Management Accountant (Hiring Immediately) in Cambridge

Salary: £38,332 - £39,558 plus a location allowance of £1,750 plus an allowance of up to £3,000 depending on professional qualifications.

Location: Based in Hanslope Park, Milton Keynes, with the flexibility of hybrid working depending on business need. Free shuttle bus available between central Milton Keynes and Hanslope Park.

At FCDO Services, we protect the UK’s interests at home and overseas. We design and construct secure government buildings, courier diplomatic packages worldwide, safeguard government tech, and a whole lot more. Our work is as varied and vital as it gets, but we never lose sight of our people. Their skills, aspirations and growth mean as much as the mission we’re on. In our world, it all matters.

At any moment in time, we have hundreds of active projects around the world, each with varying revenue streams. Our Finance team not only take great pride to understand the value in the financial management of these projects, they ensure everything is compliant with the National Audit Office to help deliver year end accounts to Parliament.

As an enthusiastic and thoughtful problem solver, you’ll have the skills to help ensure compliance with accounting standards and government regulations, and be ready to work on a large number of complex and varied projects. You’ll also be involved with efficiency challenges, detailed project deep dive analysis, and the quarterly financial forecasting cycle.

Developing and delivering the full suite of monthly MI reports to support business decision making and reviewing our compliance controls to ensure they’re fully exercised on a monthly basis, you’ll see that labour costs are accurately reported and recovered across our functions, reviewing and revising charging processes as needs change. You’ll also support the development of Opex and Capex proposals, lead on financial tracking to ensure benefits are realised, and coordinate the development of our corporate business plans.

As a Management Accountant with experience of operating in a project accounting environment, you’ll possess customer and supplier relationship management skills, and the ability to analyse, interrogate and evaluate data. We’ll expect you to be familiar with accounting systems, financial planning, forecasting and reporting, and have a practical knowledge of specialist systems and databases such as ERP, Oracle.

Capable of delivering at pace in a collaborative, fast-moving environment, and with superb communication and influencing skills, you should be familiar with the principles and governance of managing public money. You’ll also possess experience of working in public sector finance and have a well-developed understanding of Oracle Fusion/Cloud.

When you join us, expect to receive a competitive salary, generous holiday entitlement and a Civil Service Pension. Along with this, you’ll also have access to training and other development opportunities to help grow your career with us. Our offices have an on-site gym, nursery, café, and restaurant, and we offer interest-free loans on season tickets and bikes to help you get there.

Everyone who works with FCDO Services must be security cleared before joining us, so if you’re successful in your application, we’ll ask you to undergo our vetting process.

The vital work we do takes an incredible community of colleagues, with different skills, backgrounds, cultures and identities. We support every individual, so that you always know you’re welcome and valued. It’s what makes us a Disability Confident employer. And why we’re recognised as a ‘Carer Confident’ workplace.