An exciting opportunity for a Qualified Accountant looking to join a Government Agency in a business partnering role on a minimum of 12 months contract.

The successful candidate will play a key role in business partnering and monthly analysis, supporting the monthly financial reporting process and complete other key tasks within the finance function. They will proactively contribute to the maintenance of a positive and open working environment within the team.

Duties will include:

• Financial analysis, reporting expertise and financial support to the business
• Complete month end tasks as required including preparation of management accounts, reconciliations and reviews
• Completion of monthly contractor analysis and liaison with business to identify and resolve reconciling items
• Business partnering with various operational teams
• Preparation of monthly analysis pack including analysing and investigating variances
• Preparation of monthly finance meeting agenda across all finance teams
• Work with the BI team to migrate excel reports into the BI tool and expand and generate a detailed monthly review pack for the financial controller
• Monitoring and reporting KPIs to management and other departments and preparation of monthly reports
• Continuous improvement of financial reporting processes
• Business partner with areas to assist in the completion of the annual budgeting and forecasting process
• Liaising with Financial Controllers of other business units to reconcile and align all intercompany accounts on a monthly basis
• Provide analysis and support to the Finance Managers and Financial Controller on Project Initiation documents, PMO and procurement requests

The successful candidate will have:

• A recognised accounting qualification (ACCA/ACA), with a minimum of 3 years post qualification experience or significant work experience in an equivalent role
• Good analytical ability, with a logical approach to problem solving and sound judgement
• Deadline-orientated and an ability to stick to time constraints
• Experience on the preparation of management accounts, reconciliations and annual financial statements;
• Experience working with the financial modules of Agresso or similar desirable.