Description
Management Accounting and Reporting Analyst
Contract. Public Sector. 10 Months +. £300-£350 Per day
Management Accounting and Reporting Analyst required in Central London. This role is responsible for undertaking the necessary analysis to enable the organisation to understand and assess options for cost reporting (direct cost assignment and indirect cost allocation), management report design and implementation approaches for the programme changes to be delivered by 1st April 2018. It may also assist with documentation, training preparation, training delivery and post implementation support. This role will work closely with the Head of Planning and Reporting, the Data & Data Governance Workstream Lead, the E&E Product Profitability Lead, the Management Information Lead the Programme Management Accounting and Reporting Co-odinator to ensure that analysis is robust, consistent and timely.
The role
- Undertake analysis and create data models for scenario planning to help determine the implications of all the changes in cost reporting (eg direct cost assignment and indirect cost allocations) being proposed by the programme.
- Support programme decision making with analysis around the implications of the programme's changes to Master data object (eg WBS and GLs) are understood and managed effectively.
- Undertake analysis to ensure that non-financial KPIs are compatible with the financial reporting and meet the needs of the operational teaching and exams businesses
- Provide meaningful data analysis that is timely, accurate, insightful and actionable and identify any inconsistencies and risks that transpire together with recommendations/solutions.
- Analysis should be presented to the programme team in user friendly formats/reports including clear supporting commentary and including recommendations for decision makers to act upon.
- Produce analysis that sets out a clear understanding of the 'as is' and 'to be' positions resulting from the change together with full documentation on both states.
- Support with testing (both technical and user acceptance testing) as well as issue remediation
- Support with documentation of key analyses and planning/reporting processes
- Support with the preparation of planning and reporting training materials particularly, but not exclusively in relation to E&E product profitability reporting and the new management information reports
- Assist workstream leads with financial investigation, analysis and modelling if required.
- Provide budgetary control to the programme and financial advice to all members of the programme team.
- Determine work plans and coordinate input from others
- Plan and prioritise own work activities to ensure effective delivery
- Develop peer/personal networks to enhance own knowledge and expertise.
Skills and Experience required
- Data Analytics
- Financial Modelling
- Financial and management accounting
- Analysing Data and Problems Level 3 Analyses patterns
- Communicating and Influencing Level 3 Is creative and adaptive in communications
- Experience of data analysis in a SAP context
- Commercial business experience
- Flexibility, independence and initiative to perform successfully in a rapidly changing environment
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