ID : 12314
South Norfolk Council has an exciting opportunity for a Management Accountant to join the team based in Long Stratton, near Norwich. You will join us on a full time, permanent contract and will receive a competitive salary £30,755 – £34,200 per annum.
The Management Accountant role…
We are looking for an innovative and enthusiastic finance professional to join our friendly, ambitious accountancy team to support the services that the Council delivers.
What you could be part of…
South Norfolk Council is ahead of the game in embracing commercial and collaborative approaches, in areas from property to leisure to building control. You will play a key role in helping all our services to deliver in a more commercial and enterprising way by offering challenge and a “critical friend” approach. You will provide a management accounting service to budget managers within the council and contribute to the preparation of the Council’s overall budget and financial accounts.
Working at South Norfolk Council would enable you to be part of an organisation which is proud to deliver high-quality, customer focussed services. Our success comes from us being commercially astute and business-like. Continuous improvement is also vital and our employees challenge themselves to develop new and innovative ways to improve the services that make a real difference to people’s lives.
What you’ll be doing as a Management Accountant …
Providing a commercially focussed management accounting function to services which contributes to the final accounts process. Calculating services’ budget requirements and assisting them in finding efficiencies and generating additional income, through becoming more commercial. Ensuring sound budgetary management through challenge and quality variance analysis to aid strategic decision making. Supporting the services with project work and business cases as required, identifying areas for growth or cessation to maximise the use of resources in nonstatutory functions.
You must be…
A good communicator and your excellent team working skills will enable you to work effectively with Directors and managers. We want someone who is a problem solver with a can-do attitude. Organisational skills and attention to detail are essential to this role. If you have the right experience and expertise to play an important role in ensuring our financial sustainability, we would love to hear from you.
What’s in it for you as our Management Accountant?
Our package includes employer pension contributions of 15%, performance related pay up to 4%, 23 days holiday increasing to 28 days after 5 years plus bank holidays (pro-rata for part time employees), flexi time, on site café, compassionate leave and sickness entitlement for times of need. As a Platinum Investors in People you will have regular reviews with your line manager and a personal development plan. We also support towards volunteering days in the community and encourage staff to be involved with fun activities to raise money for local and national charities.
Closing date: 18 June 2018
Interview Date: Week commencing 25 June 2018
