Job Title: Management Accountant

Salary:  Competitive (Dependent on experience & qualifications)

Location: Chesterfield, Derbyshire (Hybrid)

Working Pattern: 37.5 Hours Per Week

Who We Are

We’re one of the largest adult social care providers in the UK today – and we plan to keep growing and benefiting more lives.  Our support is dynamic, person-centred and fulfilling, so people can enjoy a flourishing life. We deliver care and support with energy, passion and positivity.    

We're very proud to be recognised as one of the best organisations to work in by  ‘The Sunday Times Best Places to Work 2024’.

Our Values

Our values reflect us all and they’re at the heart of everything we do. They set out our culture, the way we behave and the way we do things.   

Our colleagues are passionate, kind and resilient and they go the extra mile for the people we support and each other. We have this expectation of all of our colleagues. As a leader, you’ll embody our values in action and inspire and motivate your teams them to do the same. 

Role Overview

As a Management Accountant, you will:

• Take responsibility for and lead the month-end process, providing timely, accurate, and high-quality financial reporting. This includes, but is not limited to:
• Ensuring all P&Ls, the balance sheet, and all supporting management information are completed on a timely, accurate, and high-quality basis.
• Ensuring all monthly sales invoices are raised, calculating accrued and deferred income, and reconciling revenue as part of the month-end process.
• Ensuring there is a thorough and robust review process for the P&Ls, the balance sheet, supporting balance sheet records, and supporting management information.
• Ensuring all month-end tasks are completed on a timely and accurate basis.
• Playing a key role in the year-end and external audit processes, responding to any queries on a timely basis.
• Ensuring there are appropriate financial controls in place around the management accounts process and within the services through service audits.
• Providing and further developing weekly reporting and analysis to the organisation on key financial performance indicators.
• Providing ad hoc support and analysis to enable stakeholders to better understand financial performance.
• Playing a key role in the budget process, ensuring an accurate and high-quality budget is produced within the agreed timelines and supporting any subsequent re-forecasts.
• Coaching, developing, supporting, and managing the management accounting team as needed.

Follow Our Procedures

We have plenty of guides and information to help you do your job well. You’ll find these on our Connect platform and from your manager. Please:

• Read The Right Way handbook thoroughly and the Skills for Care Code of Conduct.
• Make sure all confidential information is not shared unless this is in line with our data protection policy.
• Contact your manager or the person in charge as soon as possible if you are unable to work, and also on your return after absence.
• Read and follow our policies and procedures listed in the handbook and on Connect.

This is not an exhaustive list of duties as the role may change from time to time to meet the needs and objectives of the business.

The Main Skills and Experience for This Role

Essential:

• Numerate and detail-focused.
• Organised and thorough.
• Able to work as part of a team, providing leadership and direction to the team.
• Able to prioritise own work and work under pressure to deadlines.
• Flexible, adaptable, and proactive.
• Prior experience of working in a multi-site organisation.
• Substantial experience of working in a management accounts-based role.
• Part/Qualified accountant (CIMA/ACCA/ACA).

Desirable:

• Prior experience of coaching and managing a small team.
• Prior experience of working in other areas of finance.
• Prior experience of working in a healthcare organisation or a similar industry.

Our Support  

We go beyond expectations for our colleagues as well as the people we support. Our reward package includes much more than pay, 25 days of annual leave + bank holidays and pension. Your birthday off with pay after a year of service and there is a £300 refer a friend scheme too!  

In addition, we also offer the following: 

• Industry-leading recognition 
• Social, financial and emotional wellbeing 
• Training and development to reach your potential  

If you’re ready for a job that can truly make a difference and you’re up for a challenge, then this is the role for you! 

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