Management Accountant

Details
Reference number
411368
Salary
£34,892 - £39,943
Successful candidates will be offered the minimum of the pay scale and in some circumstances salary negotiations will be dependent on the demonstration of skills and experience. All our roles come with an excellent benefits package, including the generous Civil Service Pension Scheme. Further salary increases depend entirely upon the outcome of our annual pay negotiation with central government. If you are a current Civil Servant transferring to us, your salary will be discussed in line with our pay policies.
A Civil Service Pension with an employer contribution of 28.97%
GBP
Job grade
Higher Executive Officer
D
Contract type
Permanent
Business area
CH - Finance - Strategic Finance
Type of role
Finance
Other
Working pattern
Flexible working, Full-time
Number of jobs available
1
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About the job
Benefits
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Location
Cardiff, Wales, CF14 3UZ
About the job
Job summary

We are looking for a Management Account to join our Finance team at Companies House!

The purpose of the role is to support the Finance Business Partner and Senior Finance Business Partner in ensuring accurate and timely financial reporting of financial transactions, forecasting and budgeting. Providing support to business areas in managing their financial responsibilities through effective stakeholder management.

The team you will be joining are friendly, passionate, and experienced individuals who work collaboratively together to ensure they are providing an excellent service across the whole of Companies House. As part of Strategic Finance we work as a close team giving fantastic opportunities for developing your knowledge and skills across finance and the wider business, giving you great development opportunities to progress within the finance function. The future focused culture in the Finance team at Companies House is something in which we take huge pride. With visible leadership and the commitment to being actively involved in driving change, we are placing ourselves at the centre of our transformation.

Companies House offers a flexible and welcoming culture that promotes a healthy work life balance as well as a proactive approach to wellbeing that allows us to be our best at work. We recognise that people are the key to our success so offer a fantastic benefits package including flexible working with no core hours, 30 days annual leave, 8 bank holidays and 1 privilege day as well as enrolment into the Civil Service Pension scheme with a contribution rate averaging 28%.

Find out more about what a great place Companies House is to work

You will be aligned to our Cardiff office, where you will be expected to attend on a regular basis. Please see the section 'Where will you be working?' for more information.

Please note - this campaign does not qualify for visa sponsorship.

Job description

Your responsibilities as a Management Accountant include:

Undertake month-end activities in line with reporting timescales, ensuring the integrity of transactions on financial systems, ensuring good controls and checks are in place to maintain accuracy.
Provide explanations for significant changes in forecast and actuals, provide updates on issues and risks to senior managers.
Prepare and use management reports to provide meaningful and insightful analysis for senior managers and decision makers.
Attend Cost Centre meetings, to ensure Cost Centre Managers and Budget Holders understand the financial data.
Engage with Finance Business Partners and other stakeholders (which may include budget holders) to share information and add the value to financial reporting, including contributing where necessary to Forecasting and Budgeting in accordance with Business Plan and Spending Reviews.
Provide financial support, training and technical accounting advice where appropriate with key stakeholders.
Build collaborative relationships with key stakeholders and other finance colleagues.
The postholder will need to be technically competent and demonstrate an awareness of government accounting principles & processes.
Person specification

Experience

Experience in a Management Accounting role in a Finance section, either in private or public sector.
Good interpersonal and communication skills with the ability to build and maintain strong working relationship partners and colleagues.
Intermediate Excel skills.
Strong analytical skills.
Desire to learn and develop new skills.
Experience using PowerBI software or similar reporting software.
Proven skills in problem solving.
Experience of all Microsoft Office products.
Ability to prioritise and meet deadlines with conflicting demands.
Excellent communication skills using business and technical language to all levels where appropriate.
A flexible and reliable approach to deal with a constantly changing working environment.
Behaviours

We'll assess you against these behaviours during the selection process:

Managing a Quality Service
Delivering at Pace
Working Together
Communicating and Influencing
Technical skills

We'll assess you against these technical skills during the selection process:

Qualifications - AAT Level 4 or equivalent (or working towards).
Benefits
Alongside your salary of £34,892, Companies House contributes £10,108 towards you being a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme. Find out what benefits a Civil Service Pension provides.

We believe that our success is driven by the well-being and satisfaction of our team members at all levels of the organisation. At Companies House we re committed to providing a comprehensive benefits package that goes beyond the ordinary, ensuring your career journey with us is not only fulfilling, but also rewarding. We pride ourselves on offering a quality work-life balance with our employee wellbeing being central to our working practices.

Head to Our benefits - Working for us - Recruitment (companieshouse.gov.uk) to find out more about the fantastic benefits package we have at Companies House.

We celebrate diversity

As an equal opportunity employer, we celebrate diversity, being committed to ensuring we re representative of the citizens we serve and creating an inclusive environment. Everyone in Companies House brings something different, and so will you. To fulfil our commitment to recruiting and attracting diverse talent we welcome applications from underrepresented groups. We also welcome applications from Welsh speakers.

We are proud to be a disability confident leader. Our recruitment process is fully inclusive and we can make adjustments as needed through our process. These could include having an interview buddy, extra time at interviews/assessments and receiving interview questions in advance, to name a few.

If you require any reasonable adjustments at application stage, or if you'd like to discuss any person-centred adjustments, please contact us by emailing .

Where will you be working?

You will be aligned to our Cardiff office, where you will be expected to attend on a regular basis. We are currently using a hybrid approach to the way we work which provides opportunities for you to be adaptable in the way you work so that you can achieve a healthy balance between your work and home life. The degree of choice you have will depend on your role and your day-to-day work activities. Your manager will agree regular patterns of attendance with you, however you may be required to make yourself available to attend the office more frequently when required to meet business needs.

Things you need to know
Selection process details
This vacancy is using Success Profiles , and will assess your Behaviours, Strengths, Experience and Technical skills.

In your application form we d like you to:

Tell us about your employment history, including any key responsibilities and achievements, specifically relevant to the role responsibilities and experience required.
Tell us about your AAT Level 4 or equivalent (or working towards) qualification and your ongoing continued professional development (maximum 250 words).
Write a personal statement of 1250 words where you demonstrate how you meet the skills required for this role, providing examples to evidence your level of skill. In your personal statement we are looking for evidence of:
Experience in a Management Accounting role in a Finance section, either in private or public sector.
Good interpersonal and communication skills with the ability to build and maintain strong working relationship partners and colleagues.
A flexible and reliable approach to deal with a constantly changing working environment.
Strong analytical skills.
Experience using PowerBI software or similar reporting software.

What will the process look like?

Sift

Once the advert has closed we will sift applications - this involves reading through them all, please bear with us as this can take some time.
We may raise the score required if we receive a high number of applications.
At sift candidates will be assessed against experience and technical (qualifications) and alongside your work history the panel will score your application against the following criteria:
Experience in a Management Accounting role in a Finance section, either in private or public sector.
Good interpersonal and communication skills with the ability to build and maintain strong working relationship partners and colleagues click apply for full job details