Management Accountant

Wokingham, Berkshire
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Management Accountant – Children’s Services

Location: Wokingham

Salary: £36,928 – £40,478 per annum

Job Type: Full Time, 24-month Fixed Contract

The Council has an exciting opportunity for an experienced Management Accountant to join them as a key member of the Council’s Finance team, on a 2-year fixed term contract.

The Role

As the Management Accountant, you will report to the Finance Business Partner for Children’s Service, providing support on all financial matters relating to SEND and High Needs Block, including timely and high quality financial advice to a range of budget managers.

To be successful in this role you will have proven experience of finance in a complex organisation and share a commitment to continuous improvement. The ideal candidate will have a background in schools finance with a good working knowledge of SEND and High Needs Block funding arrangements.

The Council offers excellent employment benefits including flexible working, an enhanced local government pension scheme, generous annual leave entitlement and much more. The finance team currently operate a hybrid working arrangement, with time split between home and Council’s offices.

Key Duties, Responsibilities & Accountabilities

• Budget setting, budget monitoring, year-end closedown and statutory returns
• Provide support and advice to budget managers, promoting strong financial governance
• Assisting with preparation and presentation of reports to Management Teams
• Provide advice and support on legislative and guidance changes
• To be the Finance representative on multi-disciplinary groups, such as projects under the Council’s Safety Valve Programme
• Assisting with delivery of training, such as to budget managers / other council colleagues

Skills, Attributes & Experience Required

• Qualified / part qualified accountant, or able to demonstrate ‘qualification by experience’
• Experience of SEND finance
• Have an outstanding track record in delivering a customer focused service
• Excellent verbal and written skills
• Excellent IT skills, including Microsoft Teams, Excel, Outlook, Word and PowerPoint
• Ability to operate in large, complex and political organisations

To Apply

If you feel you are a suitable candidate and would like to work for the Council, then please proceed through the following link to be redirected to their website where you can complete your application.

The Council is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and vulnerable adults and expects all staff, other workers and volunteers to share this commitment. All successful candidates for this role will be subject to Disclosure & Barring Service (DBS) checks along with other relevant employment checks.

The Council is an equal opportunities employer.