Management Accountant - Oxford - 6 months initially

Oxfordshire  ‐ Onsite
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Management Accountant - Oxford - 6 months initially

My Oxford based client is currently looking to recruit a Management Accountant for an initial 6 month contract.

The successful candidate will have the following skills and experience;

  • CCAB qualified, part/qualified Accountant.
  • Experience of budgeting, reporting, monitoring budgets and providing financial management support in a large and complex organisation. Advanced user of integrated financial systems and advanced skills in excel data management and reporting.

Overall purpose of post: To act as part of the central finance team, reporting to the Senior Management Accountant, providing financial management support to the Finance and Legal Services directorate and providing support to the Systems & Project Manager on the E5 financial system action plan. Financial management duties such as month end reconciliations, reporting, forecasting and budgeting.

The main purpose of the job is to act as the management accountant supporting the central finance activities reporting to the Senior Strategic Management Accountant and providing support to the Systems & Project Accountant to prepare, reports; carry out month end reconciliations, help manage and reconcile interface posting to e5 from other systems, analyse and present data from the main financial system; prepare budgets and future plans, and monthly monitoring reports.

Key tasks are:

  • Support the Finance and Legal Services Directorate in budgeting, monitoring and reporting, month end procedures and closure of accounts.
  • Carry out financial management tasks, such as analysis and presentation of data as directed by the Senior Strategic Management Accountant.
  • Work closely with the Systems Accountant, optimising the use of e5, helping to write reports, provide training and supporting users as required.
  • Provide financial management support to the FLS directorate;
  • Develop knowledge and become a super user of e5;
  • Help design and distribute reports;
  • Seek end users feedback and advise on the best use of e5 to support the business;
  • Support the month end and year end processes
  • Train finance and non- finance staff on use of e5 for reporting and monitoring; ordering and authorising; goods receipting; and other best practice processes;
  • Help support the development of the Intranet for finance users;
  • Support the senior management accountant ( strategic planning) on compilation of budgetary information and monitoring information monthly and as part of the annual planning process, as and when required;
  • Support the Cost Accountant - Transparency and Costing, to gather information for the purposes of compiling the TRAC reports, as and when required;
  • Work closely with the central and devolved finance teams to ensure the University's accounts closedown procedures and the preparation of annual financial statements is as effective as possible;
  • Actively propose and promote better ways of working and solutions to problems by working with individuals and teams both within central finance and the directorate and faculty finance teams;
  • Work closely with internal and external auditors to respond rapidly to requests for information;
  • Help the Systems & Project accountant on the E5 improvement plan as required.
  • To undertake any other reasonable duties commensurate with role.

If you have the above skills and experience click apply now, alternately send a copy of your CV - Thanks.

Start date
ASAP - Urgent requirement
Duration
6 months initially
From
Sopra Steria Recruitment Limited
Published at
10.03.2017
Project ID:
1302558
Contract type
Freelance
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