Location: Head Office, Cheapside
Pay details: Competitive
Hours: 35 hours per week
Shift pattern: Monday to Friday
Posted date: 25/02/2025
Closing date: 3/03/2025
Job Description: Interim Management Accountant- Job Description
Person Specification: Interim Management Accountant – Person Specification
How to Apply
Email your CV and a cover letter outlining how you meet the criteria of the person specification to recruitment@greensleeves.org.uk
About Us
Would you like to continue your career with one of the most respected care charities?
At Greensleeves Care we deliver exceptional 24-hour residential, dementia and nursing care to older people across our 28 care homes in England. We are an accredited Living Wage employer and Greensleeves Care are endorsed with Skills for Care and an Assured City and Guilds provider who offer a range of free learning and development to our colleagues.
As an Interim Management Accountant, you will:
- Support the rest of the Finance team in maintaining the Trust’s financial records, ensuring accuracy of financial information, and redesigning and embedding reporting formats and schedules.
- Support with reporting and Financial Management
- Support the Finance Officer in ensuring completion of monthly petty cash procedures by bookkeepers and home support administrators, upload petty cash data to the finance system, and review accuracy of reconciliations, including checking closing balances to the finance system
- Support in processing payment runs in line with policy, including reviewing invoices posted by Accounts Payable, ensuring details are correct, running internal control checks, and approving payments
- Assist in the embedding of the new finance system and processes, including designing and implementing process efficiencies, and training staff on these where relevant.
- Support the design and implementation of system integrations.
- Assist with internal and year end audit processes, including data collection and liaising with bookkeepers/ home support administrators and auditors as required.
- Support the home’s bookkeepers and home support administrators with queries.
To apply, you will need:
- Fully qualified (plus some experience) ACA or ACCA or CIMA.
- Experience of change management, system / process design
- Minimum of 5 years’ recent experience of working in a finance role.
- Experience of production of management information, including financial reports and Key Performance Indicators.
- Experience of using accounts software, with particular experience of bank reconciliations, ledger maintenance, and generating reports.
- Able to take a hands-on approach, stepping in and supporting wherever needed to ensure the success of the team.
- Xledger experience is desirable
Rewards & Benefits Package
- 25 days paid holiday (plus Bank Holidays)
- Free learning and development
- Company pension scheme – employers contribution matched up to 6%
- 2 x Salary Death in Service benefit
- Medical Health Benefit (Beneden)
- Length of Service Awards at 5,10,20,30,40 and 50 years
- Voluntary Lifestyle Benefits through the Hapi App
- Cycle to Work Scheme
- Access to Employee Assistance Programme (EAP) and Wellbeing Thrive App
- Refer a Friend scheme (you can earn up to £300 per referral)
DBS – The successful applicant will be appointed subject to providing evidence of enhanced DBS disclosure. This post is not subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974. Greensleeves Care is an equal opportunities employer and welcomes applications from all sections of the community
Greensleeves Care Core Values
Respect – We treat residents and colleagues with dignity and value their unique life experiences and personal contributions.
Openness – We act openly and honestly, building confidence in our intentions and behaviour. We choose words and actions that are sincere, not misleading.
Responsibility – We are committed to meeting the needs of others and behave responsibility towards residents and colleagues, being careful of the choices we make.
We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications for the role. Therefore, if you are interested, please submit your application as early as possible.
Please note this role is open to UK-based candidates only.