Management Accountant

2 days ago


Birmingham, United Kingdom National Highways Full time

Your new role

National Highways have an exciting opportunity for a new Management Accountant to join our team, this role can be based across the UK.

The Management Accountant supports the team on production and delivery of National Highways annual budget, including reviews and monitoring. They also lead on producing accurate and meaningful financial analysis and reporting to inform planning and decisionmaking. They will need to build and manage effective relationships with colleagues at all levels and external stakeholders.

What you’ll be leading on
- Support National Highways objectives through the development and delivery of timely and effective management information.
- Play a leading role in financial reporting for both internal and external stakeholders.
- Be a key contributor to the annual budgeting and wider financial planning process.
- Provide advice and guidance on the effective and consistent implementation of financial policies and processes.
- Communicate financial information to non-finance professionals through engaging and accessible content.
- Responsible for producing monthly, quarterly and annual financial returns and reports for the Department for Transport (DfT) and Office of Rail and Road (ORR).
- Be a key contact between Financial Control and DfT/ORR.
- Consolidate financial spend risks and opportunities from across the company.
- Use professional judgement and understanding of business requirements to assess the accuracy of forecasts, highlight risks and opportunities.
- Appropriate analysis and reconciliation to confirm accuracy of reporting.
- Contribute to the integrity and efficiency of accounting systems.

To be successful
- Qualified accountant (e.g. CIMA, ACCA) or qualified by experience.
- Industry standard accounting systems knowledge as well as excellent knowledge of Microsoft Excel.
- Strong track record of delivering outcomes and achievements in a customer focused organisation.
- Experience in the understanding and interpretation of the HM Treasury Consolidated budgeting guidance is desirable.
- Strong evidence of effective people and stakeholder management skills in a complex environment to deliver successful outcomes.
- Right to work check
- 3 year employment history references
- DBS criminal record check
- Social media and adverse journalism check
- Driving licence check (if applicable)
- Fit to work questionnaire (for all), followed by a medical check (if applicable)

**About Us** At National Highways we believe in a connected country. We are passionate about creating a culture where colleagues feel connected, included and enjoy greater wellbeing to achieve this. We’re proud that as an organisation we are continually striving to dobetter and actively encourage and support our colleagues to do the same with their careers.

An informal blended working approach has been adopted for many of our roles across National Highways. We offer many different ways to work flexibly and we’re open to discuss part-time working, job shares, and flexible start and finish times. Please waituntil the interview stage before asking us about flexibility, and we will explore what is possible.

Our benefits package

Our total reward package includes basic salary, the potential for a performance related bonus, and employer pension contributions of up to 10%.

We also offer:

- Annual Leave starting at 26 days (plus Bank Holidays) rising by 1 day each year up to 31 days (plus Bank Holidays)
- Flexible hours and blended working between base location/home
- Life assurance of 4 times annual salary
- Health and wellbeing support, including an Employee Assistance Programme, available 24/7 365 days and network of mental health first aiders. Plus access to a wellbeing app to enhance your self-care 24/7, Occupational health service and flu vaccines
- A cycle to work scheme for the purchase of a bicycle and equipment for healthy, low carbon travel
- Significant investment in your career development, through learning and development, talent management, coaching, mentoring and on job experience

And we are:

- Family friendly with enhanced maternity leave and pay, paternity leave (15 days), shared parental leave, adoption leave. Plus access to financial support for holiday play schemes and paid special leave (up to 5 days pa), eg for caring responsibilities
- Money friendly with access to a discounts platform including over 3000 discounts for supermarkets, eating out, leisure, holidays. Alongside a financial wellbeing programme

Community friendly - offering paid leave to volunteer, 3 days basic/year plus an extra 3 days to support the national Covid effort

So if you put safety first, take ownership of your work, show passion for what you do, work effectively in a team, and demonstrate integrity in how you do it - then you’ll be a great fit for our organisation

And finally we reserve the right to close before the advertisement expires



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