Management Accountant

The key duties of this role are as followed:

• To support the Finance team in providing internal and external reporting.
• To support management in sustaining financial control, strategic decision making and driving profitability through the provision of accurate, timely and interactive information.
• With the budget holders, manage the preparation of annual budgets, quarterly forecasts and annual business plan. This will include reporting to RfL and parent companies as required.
• Preparation of accurate and timely internal periodic reporting with succinct variance analysis to forecast and budget. This will include reporting to RfL and parent companies as required.
• Overseeing the processing of all accruals and provisioning in the accounts.
• Liaise with the Project team to ensure that project costs and Milestone Payments from RfL are correctly accounted for.
• Provision of robust cost information at a station level to facilitate the agreement of station access agreements.
• Supporting the Head of Financial Planning and Analysis with the preparation of annual statutory accounts and liaison with external and internal auditors.
• Preparation of the Finance Policies and Procedures Manual for the Management Accounting sections and ensure it is kept up to date following any change in processes.
• Deputise during absence of Senior Management Accountant and provide cover in the Management Accounts team as required.
• Ensure continuous development of process and practices e.g. improvement of systems, analysis, reports etc.
• Promote building of the team's commercial knowledge and awareness through business partnering with the respective directorates.
• Supporting the Senior Management Accountant in the preparation of other ad-hoc reports for other funding agents and organisations as required.
• Other ad hoc activities as directed by Management.