Assistant Management Accountant (18 Month Fixed Term Contract)

Contract type: 18 Month Fixed Term Contract

Hours: 37.5/week

Salary: circa £45,000 depending on experience

Location: Birmingham, Leeds or London

WFH policy: Employees are required to attend the office 2 days/week

Flexible working : Variety of flexible work patterns subject to line manager discretion e.g. Compressed 9-day fortnight.

Reports to: Reporting and Planning Manager

Deadline Note: We reserve the right to close the advert before the advertised deadline if there are a high volume of applications.

Role Summary

The Assistant Management Accountant (AMA) sits in the wider FP&A subsection if the Finance & Procurement Team. The main purpose of the AMA role is to collaborate with the Management Accountant (MA) to ensure accuracy of Month-End postings, and timely preparation and distribution of the various reporting packs, providing a solid foundation from which the FP&A area can Business Partner constructively and effectively. The AMA will also support the Accounts Analysts from a Purchase Order Management perspective, to ensure smooth running of the Accounts Payable function.

Key Responsibilities

• Month-End
• Take ownership of the monthly Management Accounts postings, primarily Accruals, Prepayments and any Reclasses required
• Perform Balance Sheet Reconciliations, to understand any differences and how any reconciling items will be resolved.
• Assist the Management Accountant (MA) in submission of the Trial Balance to DESNZ (Government Department)
• Variance Analysis
• Work with the wider FP&A Team to monitor variances, analyse drivers and causes, and assist with supporting commentary, to allow optimum use of company funds
• Monthly CFO presentation
• Assist in the preparation of the monthly summaries in Power BI for Operational Costs, Capital Costs and specific views per scheme, for presentation to the CFO
• Reporting Packs
• Work with MA to prepare and send External Reporting Packs to DESNZ and Internal packs to departments
• Provide additional tailored support to answer Departmental queries where required
• Funding Request Management
• Ensure non-Levy and Capital funding requests are prepared accurately, submitted and settled by DESNZ, to ensure work carried out is billed on a regular basis
• Process Improvements
• Using curiosity, work with the FP&A Area, and wider Finance & Procurement Team, to identify opportunities to streamline processes
• Ownership of PO process
• Own the Purchase Order, Purchase Order Request and Supplier Management in SAGE
• Audit & Year-End Support
• Assist on the year-end process and any Interim and Ful Year audit requests
• Ad-hoc Support
• Provide flexible support to the wider Finance and Procurement teams on any ad-hoc requirements or urgent projects. Where required, provide peer support and coaching to less experienced team members.

Skills Knowledge and Expertise

Essential Qualifications & Experience

• A fully qualified or finalist accountant with a recognised accounting body i.e., CIMA, ACCA; CIPFA; ICAEW; ICAI or ICAS or an equivalent qualification
• Commercial experience working in a finance role
• Technical Skills
• Extensive experience with Microsoft Excel and user experience of an ERP system/software
• Willingness learn, and develop expertise, in business intelligence platforms
• Adaptability & Growth Mindset
• Ability to establish relationships with a range of people across the business to support delivery of business outcomes
• Flexibility to meet the challenges of a growing and changing business
• Proactive, ‘can do’ attitude, with ability to take full ownership of their work
• Produce work on a timely basis while maintaining quality
• Good written and verbal communication skills

Desirable

• Experience using Data Visualisation Dashboards
• Previous experience of using SAGE X3 (ERP System)

Employee Benefits

As if contributing to and supporting work that makes life better for millions wasn’t rewarding enough, we offer a full range of benefits too. Key benefits that may be available depending on the role include:

• Annual performance based bonus, up to 10%
• 25 days annual leave, plus eight bank holidays
• Up to 8% pension contribution
• Financial support and time off for study relevant to your role, plus a professional membership subscription
• Employee referral scheme (up to £1500), and colleague recognition scheme
• Family friendly policies, including enhanced maternity leave and shared parental leave
• Free, confidential employee assistance, including financial management, family care, mental health, and on-call GP service
• Three paid volunteering days a year
• Season ticket loan and cycle to work schemes
• Family savings on days out and English Heritage, gym discounts, cash back and discounts at selected retailers
• Employee resource groups

About Low Carbon Contracts Company

The Low Carbon Contracts Company (LCCC) exists to help decarbonise the generation of electricity and make it more affordable for the future. Our work is central to the delivery of the Government’s objective to achieve Net Zero target by 2050. Discover more about LCCC and what it's like to work with us by watching this video:

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