Management Accountant

Management Accountant Derby, England

Babington
Full Time Derby, England 10.56 - 12.04 GBP Today
Job description

Management Accountant - Hybrid

Do you have experience in Management Accounts? Are you methodical, enthusiastic and determined to deliver a quality service with a keen eye for detail and looking to develop your current skills? If so, then we have a fantastic opportunity for you!

At Babington we pride ourselves on delivering robust training programmes across a variety of professional sectors and we are looking for a Management Accountant to join our fantastic Finance team at our Derby Head Office. In this role you will assist the well-established Group Financial Controller with the usual management accounting processes but with a twist as you will be implementing a new business partnering element into the team!

If you have a passion for learning, a willingness to be part of a dynamic team and the drive to be part of Babington’s journey of Developing Better Futures, then we want to hear from you!!

Summary of Role

As a qualified Accountant, you will be enjoying the flexibility of a hybrid working environment in a lovely and well-established Finance Team, reporting into the Group Financial Controller and will have the opportunity to make this role your own! Management Accounts will be your bread and butter but a key development to this role is to liaise with the business to strengthen relationships with Operations and across the organisation; raising the profile of Finance.

Brief summary of principle accountabilities

Management Accounting

  • Support the Group Financial Controller to process financial transactions accurately in order to produce the monthly management accounts in line with the month end timetable, for example, prepare and post prepayments, accruals, and payroll journals.
  • Balance sheet reconciliations including bank.
  • Provide support across all finance areas including purchase ledger, nominal ledger, banking, cash flow or petty cash in order to meet reporting deadlines.
  • Manage all aspects of the sales ledgers for the group companies, including the identification and raising of invoices, their revenue recognition and debt collection.
  • Active participation in the year end audit
  • Maintain pricing schedules for Digital / Commercial sales and update the corresponding sales product and order templates on Sage (/CRM).
  • Perform ad hoc analysis and investigations as and when required.

Business Partnering

  • Managing the end to end monthly reporting process of P&Ls to Department budget holders
  • Setting up a new monthly reporting process, with an aim for encouraging visibility, ownership and accountability of department budgets
  • Liaising with the business to strengthen relationships with Operations and across the business, raising the profile of Finance.


Brief person Specification
Essential (E) Desirable (D)

Qualifications

  • Grade A-C GCSE in English and maths or equivalent (E)
  • CIMA/ACCA or ACA Professional Qualification (E)

Skills and experience

  • Experience of working within a Finance or Accountancy department (E)
  • Experience of line management (D)
  • Experience of processing management accounts (E)
  • Experience of business transactions (E)
  • Good level of Excel skills - essential (E)
  • Experience of working on multiple projects at one time and prioritising workload (E)
  • Experience of using Accounting software e.g. Sage (E)
  • Experience of sales and purchase ledger (D)
  • Experience of interacting with stakeholders both internal and external via telephone and email (E)

Babington Benefits

  • My Babington Rewards
  • Westfield Health Plan
  • Westfield Rewards
  • 25 Days annual leave plus Bank holidays
  • Additional annual leave purchase scheme
  • Employer Pension contribution
  • Hybrid

We are innovators in Education so why not apply now and join us in Developing Better Futures!

We’ll be conducting interviews on a continuous basis and reserve the right to take down the advert when we have found the right candidate.

Management Accountant
Babington

www.babington.co.uk
Derby, United Kingdom
David Marsh
$5 to $25 million (USD)
201 to 500 Employees
College / University
Colleges & Universities
Education
1976
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