Management Accountant (12 month maternity cover)
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- £35K–£40K
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- United Kingdom
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- Hybrid
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Management Accountant (Maternity Cover - Mid-to-late November start)
We are Eden Futures, and we deliver exceptional support services for people aged 18 and over who have learning disabilities, autism, mental ill health and associated complex needs.
Eden Futures provides high quality, person centred care, support and enablement for people with disabilities and support needs. We develop services around the individual at all stages of their care pathway from treatment and support under the Mental Health Act, on discharge from hospital under a CTO, to lifestyle support in the community.
In this role, you will be an important part of our Eden Futures Finance department. You will report directly to our Finance Manager, and work closely alongside another Management Accountant and three Finance Assistants. The wider Finance team also consists of a Billing and Credit Control team and Payroll team.
The basic salary for this position is between £35,000 and £40,000 depending on experience + benefits, 37.5 hours per week Hybrid work location - based 3 days per week from our head office in Newark.
About The Role
As an Eden Futures Management Accountant, your key role is to deliver accurate and timely monthly management accounts across a multi-company supported-living group, explain performance clearly to non-finance stakeholders, and help improve the efficiency and control of finance processes
Responsibilities
We are Eden Futures, and we deliver exceptional support services for people aged 18 and over who have learning disabilities, autism, mental ill health and associated complex needs.
Eden Futures provides high quality, person centred care, support and enablement for people with disabilities and support needs. We develop services around the individual at all stages of their care pathway from treatment and support under the Mental Health Act, on discharge from hospital under a CTO, to lifestyle support in the community.
In this role, you will be an important part of our Eden Futures Finance department. You will report directly to our Finance Manager, and work closely alongside another Management Accountant and three Finance Assistants. The wider Finance team also consists of a Billing and Credit Control team and Payroll team.
The basic salary for this position is between £35,000 and £40,000 depending on experience + benefits, 37.5 hours per week Hybrid work location - based 3 days per week from our head office in Newark.
About The Role
As an Eden Futures Management Accountant, your key role is to deliver accurate and timely monthly management accounts across a multi-company supported-living group, explain performance clearly to non-finance stakeholders, and help improve the efficiency and control of finance processes
Responsibilities
- Prepare and post month-end journals, including payroll, accrued and deferred revenue, prepayments, accruals, payroll accruals, depreciation and other required adjustments.
- Complete all month-end journals within five working days of month end, maintaining clear and auditable supporting schedules.
- Own monthly balance sheet reconciliations for the companies allocated to you. The seven group companies are shared between two Management Accountants.
- Review results, trends and unusual movements to confirm figures are accurate, complete and commercially sensible.
- Analyse service and property-level performance, identify the top and bottom five services in each area, and turn the numbers into a concise narrative.
- Present monthly findings to Regional Managers and explain financial information clearly to non-finance colleagues.
- Investigate questions raised by the Finance Manager, Group Financial Controller, CFO, Service Managers and Area Managers.
Wider Finance Support Responsibilities
Eden Futures Has Been Awarded Platinum Accreditation By Investors In People The Highest Level Of Recognition An Organisation Can Achieve. To Become a Platinum Organisation, Investors In People Look For More Than Just Performance They Look For Purpose, Trust, Continuous Improvement, And a Genuine Commitment To Wellbeing. They Look For Companies Where
Our organisation is committed to safe and fair recruitment, safeguarding and protecting those we care for and serve. We are an inclusive employer and make sure all our staff are vetted, selected, trained, and supervised fairly and to a high standard so that they can provide safe, effective, and compassionate care.
At Eden Futures we support vulnerable adults and therefore roles that require contact with our service users are exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974.
The amendments to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (2013 and 2020) provides that when applying for certain jobs and activities, certain convictions and cautions are considered ‘protected’. This means that they do not need to be disclosed to employers, and if they are disclosed, employers cannot take them into account.
Guidance about whether a conviction or caution should be disclosed can be found on the Ministry of Justice website. It’s a criminal offence for people who are barred from working in regulated activity to apply for roles that require them to work unsupervised with vulnerable adults.
- Update the rolling cash flow forecast each week.
- Support the prepaid card and expenses system by answering queries, checking coding and ensuring transactions export correctly to the accounting system.
- Manage queries received through the management accounts inbox
- Help calculate recharge bills to people we support.
- Provide training and guidance to Purchase Ledger colleagues when required.
- Review journal workings and identify practical automation and process improvements that shorten month end without weakening controls.
- Previous management accounts experience is essential, including journals, accruals, prepayments and balance sheet reconciliations.
- AAT qualified or equivalent is preferred. CIMA or ACA study/qualification would be an advantage but is not essential.
- Strong Excel capability, including lookup and IF formulas and pivot tables, with confidence working with large data sets.
- Sage 200 experience is preferred; experience of a comparable accounting platform will also be considered.
- Able to manage competing priorities, meet firm deadlines and retain accuracy and attention to detail.
- Confident translating financial information into plain English for operational and senior stakeholders.
- The successful candidate will demonstrate Eden Futures’ values in how they work. Our values are: Brave, Honest, Caring & Compassionate and Positive.
Eden Futures Has Been Awarded Platinum Accreditation By Investors In People The Highest Level Of Recognition An Organisation Can Achieve. To Become a Platinum Organisation, Investors In People Look For More Than Just Performance They Look For Purpose, Trust, Continuous Improvement, And a Genuine Commitment To Wellbeing. They Look For Companies Where
- Leadership is people-centric and values-driven
- Learning and development are embedded in everyday work
- Engagement is measured, acted on, and constantly improved
- Values are not just written they’re lived
- Innovation, inclusion, and giving back are part of the culture
Our organisation is committed to safe and fair recruitment, safeguarding and protecting those we care for and serve. We are an inclusive employer and make sure all our staff are vetted, selected, trained, and supervised fairly and to a high standard so that they can provide safe, effective, and compassionate care.
At Eden Futures we support vulnerable adults and therefore roles that require contact with our service users are exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974.
The amendments to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (2013 and 2020) provides that when applying for certain jobs and activities, certain convictions and cautions are considered ‘protected’. This means that they do not need to be disclosed to employers, and if they are disclosed, employers cannot take them into account.
Guidance about whether a conviction or caution should be disclosed can be found on the Ministry of Justice website. It’s a criminal offence for people who are barred from working in regulated activity to apply for roles that require them to work unsupervised with vulnerable adults.
