Nuclear Waste Services has a vacancy for a new high performing Management Accountant to join its team based in Cumbria.
This is a key role reporting into the Senior Finance Manager. The role will provide an important link between the Financial Planning & Analysis, Business Partnering whilst supporting non-finance colleagues across NWS and external stakeholders. Close liaison and interaction with the Nuclear Waste Services waste management team, operations and programme/project managers, as well as NDA Group Finance and Internal Audit.
The role holder is responsible for delivering management accounting within nominated Nuclear Waste Services (NWS) lines of Business. They are responsible for the preparation and integrity of the management accounts whilst supporting the drive for continuous improvement in financial controls, processes and the use of business systems.
- Proactively engage with Finance Business Partners to capture value of work done assessments and expenditure forecasts; determine the value of associated accruals and prepayments;
- Prepare journals whilst ensuring an appropriate audit trail; support the preparation of financial inputs to the monthly performance reporting and quarterly performance review cycles;
- Support the maintenance of cost models used to support the invoicing of chargeable work, passthrough costs and the allocation of costs based on staff time booking or other resource allocation methods;
- Responsible for maintaining the integrity of financial data as reported in the management accounts, and for meeting the legal requirements for financial reporting and any other standards that may be required by NDA or government;
- Support continuous improvement in the quality, accessibility, relevance and timeliness of the NWS management accounts;
- Support the preparation of cashflow forecasts and the drawdown of funding from the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority (NDA);
- Support the maintenance and development of the NWS financial systems to ensure they provide timely, accurate and meaningful information in a manner which meets the requirements of NWS and other key stakeholders including NDA and BEIS
- Prepare the annual Research & Development Statutory Return, and R&D Tax Credit claim
- Work with colleagues across NWS and NDA to share best practice.
- On appointment to NWS you will receive 25.5 days annual leave, plus bank holidays and you can accrue up to 13 extra days leave
- Rewarding performance (annual bonus scheme)
- We offer a generous pension scheme through CNNP
- Learning and development support
- Payment of relevant annual professional subscriptions
- Employee Assistance Programme
- Financial advice assistance
- Flexible working
- Extended family-friendly policies
- Cycle to work scheme
- We welcome flexible and agile working practices
- Flexible working requests can be submitted from day 1 of employment