Management Accounts Officer - Research & Innovation (R&I)

Job overview

The Management Accounts Officer is responsible for assisting the Senior Management Accounts Officer and Deputy Financial Management Accountant to maintain specific Directorate budgets.  The post holder will be responsible for ensuring that the Directorate budgets which they are responsible for are maintained to a high standard through robust and regular communication with budget holders.

Main duties of the job

• Plan own work to ensure deadlines are met.
• Communicate with all staff groups within the finance function.  The post holder will be required to communicate with and maintain effective working relationships with staff from all disciplines, providing and receiving highly contentious, complex and confidential financial information.
• Ensure that the reporting of month end information is available with pre-determined deadlines, ensuring high quality information. Be the key contact for budget holders, providing robust information and advice. Provide information to the Senior Management Accounts Officer and Deputy Financial Management Accountant as requested.
• Produce information relating to the Directorate budgets, and provide advice to the appropriate budget holders.
• Work within a customer focused culture with a particular emphasis on providing clear and timely information to non-finance managers.
• Continually review work procedures and make changes to improve the information provided to Budget Holders.
• The post holder will need to be competent in the use of spreadsheets, databases and word processing software.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

To find out more about the key responsibilities and the specific skills and experience you’ll need, take a look at the Job Description & Person Specification attachments under the ‘Supporting Documents’ heading. So that you’re even more equipped to make an informed decision to apply to us, you’ll need to take time to read the ‘Candidate Essentials Guide’ that sits with the Job Description and Person Specification. This document provides you with details about the Trust, our benefits and outlines how ‘we care for you as you care for others’. Most importantly, it also contains critical information you’ll need to be aware of before you submit an application form.

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Diversity Matters

MFT is committed to promoting equality of opportunity, celebrating and valuing diversity and eliminating any form of unlawful discrimination across our workforce, ensuring our people are truly representative of the communities we serve. All individuals regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex and sexual orientation are encouraged to apply for this post. As an inclusive employer, we are here to support you. If you have any special requirements to help you with your application, please contact the manager named below.