Description
Sopra Steria Recruitment is working in partnership with a major public sector client in the UK. We are currently recruiting a Management Accountant for an initially 5 month contract based in Bristol/Nottingham.
Responsibilities:
- In addition to the support of two directorates, this role will also carry out Management Accountant tasks (as shown above) for projects (eg accruals)
- Manage the Project report which is issued to the Programme Office on a monthly basis and includes up to date forecasts of all approved projects
- Maintain a schedule of all current approvals from the Investment and Change Committee, to be updated with approval levels and cost/benefit information.
- Manage the Capital spend report which is part of the monthly board paper and includes up to date capital forecasts and actual capital spend against each approved capital scheme.
- Provide support in the building of Financial and Economic cases for inclusion in Outline and Full Business Cases (as determined by the Finance Business Partners)
- Manage relationships with the Programme Office, Fixed Asset Accountant and the Special project and Investment Accountant to ensure that project and capital reporting is up to date and relevant to the business requirements.
Essential experience
- Experience of using a Financial system
- Conveying financial information to non-finance colleagues
- Good oral and written communication skills
- Financial analysis skills - ability to interpret financial data to identify variances and trends
- Experience of building and maintaining internal relationships across the business (with non-finance colleagues)
Desirable:
- Experience of SAP and Oracle Financial systems
- Experience of conducting month end tasks within a finance environment
- Previous experience of Management Accounting, including building and maintaining relationships with budget holders
- Knowledge of accounting processes such as Payables and Receivables
Sopra Steria Recruitment Limited acts as both an employment business and as an employment agency.
Please Note: Shortlisted candidates would be contacted via Call/Email.
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