Hays
Management Accountant / Business Analyst

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Hays Accountancy & Finance are delighted to be supporting a major Norwich employer who are looking for an experienced Management Accountant / Business Analyst to take ownership of your own portfolio of internal operational teams focusing on financial reporting, budgetary control and overall finance business partnering.
Your new role
As the Management Accountant / Business Analyst, you will prepare budgets, forecasts and business plans for your operational teams. This will require you to build personal relationships with the budget holders, and other key stakeholders across the group by meeting in person each month to review and interpret their financial position and assist the business leaders in managing their financial resources by proactively forecasting future income and costs and highlighting where decisions are required.
Your duties will also involve the preparation of monthly management accounts, delivering detailed and accurate financial information with clear interpretation, as well as supporting the development and maintenance of costing models. With regard to budgetary control, you prepare annual budgets and forecasts, develop 5-year business plans with reserve analyses, monitor the financial performance of grants to ensure budgets and funding are managed effectively. Your other key duties will involve managing the financial outputs of grants to ensure maximum benefit is obtained from the project funds granted.
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You will also prepare the Statutory Accounts and manage the annual audit so any experience of working in practice would be of interest.
What you'll need to succeed
Ideally, you will be a part-qualified or fully qualified accountant with experience of producing budgets as well as agreeing financial business plans and detailed management accounts are essential. We expect you to possess a strong customer focus, excellent communication, and interpersonal skills.
What you'll get in return
The organisation offers a benefits package of 25 days holiday plus the bank holidays, a defined contribution scheme with 10% pension contribution from the employer and 5% from the employee, as well as other flexible benefits. Salary range £38,000 - £41,250 depending on qualification and experience.


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Desired Skills and Experience
- CIMA Management Accounts
- Budgets
- Forecasting
- Year end statutory accounts
- Balance sheet
- Profit & loss
- Cash flow
- Business Plans
- ACA
- ACCA
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