Management Accountant

at  University of Warwick

WMG

Position Type
Permanent
Salary
£34,866 to £45,163 per annum
About the Role
For informal enquiries, please contact Shumi Mitra (Finance Manager) at Shumi.Mitra@warwick.ac.uk.
Are you a fully qualified accountant? Do you have experience of budgeting and monitoring complex activities?
An opportunity exists for a qualified and experienced accountant to join WMG to provide financial management, planning and budgetary support for the High Value Manufacturing Catapult programme (~£20m pa) and associated projects.
The sucessful candidate will provide management information for the financial planning and monitoring of project activites and working closely with the project delivery teams in a business partnering role to provide related advice and guidance. In addition, you will assist with the management of financial processes and oversee compliance with external funder rules.
We will consider applications for employment on a part-time or other flexible working basis, even where a position is advertised as full-time, unless there are operational or other objective reasons why it is not possible to do so.
About You
You will have demonstrable experience in the preparation and reporting of complex and varied financial information, including costing of new proposals, budgeting and forecasting. You will be a skilled accountant who can quickly identify issues and provide timely formulation and modelling of potential solutions. You will have a high degree of accuracy and be a strong communicator even when under pressure.
You will hold a recognised CCAB qualification and be a high level user of financial software, in particular Excel - Power Query/BI and Word. In return we will provide you with a great range of benefits which include an attractive pension scheme, 30 days holiday plus bank holiday and Christmas closure, some fantastic savings on a wide range of products and services, and excellent learning and development opportunities.
This post also offers a £2,000 allowance for current membership of a recognised CCAB accountancy body.
About the Department
The WMG Centre HVM Catapult is funded by Innovate UK and sits within the University Department of WMG and is in alignment with the overall vision, mission and values of the Department - Our Mission is to deliver the technologies, knowledge and people needed by the industries of today and the future.
WMG is the largest department at the University of Warwick with over 800 staff, world renowned for providing innovative solutions to industry through its research, development and education programmes. Our industry focussed education portfolio includes nearly 3,000 students studying management, technology and applied engineering subjects, at postgraduate and undergraduate level. We have high expectations for our teaching and our courses are regularly ranked top in the UK and amongst the leading courses in their field in the world.
At WMG we are committed to supporting staff to achieve their potential. We currently hold the Athena SWAN Silver Award and the University of Warwick holds an Institutional Silver Award: a national initiative that recognizes the advancement of gender equality, representation, progression and success for all in academia.
For further information about WMG, please visit our website.
For further information on the WMG centre High Value Manufacturing Catapult, please see our website.
We believe there should be no barriers to continuing education, and we strive to ensure that the future workforce has the skills they need to become the UK’s upcoming engineers and inventors.
Our unique approach to undergraduate education enables full-time students, Higher Apprentices, and full-time employees to gain an engineering degree.
Our teaching staff deliver educational programmes not just at Warwick, but internationally, and the knowledge we can leverage from our research excellence enables our students to reach their highest possible standards.
About the University
Born in the 60s with a mindset of boldness, imagination and collaboration, the University of Warwick is a world-leading research-intensive university with the highest academic and research standards. We’re one of the world’s top universities, ranked 67th in the world and 10th in the UK, with 92% of our research assessed to be ‘world leading or internationally excellent’*.

You’ll be joining a diverse, innovative and globally connected community committed to igniting real world progress. Here at Warwick, we offer you opportunities to follow your ambitions as long as you bring the energy and determination to succeed.

• QS World University Rankings 2024

** Research Excellence Framework 2021
How to Apply

Location
University of Warwick Campus, Coventry
Department