£33000 - £40000 Per year
Financial Accountant
Permanent,Full-time
Job Description
- Preparation of monthly schedules, such as deferred income, accruals, and prepayments in accordance with accounting policies
- Reporting on income, grant, and expenditure monthly for budget holders and supporting them in managing their delegated budgets.
- Monitoring expenditures and income and assisting project managers with funders' returns. Obtaining evidence and making sure it meets funder guidelines and procedures.
- Preparing budgetary information and developing templates to help the Financial Controller prepare budgets, monitor, forecast, and control expenditures.
- Assisting on year-end accounts.
- Managing a small team of volunteers
- Participating in progress finance meetings and reporting on month-end variances with budget holders, providing advice on financial implications and consequences of business decisions and ensuring expenditures are in line with the budget
- Developing a strong understanding of the department's financial position and performance by working closely with budget holders
- Preparation of monthly variance summaries, explaining differences between budgets and
Required Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities
- ACCA or Equivalent qualification is highly advantageous
- Ability to explain finance matters to non-finance staff
- Previous use of Sage 50 is highly advantageous
- Having the ability to prepare financial figures for bids, to interrogate, challenge and support multiple bids Great IT skills and a good attention to detail
- Great IT skills
- Excellent communicator who is emotionally intelligent and has strong interpersonal skills
- Effective stakeholder management
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