Job Description

Key responsibilities

• Preparation of quarterly income and expenditure forecasts, as well as monthly payroll checking; and data management for the pension schemes.
• Monitor the reconciliation of bank accounts and petty cash account, verifying account balances against Sage and monitor the daily cash balances for cash flow purposes.
• Complete month end process for the Trust and prepare monthly management accounts.
• Undertake analysis of the management accounts to identify variations in income/expenditure versus budget and identify the reasons for the variation.
• Prepare year-end schedules and Audit files, as well as liaising with auditors queries during the audit period.
• Prepare and post trust year-end journals.
• Update Trust forecast schedule
• Prepare monthly VAT recovery scheme analyses.
• Calculate partial claim percentage and combine the VAT return monthly statements to maximise recoverable VAT.
• Responsibility for the management and development of one member of staff - ensuring monthly one to ones, quarterly/annual appraisals and objective setting are undertaken in line with the HR requirements.

Required Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

• Qualified accountant (ACA, ACCA, CIMA)
• Experience within a charitable organisation would be beneficial but is not essential, as long as you have strong prior experience of management accounting, budgeting and forecasting
• Strong IT skills (Microsoft Office and accounting systems)
• Strong interpersonal skills, as well as staff management experience