Job description
Assistant Management Accountant
Salary £35,000 - £40,000 plus benefits
Permanent, Full Time
Location: Oxford (hybrid working)
About the Rhodes Trust
The Rhodes Trust is an educational charity which offers Rhodes Scholarships to exceptional students from around the world to come and study at the University of Oxford. Our mission is to build a better world through global fellowship programmes that develop and connect compassionate, innovative, and public-spirited people committed to solving humanity’s challenges.
In recent years, we have also partnered with several other remarkable organisations to create the Mandela Rhodes Foundation, the Atlantic Institute, the Schmidt Science Fellows, and our most recent initiative called RISE.
To learn more about our vision visit The Vision of Rhodes Trust
Rhodes House is being re-opened in March, following an extensive re-development, with the launch of an exciting new conference centre with accommodation.
The role
The Assistant Management Accountant role is a part qualified position that requires a level of skills and experience to support significant delivery of responsibilities. It reports to the Management Accountant, but with close working relationships across the team, and in particular also with the Senior Accountant, with respect to financial accounting responsibilities.
The role will be responsible for;
· Accounting activity such as the preparation of all balance sheet account reconciliations, preparation and posting of month and quarter end adjustments across entities / accruals and prepayments adjustments.
· Maintenance of the Fixed Asset register, preparation and posting of depreciation journals.
· Preparation and posting of monthly internal re-charges journals.
· Assist with review and variance analysis across departmental management reporting.
· Assist with income recognition, preparing monthly journals to defer and recognize income.
· Identifying and reporting expenses incurred in line with Hospitality policy.
· Undertake regular and ongoing quality control review of operational transactions.
About you
To be successful in this role, you should have the following Knowledge, Skills and Experience
· 3-5 years of previous management accounting experience, with good interpersonal skills and can-do attitude
· Minimum AAT Level 4 Qualified, studying for CIMA/ACCA or qualified by experience.
· Experience of computerised accounting packages and reporting tools
· Confidence and familiarity with multi-dimensional accounting software
· Advanced excel skills including pivot tables, vlook-ups, conditional formatting etc.
· A deep commitment to the values, ethos and mission of the Rhodes Trust.
· Experience with Sage Intacct, complex VAT environment within a charity is desirable but not essential.
Benefits of working here
We are a global organisation and we use our deep connections across the world to bring together people of different backgrounds and viewpoints. We encourage our staff to challenge each other’s thinking and generate new ideas.
- 30 days annual leave (pro rata) plus 8 bank holidays
- Competitive pension scheme
- Generous family leave schemes
- Private health insurance
- Employee Assistance Programme
- Personal development opportunities
Additional benefits, such as free access to the University's gardens, parks, libraries and museums, and University staff discounts in shops across Oxford.
If you would like to find out more, please click ‘apply’ to view the full job description and to find the link to apply. Please send us your CV and a covering letter. Please note, this advert will close on 13 January 2023 at 17:00 GMT.
The Rhodes Trust is an equal opportunity employer. We warmly welcome applications from talented people of diverse backgrounds and appoint without regard to age, disability, gender, gender identity, gender reassignment, sexual orientation, pregnancy or maternity, parental status, marital or civil partner status, race, colour, ethnic or national origin, nationality, religion or belief.
Job Types: Full-time, Permanent
Salary: £35,000.00-£40,000.00 per year
Benefits:
- Employee discount
- Private medical insurance
Schedule:
- Monday to Friday
Ability to commute/relocate:
- OXFORD: reliably commute or plan to relocate before starting work (required)
Education:
- Bachelor's (preferred)
Experience:
- accounting: 1 year (preferred)
Work Location: One location
Reference ID: VA87