Management Accountant

About the role

We are recruiting for a Management Accountant to join our Finance team in Glasgow.

Reporting to our Financial Controller/Company Secretary, the Management Accountant will provide technical expertise to fully own the accounting process of our charity. The post holder will also manage our Finance Assistant and Finance Administrators to ensure that sales and purchase ledgers are maintained with proper financial controls, including aged debtors and creditors.

Main duties and responsibilities will include:

• Lead the development of the Finance team to better understand the chart of accounts, income/expenditure throughout the organisation, and how to fully maximise the use of general ledger to provide accurate reporting
• Work with the Finance Business Partner to aid the budgeting and forecasting process, and budget holder reporting with data and monthly accounts
• Prepare monthly accounts
• Review, correct and input monthly journals
• Produce and reconcile VAT returns
• Process daily finance functions with sales and purchase ledger, prepayments, accruals and payroll as required
• Develop and monitor restricted income and expenditure allocations and accurately monitor spending against restricted funds
• Responsible for timeliness of month end processes

Full details can be found in the job & person specification with can be downloaded below.

What we expect from you..

Our values make us who we are and define our actions and behaviours every day. We’d expect the post-holder to uphold and represent our organisation in a way that reflects our values and person-centred way of working.

We’re looking for you to have a recognised professional qualification such as ACCA, ACA, CIMA and to have technical expertise and acute attention to detail within general ledger accounting. You will also have knowledge and experience of the processes and procedures that are central to a finance function and you will confidently develop knowledge of income/expenditure throughout the organisation and understand how to accurately allocate and report on the charity’s diverse income types.

What you can expect from us..

• The post holder will report to the Financial Controller/Company Secretary
• Working 35 hours per week, Monday to Friday, flexibly between the hours of 8am and 6pm depending on the needs of the service, with 1 hour unpaid break
• Your usual place of work will be 15 Dava Street, Glasgow Working arrangements are in agreement with your line manager based on the needs of the service
• Annual leave entitlement of 210 hours (equivalent to 6 weeks) pro rata in your first year, rising to 280 hours (equivalent to 8 weeks) pro rata in your second year. This includes public holidays
• You will automatically be enrolled into the People’s Pension in the month that you will complete 3-months of employment, providing you meet the auto-enrolment criteria
• Life insurance 4 x salary
• Option to purchase and sell annual leave
• Comprehensive induction and ongoing learning and development
• Cycle to work scheme
• Wellness programmes

Interested in applying? 

Send us your cv and cover letter telling us why you would like to work with us and how you will fulfil the duties and behaviours required for the role.

Send your application to recruitment@rightthere.org.

Thanks and Good Luck!