Management Account - Finance

What's involved with this role: Role: Management AccountRef: Leicestershire 0009 8AE0 / 1Hybrid Working , one day a week in the office.Please note the pay rate is approximate and subject to experience and qualifications.Part Qualified: £20.06p/h - £21.44p/h PAYEQualified: £22.03p/h - £24.02p/h PAYEThe team are looking for a Management Account to join a Corporate Resources department, whose functions are more support service based and include HR, property, Finance, IT, Customer Services, Business Continuity and Transformation. It is essential that you have local authority finance experience.The role will focus on the delivery of accurate, timely and relevant financial information to Senior Managers including financial reporting and analysis, financial planning and submissions to government or partner organisations.Key Responsibilities:

1. To provide significant engagement with Budget Managers and Senior Managers it is important that they can communicate technical financial information to non-finance specialists in an easily understandable way.
2. They will also be working as part of the business partner team providing financial management support and business advice to service departments, whilst ensuring strong and sustainable links are maintained with the Corporate Centre.
3. The role will focus on the delivery of accurate, timely and relevant financial information to Senior Managers including financial reporting and analysis, financial planning and submissions to government or partner organisations.
4. Working closely with Finance Business Partners the role plays an active part in identifying options that can be taken to optimise short and long-term financial performance and service delivery (efficiency).

Qualifications:Either hold NVQ level 4 in a relevant area and membership of AAT or equivalent; OR hold CCAB qualificationSkills & Experience

1. Finance local authority experience is essential
2. Experience of using a large footprint ERP (preferably Oracle) and reporting tools
3. Able to communicate technical financial information to non-finance specialists in an easily understandable way.
4. Previous experience working as part of a business partner team providing financial management support and business advice to service departments,
5. Ability to ensure strong and sustainable links are maintained with the Corporate Centre.
6. Experience of delivering accurate, timely and relevant financial information to Senior Managers
7. Experience of providing financial reporting and analysis, financial planning
8. Experience of supporting submissions to government or partner organisations.

Please quote the Job Title & Vacancy Reference No. in your application, or we will be unable to match your CV to the role being applied for. Clients are generally looking for candidates who are local to, or who can commute easily to the place of work.It will help your application if your CV states, in broad terms, where you reside - there is no need for a full address.Please feel free to apply to us direct via by quoting the job reference and exact job title.If you are successful in securing this role, please note that for the entire duration of this contract, regardless of extension, you will be working at the PAYE rate that has been advertised. For absolute clarity, we only work on a PAYE basis, rather than umbrella pay terms. We do not offer Ltd/umbrella or outside IR35 rates. If you wish to understand PAYE vs Umbrella more, please let us know and we can send you some additional information for clarity.Due to the number of CVs being sent to us under current market conditions, unfortunately we cannot respond to all applications. If you have not heard from us within 3 working days, please assume that you have not been shortlisted on this occasion. We will, however, be very happy to receive future applications from you for other roles. Please note that clients invariably ask us to strip out contact details from CVs before we submit them for consideration. This is always quicker and easier to do if you send your CV to us in Word format, rather than as a PDF please