Management Accounting | Senior Executive Officer

Summary

Role summary

Management Accounting SEOs prepare monthly financial reports, collaborate with stakeholders to provide insightful analysis, manage risks and opportunities, and support both internal and external reporting.

Typical Role Responsibilities

Management Accounting SEOs:

• are responsible for preparing monthly financial reports that meet budget holders' needs and for ensuring that budgets and forecasts are accurately uploaded and reported.
• work closely with Finance Business Partners and other key stakeholders (which may include budget holders) offering analysis and challenge, and providing and interpreting timely financial information that 'tells the story' and adds insight.
• have an understanding of risks, issues and opportunities and ensure these are captured, monitored and escalated where necessary.
• build collaborative relationships with other finance colleagues to support the business.
• may support on aspects of external reporting, such as to HM Treasury and Parliament.

Entry Route

Suitable for staff with the required skills and/or experience from within and outside Finance

Typical Qualifications

Recommended:

• Level 4 qualification with AAT, CCAB or CIMA

Or

• Qualified with CCAB, CIMA or equivalent

Or

• Working towards qualification

And

• Financial experience over an extended period of time

Responsibilities

Tasks

• Lead the preparation, interpretation and presentation of in-year financial information into the monthly financial reports

• Provide assurance on integrity of information on financial systems, advising on the correct accounting treatment of complex transactions

• Provide financial analysis and insight, through meaningful variance analysis commentary including risk management, mitigating actions, deep dives or financial modelling

• Ensure effective controls are in place to maintain accuracy of data in financial systems

• Ensure team delivers the month end activities in a timely manner and to the required standard

Expectations

Behaviours

For details of Behaviours read the Success Profiles guidance on GOV.UK.

• Working together

• Managing a Quality Service

• Delivering at Pace

• Communicating and Influencing

• Developing Self and Others

Interpersonal Skills

• Support Grade 7/6 Senior Management Accountant in producing the monthly financial reports

• Develop collaborative relationships with key stakeholders e.g. Finance Business Partners, Governance, senior budget holders (customers)

• Good coaching and leadership skills with the ability to effectively manage a team (where appropriate)

• Ability to effectively negotiate with stakeholders

• Effective communication of financial data and collaboration with team members and leadership.

Professional Skills

Key for skill level

A = Awareness

W = Working

P = Practitioner

E = Expert

To self-assess your skills, please visit the Skills Capture Tool. The tool celebrates your strengths, highlights areas for growth, and signposts relevant learning links.

Link >>> Skills Capture Tool

Qualifications

Recommended:

• Level 4 qualification with AAT, CCAB or CIMA

• Qualified with CCAB, CIMA or equivalent

• Working towards qualification

• Financial experience over an extended period of time

• Details of how to gain a finance qualification through an apprenticeship can be found here:

  • Apprenticeships on OneFinance
  • Apprenticeships on Civil Service Learning

Entry and Progression Routes

Entry Routes

Within Finance

This role may be suitable for individuals in the following roles:

• Management Accounting HEO
• Business Partnering SEO
• Finance HEOs/SEOs with the required numeracy and data analysis skills

From Outside Finance

This role may be suitable for HEOs on promotion and SEOs with the required numeracy and data analysis skills and previous finance experience

Progression Routes

Staff in this role typically move into other SEO roles in Finance, for example Financial Operations SEO, or progress to Management Accounting G7.