monthly balance sheet reconciliations. Assist the Finance Manager as required, including profit and loss variance analysis. Manage payment processes including rent, rates, service charge, and other such calculations, postings and reconciliations. Provide support for the annual budget-setting process. Support the quarterly VAT process, including reconciliations and VAT return. Aid in the preparation of annual statutory financial statements, including support schedules for year-end audit requirements. Communicate effectively with a broad range of finance and non-finance colleagues, both verbally and in writing. What you'll need: Ideally at least part-qualified ACA, ACCA, or ACMA. Significant experience in a similar accounting role with strong analytical skills and good understanding of accounting principles. Proficient Microsoft Office applications: Outlook, PowerPoint, Word, and especially Excel Be comfortable handling large data sets, working with financial models within Excel. Good attention to detail, logical decision-making, and a hands-on, inquisitive approach. Well-organised and disciplined regarding meeting deadlines. Enthusiastic team player with excellent interpersonal skills and the ability to adapt to change. If you are an immediately available, experienced Accountant looking for your next position, please apply directly or email me at and I will be in touch in due course. Please put your home postcode on your CV when applying. Our recruitment tech uses this to make sure your CV is reviewed by the relevant consultant, for the relevant job(s), in the relevant geography. Macildowie are a recruitment business working on behalf of a client to recruit this role. Your personal data may be forwarded to that client company as part of the application process. If you would like information on how we will process your data please go to our website (macildowie.com) and view our fair processing notices which are located at the bottom of the page under privacy policies. Within the fair processing notice for Candidates there is guidance on how to amend your contact preferences or exercise your rights relating to personal data. We can't provide direct links as email address and website urls within our job adverts are removed by some of the websites on which we advertise. Macildowie is a specialist recruitment consultancy with a rich history of enhancing the careers of professionals across the Midlands and the Northern Home Counties. We have an unrivalled understanding of the local market place and recruit for the majority of the region's premier employers. To search for all of our live jobs please visit us at macildowie.com.
Qualified Accountant or any relevant Tax or Treasury qualification Interim Corporate Finance Specialist - Education Sector Client Details Leading provider in legal education are looking to recruit an Interim Corporate Finance Specialist on an initial 3-month basis. As our new Corporate Tax and Treasury specialist, you will manage the corporate tax, cash and banking affairs to create, protect and optimise value in the context of the global business objectives; manage tax related risks (including reputational) from carrying on business; and ensure global compliance with tax laws and reporting requirements. Description Provide practical, technical advice (covering all applicable taxes) to finance teams and overseas branches/subsidiaries on how to structure business initiatives (both in UK and overseas), Ensure that all businesses comply with local tax requirements, including utilising an online tracking tool where relevant, and act in a way that is consistent with protecting the name and reputation of the organisation. Assist with transfer pricing including commissioning benchmarking studies or advance clearance projects if required Manage the preparation of UK subsidiaries' corporation tax returns. own UK return is submitted direct to HMRC and reported to the wider Group Collate global data on a bottom-up basis to prepare and submit CbCR annually where required. Manage the monthly and annual tax reporting cycle and report to Financial Controller and Finance Director on effective tax rates Assist with monitoring the chief tax risks worldwide, along with proposals for their evaluation and mitigation and manage major tax issues in conjunction with local management Assist with the management of significant tax issues arising in the UK and, in conjunction with local Finance Directors, balancing legislative with commercial needs. Interact with tax advisers and auditors (currently PwC, Deloitte) to ensure that their needs are met and that their services are used in a cost-effective way. Reporting to the Financial Controller and Finance Director, implement the relevant elements of the agreed tax strategy. Input to tax reports for Audit Committee. Ensure compliance with all necessary taxation requirements within UK and (if necessary) overseas. Ensure that direct and indirect taxation is computed on a timely and accurate basis, with dues remitted punctually to HMRC and (if necessary) taxation authorities overseas. Effective liaison with external taxation advisers and tax finance specialists at GUS. Tax planning for The University of Law Ltd and its subsidiaries. Ensure timely and accurate VAT returns for the group and/or individual subsidiaries are prepared and submitted, with assistance where needed from external advisers. Ensure timely and accurate corporation tax returns for the group and/or individual subsidiaries are prepared and submitted, with assistance where needed from external advisers. Ensure corporation tax payable are remitted in a timely manner. Liaise as necessary with external taxation advisers (currently, EY) regarding direct (corporation tax) and indirect taxation (VAT) - to allow the advisers to perform their work swiftly and accurately. Handle taxation issues relating to operations overseas, with the support of external advisers and/or GUS entities. Handle issues, if necessary, relating to permanent establishment overseas - noting that the operations of are such that we do not and should not have a permanent establishment overseas Supervision of the cash flow forecasting for The University of Law and its subsidiaries, managing cash flow such that The University of Law and its subsidiaries can meet its financial obligations as they fall due. Liaison with Financial Planning and Analysis and more widely within the University to understand how known business changes will impact cash flow - and ensure this is built into cashflow forecasting models. Liaison with the Treasury function of GUS. Liaison with counterparts at GUS regarding the management of the group treasury. In particular, managing cash flows to and from GUS. Manage the bank accounts of The University of Law and its subsidiaries, ensuring robust control of cash at bank. Manage the relationship with our bankers. Manage the bank accounts of The University of Law and its subsidiaries in UK and/or overseas. Managing the bank mandate. Managing the process to open and close bank accounts in UK and/or overseas. Ensure VAT amounts payable are remitted in a timely manner. Involvement in the preparation and audit of financial statements for subsidiary entities of The University of Law. To promote and sustain a constructive, supportive and professional working relationship with all customers and colleagues Profile Qualified accountant (ATT, ACT, ICAEW, ACCA or ACA) or relevant Tax and Treasury qualification Post-qualification experience Understanding of financial ledgers Written reports Operating within a multi-site environment Corporate Finance Advisory Ability to meet strict reporting and processing deadlines Ability to understand systems and transaction flows Excellent report writing skills Excel and Word Tax Software Treasury Software Tax and Treasury Reporting styles, internal and external. Job Offer Hybrid working Pension A chance to work for an outstanding organisation within the Education sector
Role: Management Accountant Location: Ashby-de-la-Zouch Salary: £35-40k Contract: Temp to Perm The Management Accountant role is an important role supporting the Group Finance Manager. This role will be; Supporting in the preparation of the monthly Management Accounts, Budgeting, Cost management, Credit & Risk Management, Asset Management and HMRC compliance. Assisting in the preparation of Month end Management Accounts and P&L reporting pack. Assisting with AR Customer Credit approvals, AR reporting and weekly meetings. Monitoring and updating monthly Balance Sheet Reconciliations. Overseeing the Fixed Asset Reconciliation, ensuring all Capex approvals are in line with company process. Assisting with annual Budgeting and Cashflow forecasting. Preparing the HMRC VAT Reporting & reconciliation on a quarterly basis. Overseeing the HMRC Import Duty Data, ensuring the accuracy of HMRC reported Import data reconciles with NetSuite purchasing and accruals data. Contributing to the effectiveness of the quality management system. If you feel the above Management Accountant specification matches your professional background, click apply.