Management Accountant

VSA is a well-respected local social care charity, helping support the people of Aberdeen for over 155 years.

Our mission is to provide the best of care to enable the best of lives; supporting individuals and communities to fulfil their potential.

VSA provides vital support and services to people of all ages. At VSA we support a person’s physical, mental, emotional and social wellbeing through a range of residential and outreach support services.

We are seeking a motivated and organised Management Accountant to join our finance team. This is an excellent opportunity for an experienced individual who is looking for a role with fewer hours, potentially coming back to work after an absence or in need of a less demanding work week. 

This role will cover supporting the finance team in all aspects involved as stated in the duties and responsibilities below. 

We are looking for someone enthusiastic and proactive who is keen to share their expereince and skill set and work within a small but busy team to ensure the deadlines are met. 

Hours: 23hrs per week

Duration: Permanent 

Work Pattern:  Monday-Friday

Salary: up to £49,133.11 FTE (pro rata part time)

Location: Castle Street, Aberdeen
We offer all our staff fantastic benefits including:
- Generous Paid Holidays

- NEST Pension Scheme

- Refer a friend scheme

- Ongoing Training and Development

Purpose of Job:

The finance team partner the service and function management at VSA to help deliver the business plan and strategy for VSA.  We do this by ensuring well founded budgets, accurate data, clear analysis and forecasts.  We help the budget owners understand their key cost and value drivers in clear language.  We collate data and analysis for senior and executive team members and to the Trustees through our board reporting.  We deliver financial accounts that meet our regulatory requirements to our wider stakeholders. 

We work as part of a small agile team, covering all our services and functions but with key ownership of particular services and budget holders.  We work closely with the sales ledger, accounts payable, payroll and cash & banking team.  In this way we support those who are caring for others. 

Main Duties/Responsibilities:

Controllership of a services and functions 

• working with the budget owner to support the budget process 

• reviewing the budget vs actuals monthly analysis providing insight to the budget owner 

• supporting the Finance Director and Executive team with analysis or modelling  

Preparation of monthly management accounts and reports 

• monthly creditor & accruals schedules, provisions, deferred & accrued income, & prepayments schedules.  

• closing sales and purchase ledgers liaising with teams for accurate system cut offs  

• journal preparation 

• bank reconciliations 

Preparation of Annual Statutory Financial Accounts 

• P13 statutory journals 

• tables and notes to the accounts 

• working with the auditors

Preparation of Annual Revenue Budgets 

• working with the budget owner as part of controllership responsibilities 

• review roll-up of budget with cost functions 

• loading into netsuite 

Other 

• regular review and development of financial policies and procedures 

• maintenance, assessment and improvement of financial controls  

• routine tasks: allocation of funds across all bank accounts; reviewing and authorising weekly/monthly payments for suppliers and payroll per timetable; preparing and maintaining Payroll summary analysis Schedule for full General Ledger reconciliation 

• VAT 

• deputising for the Finance Supervisor and other Management Accountants as appropriate. 

• undertaking any other duties or project work as reasonably determined by the Finance Director 

Qualifications/Training/Education:

Essential:

• Recognised Professional Accountancy Qualification  

• Previous relevant experience within a finance environment in either the private, public or third sector. 

Desirable:  

• Knowledge of charity accounts regulations. 

Experience:

Essential: 

• Technical and practical understanding of Managements Accounts preparation. 

• Technical and practical understanding of revenue and capital budgets  

• Ability to investigate and problem solve through variance and trend analysis 

Desirable: 

• Preparation of year-end financial statements and compliance, within agreed statutory deadlines 

Key Skills/Aptitudes: 

Essential: 

• Good IT skills in Microsoft Excel (exporting, creating and amending linked spreadsheets etc),  Microsoft Word (report & letter writing) and Microsoft Office (e-mail etc) 

• Ability to work well under pressure to meet deadlines 

• Good attention to detail 

Personal Qualities: 

Essential: 

• Resourceful, with ability to use own initiative 

• Ability to interact and communicate well with staff from other professional backgrounds and at all levels within the organisation, in particular the ability to liaise with budget holders from a non-financial background.  

Other Job Requirements: 

Subject to Basic Disclosure check and Reference checks