Senior Management Accountant

Ivy Rock Partners are working with Parkinson's UK on their recruitment for a Senior Management Accountant as part of a planned restructure to facilitate the charity's continued growth and expansion.

We're pushing for better, right here, right now. Every one of us has a crucial role to play as both drivers and enablers of change.

Parkinson’s UK is the UK’s leading charity for people with Parkinson’s. We're a growing organisation with 605 employees, 4000 volunteers and a projected income of £50m+. Our proud history dates back nearly 60 years, but now we’re on a mission to be fit for the future, ensuring we have the infrastructure, culture, and operating model to drive even more impact for people with Parkinson’s, both now and in the future.

The Operations team plays a key role in driving that mission. Over the coming years we’ll be modernising our systems and processes to ensure they’re fit for now, as well as in the future. Much of this work is already underway, and we’re now ready to start our exciting new chapter.

We’ve been working to get ourselves in the best shape to deliver that progress over the next few years, and we’re now looking for ambitious, driven, and purpose-led people to join our team of 'relentless doers’.

About the role

Working closely with teams across Finance, you’ll develop the management accounting function, reporting and analysing financial information across the organisation.

You’ll drive improvements in our financial and reporting processes, using data and digital tools to boost efficiency and effectiveness, delivering accurate and insightful reporting and analysis that drives data informed decisions.

What you’ll do

• Develop a management accountant function, instilling best practice, fostering a culture of continuous improvement.
• Develop a suite of reporting tools for organisational insight and analysis through trends analysis, variance analysis, modelling, and scenario planning and ad hoc reporting.
• Ensure the accurate and timely delivery of monthly management accounts, whilst supporting business partners with key organisational trends and analytical variances.
• Lead the production and consolidation of budgeting and forecasting templates and reporting tools to aid organisational analysis and planning. Alongside assisting with the delivery of our annual accounts

What you'll bring

• CCAB recognised professional accounting qualification or equivalent.
• Demonstrable experience in management accounting and financial planning & analysis.
• Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills with great attention to detail.
• Strong communication and stakeholder engagement skills, especially with non-finance colleagues.
• Strong technical skills and familiarity with charity financial regulations is essential, SORP is desirable. In particular you will bring demonstrable experience of active management of restricted and designated funds as part of robust financial management.

How to Apply

Ivy Rock Partners are exclusively partnering with Parkinson’s UK on this vacancy. Please apply using the apply function or get in touch with Holly Arrowsmith at Ivy Rock Partners for further details.

Anyone can get Parkinson’s. It’s vital that the people who work for Parkinson’s UK are representative of our diverse community. We actively encourage people from all sections of the community to apply, regardless of race, ethnicity, gender identity, age, disability, sexual orientation, or religion.