Management Accountant

Join us at Age UK Surrey and be part of a team that makes a real difference in the lives of older people. Your expertise as a Management Accountant will contribute to our goal of providing support, companionship, and advice to those who need it most. Working together to create a world where everyone can love later life.

Job Purpose:

Reporting to the Head of Finance you will provide accurate and timely financial information to the Board, Senior Leadership Team and Management Team on a monthly basis; carry out a range of financial functions, reporting, Finance Team procedures and controls; supervise the Finance Team; and line manage the Assistant Accountant & Finance Assistant.

Main Duties:

Produce Month End processing and reporting surplus and deficit details by cost centres including a various to budget and analysis with a commentary, financial procedures and controls.

• Provide training, support, supervision and management of Finance Team staff, providing cover in their absence.
• Supervise and process books of prime entry including: POP, Sales and Purchase Ledger, processing other income, cash book entries and related banking transactions and reconciliation of Bank and control accounts.
• Manage and maintain Banking Processes and processing.
• Run, maintain and manage the Purchase Ledger, Other Income in Sales Ledger and Cash Book in Sage 200.
• Manage and Maintain Supplier Accounts, Processing & uploading of Supplier Invoices, Staff and Volunteer Expenses, Bank Entries, Monthly Journals and assist with Budgets uploads.
• Liaise with internal budget holders and managers to ensure payments and receipts within the charity and the trading subsidiary are Authorised, correctly coded and processed in a timely manner and all banking can be completed accurately and securely according to Finance good practice standards.
• Manage, Supervise and process payroll for Age UK Surrey, trading subsidiary in line with legislation and making returns to statutory deadlines.
• Manage and Maintain Sage 50 Payroll System.
• Liaise with HR to ensure accuracy of monthly staff payroll changes, data, and dealing with queries and requests from staff and management.
• Administer Age UK Surrey’s pension scheme, ensuring pension regulatory requirements and employer duties are met and complied with, making payments and dealing with new members and day to day queries.
• Liaise with budget holders to ensure the process is adhered to.
• Create and post regular journals for; accruals, pre-payments, PPS, salary costs, fees in advance, monthly journal adjustments and all other recurring entries.
• Manage and process Gift Aid donations and submissions to HMRC.
• Update and monitor all internal finance procedures and processes and maintain documentation. Provide support and training to all staff with related enquiries.
• To work in accordance with all Age UK Surrey and departmental policies and procedures ensuring service quality standards are met.
• To carry out any other duties as required to enable the efficient running of the Finance Department and organisation.

Person Specification:

Essential Skills:

Qualified Accountant (ACA, ACCA, CIMA) or QBE with a proven track record in management accounting.

Practical experience of Financial and Management Reporting.

Experienced in the use of Sage Accounting systems.

Experience of payroll management and in the use of Sage Payroll Software.

Confident with MS Office 365 software with proficiency in Excel and databases.

Experience of staff management.

Organisational, communication and inter-personal skills.

Administration skills.

Adaptable and flexible.

Desirable Skills/Knowledge:

Experience in the charity sector.

Experience of Salesforce.

Experience of BrightHR.

Will-U POS systems

PTX and Zettle payment payment solutions