Sewell Wallis are delighted to be working with a well-renowned charitable organisation based in Sheffield, which is looking for a Management Accountant to join their team on a 12-month Fixed Term Contract.
The successful candidate will be working in a dynamic role, playing a key part in supporting the operation and development of the charity. This will involve the production of the monthly management accounts as well as providing accurate monitoring to budget holders and funders on various contracts and grants amongst other responsibilities.
What will you be doing?
- Maintain accurate and up-to-date accounts and financial records on a corporate and contractual level.
- Manage and develop internal financial monitoring to ensure transparency for budget holders, funders and Trustees on the deployment of resources and the cost effectiveness of delivery models.
- Prepare and deliver monthly management accounts to SLT and budget holders and reports as required by the Board of Trustees and the Audit Committee.
- Support projections for grant applications and oversee expenditure.
- Manage and mitigate financial risks to the charity.
- Work with the SLT and leadership team to produce an annual charity level budget.
- Manage the annual accounts and audit process with the external accountants, dealing with audit queries.
- Oversee all aspects of the organisation's cash flow, including cashflow forecasts and banking needs and processes as required.
- Ensure compliance with financial regulation, returns, contractual reporting timelines and internal management (including submission to HMRC (payroll and VAT) and the fixed asset register.
- Ensure accurate cost and forecasting models and aid with the bidding process of future contracts.
- Reconcile and upload payroll journals into the accounts, provide reports and other information.
- Perform account reconciliations, raise journals, and ensure all costs are appropriate.
- Oversee the management of creditors, debtors and supplier/provider relationships Maintain, develop and manage comprehensive systems of financial management and control to cover all operations and grant-funded projects.
What skills are we looking for?
- Operating in an accounting environment, ideally in a charity setting.
- Experience in producing timely management accounts.
- Have strong analytical skills with great attention to detail.
- Experience in producing budgets
What's on offer?
- Hybrid working.
- Flexi Time
- 25 days annual leave and bank holidays.
- Westfield Health benefits
Send us your CV below, or contact Lawrie Bacon for more information.
To apply please send your CV, quoting our reference and specifying which website you saw this position advertised on. Due to the high volume of applications please accept that if we have not responded to your application within seven days, your application has not been successful. Sewell Wallis is a specialist recruitment company with a vast amount of experience in our industry we offer permanent, temporary and interim recruitment support for accounting and finance, human resources and business support positions. We recruit at all levels within finance from Purchase Ledger Administrator and Credit Controller level through to Financial Controller and Director positions. With offices in Sheffield and Leeds, we are well situated to cover all of South Yorkshire, West Yorkshire and Manchester. Please visit our website for more information on accountancy and finance jobs and human resources or business support positions.
