Management Accountant

Management Accountant - Education

Company Background

Our client is a reputable educational provider we have worked with previously. They have fantastic organisational values and a friendly collaborative finance team that you would support. Given you will partner with the wider business & department heads, you will enjoy spending time out on campus in a lively & bustling atmosphere.

As they are not going to focus on industry experience for this hire, it could be the change you need from a corporate office environment!

They offer one day of work from home after you have settled into the role.

The Role

The role will support Corporate services, Faculties & the Head of Finance on the following tasks:

• Coordinate and lead the annual budgeting across all departments, working closely with department heads to gather accurate inputs and achieve alignment with strategic objectives.
• Lead the comprehensive redesign of all budgeting templates to ensure alignment with the chart of accounts, enhancing consistency, accuracy, and data integrity across all financial reporting.
• Facilitate the automation of budget consolidation and reporting by leveraging advanced tools, such as Power BI, Excel Power Query, and other budgeting software platforms, driving efficiency and real-time visibility.
• Analyse and explain major variances and deviations from budget and forecast and identify underlying causes for all departments, capital projects and Staff costs.
• Establish Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) to monitor financial and operational performance.
• Assist with management reporting and month-end tasks where required.

There is plenty of scope to take on other value add projects you may see will support the wider business & finance team.

Your Background

Our client is not industry-focused for this hire. They need a strong Management Accountant to add value & improve the transparency on budget numbers and streamline reporting.

Key criteria:

• Ability to own a budgeting process, coordinate with stakeholders and consolidate the final budget for the Head of Finance review.
• Exceptional communication skills & excellent report writing skills.
• Strong track record of achievements on your resume including the creation of budget models & templates, and systems enhancements.
• Strong management accounting skills – ideally 5+ years as a management accountant or similar role.

If you are keen to apply for this Management Accountant role, please contact Adele at Richard Lloyd on 02 8324 5647, quoting reference 9347 or click on 'apply now' below.

Please submit your CV in Word format and note that due to the high volume of responses we receive only suitable candidates will be contacted.