Management Accountant / Finance Business partner

Management Accountant / Finance Business partner

Management Accountant/Finance Business Partner

Location: Greenwich, London with travel to other Twin offices as required

Contract: Full-time, Permanent

Benefits:

25 days of annual leave + bank holidays + your birthday off, Pension contributions, Employee Assistance Programme, Death in service benefit, Career development opportunities, Opportunities for professional development and networking, a dynamic and supportive working environment, plus more.

About You

You’ll be a commercially minded, analytical and outcome-focused individual who takes a proactive and curious approach to their work. You will have the confidence to look beyond the numbers, identify trends and develop a clear understanding of the operational drivers behind financial performance. You will be a collaborative professional, able to build strong and effective working relationships across Finance, delivery and claims teams, as well as with external partners. A strong commitment to accuracy, integrity and confidentiality is essential, together with a focus on maintaining high standards of financial governance and accountability. Organised, diligent, high attention to detail, problem solving, and ability to communicate complex financial information clearly and concisely to non-financial stakeholders.

The Role

Twin Group operates a variety of programmes providing training and services for jobseekers, employers and young people throughout the UK. As part of the Finance Team, you will work closely with the Accounts team, operational leads and their staff. As a Management Accountant/Finance Business Partner you will provide high-quality financial management reports, analysis and commercial insight. You will be responsible for preparing management accounts, manage the budgeting and forecasting processes, act as the main point of contact for external audits.

Working closely with the Head of Delivery, Central Finance, Claims, operational teams and external delivery partners, you will translate delivery performance into robust financial forecasts, support accurate revenue recognition and reconciliation, and provide insight that enables timely decisions, improved contract efficiency, sustainable financial performance and future financial position.

Key Responsibilities

• Produce accurate and timely monthly management accounts with commentary, including income, expenditure, accruals, prepayments, balance sheet reconciliations and variance analysis. Explaining the drivers behind performance and recommending action.
• Lead and maintain the budget and rolling forecast, regularly reforecasting based on actual and projected operational performance.
• Monitor financial performance against budget, contract value, delivery profiles and forecast, clearly identifying material variances, risks and opportunities.
• Translate operational performance, including participant starts, employment outcomes and other payment milestones, into accurate income and cash-flow forecasts.
• Work closely with the Claims Administrator to reconcile claims submitted, income recognised, payments received, rejected or outstanding claims and associated evidence.
• Ensure revenue recognition is accurate, appropriately supported and aligned to relevant organisational accounting policies and contractual arrangements.
• Monitor cost per participant, cost per outcome and other relevant unit economics to assess delivery efficiency and support operational decision-making.
• Monitor staffing costs and model the financial impact of vacancies, recruitment, delivery capacity and changes to the operating model.
• Maintain financial oversight of external delivery partners, including budgets, delivery profiles, accruals, invoices, payments and forecast expenditure.
• Reconcile supply-chain delivery and performance information to invoices and payments, investigating and resolving discrepancies with relevant colleagues.
• Support effective financial controls around participant support costs and other programme expenditure, ensuring spend is appropriately authorised, recorded and evidenced.
• Develop scenario models to assess the financial impact of over-performance or under-performance against contractual KPIs and outcome assumptions.
• Identify emerging financial pressures and opportunities early and provide evidence-based recommendations to improve contract performance.
• Support mobilisation and implementation activity by establishing appropriate budgets, reporting arrangements, controls and financial assumptions.
• Support internal, external and commissioner audit activity by maintaining clear, complete and accessible financial records and audit trails.
• Support commissioner financial reporting, reconciliations and information requests.
• Provide financial insight to support continuous improvement, resource planning and contract optimisation.
• Provide financial modelling and insight that can inform future bids, contract variations, extensions and wider business growth opportunities.
• Being the primary liaison for the annual audit, preparing audit schedules and working with external auditors to ensure a smooth and timely process.
• Part-qualified, qualified or working towards a recognised accounting qualification such as CIMA, ACCA or ACA, or equivalent relevant experience.
• Strong experience of management accounting within a contract, project, service-delivery or similar performance-driven environment.
• Experience in producing clear financial Management information, budgets, forecasts and variance analysis with commentary for operational and senior managers.
• Strong understanding of accruals, revenue recognition, reconciliation and financial controls.
• Advanced excel skills with strong financial modelling and analytical skills.
• Experience of accounting software - Sage would be preferable.
• Experience of outcome-based, payment-by-results, employability, skills or public service contracts.
• Experience of supply-chain or subcontractor financial management and reconciliation.
• Experience of bringing operational and financial data together to explain performance and forecast future position.

Why Join Us?

Twin Group is an award-winning provider of education, travel, work experience, accommodation, apprenticeships and employment services.

Be part of a growing and ambitious organisation, where you will have the opportunity to create new opportunities and contribute directly to Twin's continued growth and success.

The successful candidate must be able to work in the UK.

Twin is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.

Successful applicants will be required to undertake a standard or an enhanced disclosure via the DBS, depending on the role itself.

• All gaps in CVs must be explained satisfactorily.
• Proof of identity and qualifications will be required.
• Successful candidates will be required to complete a one-hour on-line safeguarding training prior to commencing employment.

We are dedicated to ensuring that all job applicants and members of staff are treated equally, without discrimination on the grounds of gender, sexual orientation, marital or civil partner status, gender reassignment, race, colour, nationality, ethnic or national origin, religion or belief, disability, or age.

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If you are invited to interview, please advise the recruitment administrator what adjustment you would require at the interview in as much detail as possible to enable arrangements to be put into place.

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