Senior Management Accountant

To be the Management Accountant for the College including budget maintenance and monitoring and manage the cash flow forecasting. Line management of a Assistant Management Accountant. To ensure financial systems are developed to improved efficiency and ensuring compliance with financial regulations and procedures.

Client Details

Education

Description

• To assist with the preparation of the monthly management accounts including cash flow forecasts and contribution statements to agreed timescales.
• To be responsible for the maintenance of finance reports within the Q&A and Sun system, including writing any new standard and ad hoc reports as required.
• To produce the budget holder's month end reports on a timely and accurate basis.
• To meet with budget holders to review budget performance and investigate variances and ensure liaise with the Finance Manager and Finance Officer to resolve all budget holder queries on a timely basis.
• To prepare and input budget journals for original and revised budgets onto the Financial Management System on a timely and accurate basis including balance sheet and capital budgets.
• To assist in the preparation of the annual budget including liaison with budget holders.
• To monitor expenditure on capital equipment and buildings throughout the financial year
• To prepare and monitor the overall cash flow forecast and follow up variances.
• To monitor the short term cash flow forecast on a daily/weekly basis and manage with the Finance Manager the investment of surplus cash balances and loan drawdown requirements.
• To prepare, monitor and control cash flow projections and financial forecasts and grant claims in respect of the Capital Projects including reconciliation to the general ledger.
• To lead on the production of the year end accounts including preparing audit file in line with external audit requirements.
• To participate in and prepare for all audits of the Finance department and to ensure that the best possible audit outcome is achieved.
• To supervise the Assistant Management Accountant, including recruitment, probation monitoring and appraisals

Profile

A proven track record in the production of management accounts

Experience of preparing year end accounts

Proven experience of cash flow monitoring and forecasting

A good knowledge of budgetary control and experience of working with budget holders to resolve queries

Job Offer

c 350 per day