Junior Management Accountant

Description:

We have a fantastic opportunity for a Junior Management Accountant join our team based in Stockport or London Canary Wharf. The salary on offer is starting from £43,000. This role will be working from home 4 days a week and 1 day in the office.

About the role:

This is a role within the Shared Services Business Delivery team. The role holder will join the wider Corporate Finance team of professionals who provide financial planning and budgeting, reporting, control, and general ledger oversight for NHS Property Services, as well as our Finance Shared Services and Finance Systems Optimisation teams under Shared Services.

This role delivers management accounting expertise, gives support for financial reporting, contributes to performance analysis and adds insight and control to the Finance team for NHS Property Services, covering all functions and end-to-end income and costs.

The role holder should act as a gatekeeper to the NHS reporting ledger, ensuring there is control and governance for all related activities so that we are producing accurate and timely reporting and analysis that can help management make better decisions related to their business performance.

The role will need to deal with a multitude of stakeholders both in wider Finance and the business. Building relationships and working collaboratively together to put the Customer at the Heart is key to the success of this role.

Key Responsibilities:

This role supports the wider management accounting team in preparing and posting journal ledger entries for all NHSPS functions and end-to-end income and costs for the P&L and Balance Sheet by:
Assisting in reviewing and monitoring the draft ledger position for NHSPS to gain an understanding of the key drivers for movements in the P&L and corresponding balance sheet;
Maintaining accrual and prepayment calculations and models at property level for key income and expenditure lines; and
Preparing and posting month end journals accurately and in a timely manner to ensure income and expenditure is captured correctly in the month end period.
The role holder will assist in the understanding of monthly variance analysis to budget / forecast to drive insightful commentary and analysis for better management decision making by:
Working with relevant Finance colleagues to understand key business developments, movements in our property portfolio, potential risks or opportunities that may impact the month end reporting, any material adjustments required; and
Liaising with the Finance Business Partner team to support the understanding of material movements, one-offs and underlying run rate for key income and expenditure lines to drive better commentary; and
Review and where appropriate challenge explanations provided for the reasons behind material variances to budget / forecast in order to maintain the integrity of the financial results.
The role holder should actively identify and review material and aged accruals on a regular basis and liaise with Finance Business Partner team to ensure there is a plan to clear down in a timely manner.
Provide commentary and ageing for MoM movements in accruals, prepayments and ensure accurate and timely completion of the monthly balance sheet reconciliations.
Assist in internal and external audit queries in relation to P&L and Balance Sheet postings, maintaining and delivering good quality and timely supporting evidence for the preparation of the statutory accounts.What you will bring to the role:

Degree level qualification or equivalent, suitably qualified by experience.
Part-qualified ACA/ACCA/CIMA
Demonstrates good understanding of double entry accounting, management accounting and reporting.
Experience of requirements of a management accounting role within Financial and Management reporting team.
Able to challenge upwards and not afraid to ask difficult questions backed by data.
Team player and customer focused.
Able to work on own initiative and organise workload without supervision, working to tight deadlines.
IT Skills - Intermediate to Advanced Excel incl. pivot tables, formulae and handling data.

What we can offer you:

We understand how important life is outside of work so, as well as a competitive salary we will also offer:

27 days annual leave + 8 days bank holiday with the option to buy additional weeks leave.

A Smarter Working Policy, empowering you to choose the location of how and where you work according to your daily activities.

Training and development opportunities, providing opportunities for our colleagues to develop and progress their careers at all levels through our Professional Excellence Framework.

Company-wide Colleague Referral Scheme

SMART Pension contribution into which the company will contribute up to 6%

A range of flexible benefits including NHS retail discounts and Cycle to Work Scheme.

We have a great Colleague Assistance Programme and offer support for all areas of life.

An organisation with a passion…

We are an organisation with a passion for giving back. Putting money back into the NHS, raising £150,000 over 3 years for our charity partner Young Lives vs Cancer, supporting colleagues to volunteer within their local communities, and being committed to creating a sustainable working environment on our pledge to become net zero carbon by 2050. We understand that it's important to feel like the work you do is having a meaningful impact on society, and through our approach to being a responsible business, we make sure that every colleague is given the opportunity to make a difference.

We celebrate diversity, and we are working hard to create an inclusive environment where people love to work and can fulfil their potential.

For full details of the role, please see the attached role profile.
We would encourage all applicants to apply as soon as possible as we may close vacancies early should we receive a high number of applications.

Contact our Talent team at to find out more