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Job Description
What makes Community Integrated Care a great place to work:
Community Integrated Care is on an exciting journey of transformation and growth and we are looking to recruit an experienced Group Management Accountant to join our Finance Team based from our head office in Widnes. This is a full time, permanent post and you can be based anywhere in the North West but must be able to travel to our head office in Widnes as and when required.
What is The Deal for you?
- Flexibility! You can work your full time hours over 4 days and enjoy a long weekend, or work over 5 days to accommodate your other commitments.
- Remote Working! Do you want to work from home? Or do you prefer being in an office? With this role you have the option of hybrid working from home or from our head office in Widnes - or a blend between the two!
- Benefits: retail discounts, holiday discounts, cycle to work scheme and travel discounts through our benefits app.
- Best Lives Possible: You'll be working for an award winning charity who is passionate about ensuring our colleagues and the people we support lead the best lives possible.
- Development: We'll work with you to develop your career or to learn and experience new things. We're passionate about developing our people!
- Dare to Learn: Access to our amazing on line training platform where you can upskill taking a variety of courses and qualifications.
- Support: From our Employee Assistance Programme (available 24/7), financial support options, and wellbeing fund you'll have the support available to lead an easier (financial) life.
This role ensures the accuracy and integrity of charity financial reporting. This role produces and verifies that the Charity's Management Accounts are representative and accurately reported to provide leadership with the financial information and analysis needed to make informed decisions, optimize costs, and drive overall financial performance. The role collaborates with internal departments to gather financial data and support with implementing best practices to enhance financial controls.
Day to Day you'll be (list not exhaustive please see attached JD)
- To manage the full month-end process by consolidating and reviewing the I&E reports to ensure they are an accurate reflection of activity using a blend of approaches which include a variance analysis against budget/forecast, trend data and/or contractual agreements. Posting various accruals and prepayment and correcting journals ready for review by the FBP ensuring the accuracy of the general ledger in line with organisational, regulatory and legal requirements.
- Approve the Management Accountants review of the monthly Income and Expenditure Review ready for regional knowledge adjustments by the FBPS
- Coordinate with the FBPs to facilitate(post) their general ledger journals the GL in Agresso.
- In conjunction with the Income team, support with the accurate recording of income for Community Integrated Care contracts.
- Production and distribution of the Income & Expenditure reports to Operational Leaders and provide support for financial queries, finance signposting, new admission costings, and resolutions.
- Ensure that the charity has accurate and timely management information to inform decision making by producing KPI's and critical performance information for operations - ready for review/analysis and distribution by the FBPs.
- Produce analysis reports which form part of the monthly Income &Expenditure reporting pack and work alongside the FBPs to develop any new reporting requests.
- Coach and mentor Management Account Specialists, providing guidance and training.
- To work with other Finance & Support Service departments such as payroll to continuously improve processes to improve controls and reduce the time spent before closing the accounts and report completion.
- Act as first level of support for external auditors when there are requests relating to income and expenditure variances/trends and queries
Our Ideal Candidate
Skills Knowledge and Experience
- ACA/ ACCA/ CIMA Qualified or Finalist
- Significant experience in Management Accounts, preferably within the charitable sector.
- Strong understanding of accounting concepts and principles.
- Ability to analyse complex financial data, interpret trends, and draw meaningful conclusions to support decision-making.
- Experience of providing accurate and meaningful summarised reports from mass data.
- Excellent Excel skills.
Interested and want to know a bit more?
To find out more about our charity check out: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z-zYkoj7x8s
We're really proud to be a Hive HR Employee Voice Certified organisation, a recognition that confirms our commitment to creating a culture where our colleagues are not only encouraged to share their thoughts, but where this feedback is actively sought and acted upon to drive positive change at every level.
In our 2023 Colleague Engagement Survey, 56% (over 3,300!) of our people shared their feedback and insights, giving us an incredible Employee Net Promoter Score of +28. This is a measure of how positively our colleagues talk about us - and 28 is an excellent score compared to other organisations! #J-18808-Ljbffr