Management Accountant (Internal Only)
Finance Department
| Location: |
Brighton - Moulsecoomb |
| Salary: |
£40,497 to £48,149
per annum
|
| Closing Date: |
Monday 23 June 2025 |
| Reference: |
FI5108-25-122 |
This position is only open internally to employees at the University of Brighton.
We are seeking a proactive and technically strong finance professional to work in our team of management accountants in providing financial and operational insight that will support organisational decision making. The applicant should be able to demonstrate experience of monthly management accounts preparation, forecasting and budgeting.
As part of a team of management accountants, this role is responsible for the compilation and analysis of budgeted and actual financial reporting for allocated budget areas. This requires the individual to interpret, analyse and report on financial and performance data from a variety of sources.
The role requires regular meetings with designated budget managers to provide an overview of financial performance and a strong level of support and, where necessary, challenge to ensure financial targets are achieved.
This role is a fundamental part of the monthly management reporting cycle, as well as having being an integral part of the budget setting and monitoring, financial planning and year-end financial reporting activities.
The successful candidate will have:
- Experience of financial management in a higher education setting
- Demonstrable experience of preparing budgets and forecasts and subsequent performance reporting
- Ability to interpret, reconcile and explain complex financial information from a variety of sources such as excel and report writing tools, ensuring reporting is appropriate to stakeholders.
- A commitment to continuous improvement.
For full details of the role, and the skills and abilities required, please see the attached job description and person specification. This is a full time (37 hours per week), permanent post. We welcome applications from candidates seeking to job share.
The University operates an agile working policy with staff able to work 3 days a week from home, with on site days based in Mithras House.
If you wish to discuss this role, please contact Emma Fricker, Associate Director Finance (FP&A) e.fricker@brighton.ac.uk
The University is committed to creating and maintaining an inclusive environment for all staff regardless of age, disability, family or caring responsibilities, gender identity, marital status, pregnancy or maternity, race, religion or belief (including non-belief), sex and sexual orientation. We embrace equality and diversity in our working, learning, research and teaching environment and are committed to maintaining a supportive and inclusive community. We particularly encourage applicants from Minority Ethnic backgrounds because the University is under-represented by Minority Ethnic staff.
For the vast majority of our roles we operate an agile working system with time split between working on campus and at the employee's home. It is the University's expectation that home working will take place within the UK.
Further information about working for us, as well as the wide range of benefits we offer, can be found in the working with us section of our vacancies page.
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