24,74 Assistant Management Accountant 12 month FTA

As an Assistant Management Accountant your role will be to support the Management Accountants in establishing a controls-based environment, delivering on all matters of statutory and regulatory compliance, whilst ensuring the provision of accurate financial information and monthly management accounts., + Assist with and actively contribute towards a culture of high performance, strong engagement, and a commitment to continuous improvement
+ Prepare and review month-end journals and balance sheet reconciliations, ensuring meaningful supporting documentation for all reconciling items is maintained
+ Reconciling items should have root cause analysis undertaken to ensure prompt resolution with underlying causes being actively addressed to prevent such reconciling items in the future
+ Review and improve accuracy of source transactions and financial controls to ensure the integrity of the management accounts
+ Assist with the timely preparation of the monthly management accounts pack to the defined service level and agreed timetable, including Profit and Loss accounts, Balance Sheets, variance analysis and commentaries
+ Assist Management Accountants and where relevant attend meetings with managers in the business to provide and explain relevant financial information, to improve decision making, forecasting, and budgeting.
+ Develop and build effective stakeholder relationships, to enhance finance knowledge that supports effective financial decision making, control and financial awareness across DBS.
+ Assist the Management Accountants and Finance Business Partners with the production of accurate forecasts and budgets in line with the business plan.
+ Assist in the preparation of accurate and timely information to support all external reporting, including external and internal audit, and regulatory returns.
+ Proactively identify and recommend process and system improvements from both an efficiency and financial control perspective.
+ Support the successful implementation of the departments systems and procedures, both IT and non-IT based.
+ Deputise for the Management Accountants when required.
+ Undertake additional duties appropriate to the role and/or grade., We'll assess you against these behaviours during the selection process:
+ Making Effective Decisions
+ Communicating and Influencing
+ Delivering at Pace
+ Seeing the Big Picture
We only ask for evidence of these behaviours on your application form:
+ Making Effective Decisions, + Behaviour - Making Effective Decisions
Your CV should consist of your career history, qualifications and skills including any key achievements in each role. Your CV will be used to provide further context on your personal statement and scored against the essential criteria.
2. Sift – will commence from 18th November 2024.
The sift will be held on the Personal Statement, CV and lead behaviour.
3. Interview – week commencing 2nd December 2024.
If you are successful at sift stage, you will be invited to an interview that will be:
+ Behaviours (as listed in the job advert) based questions.
+ Strength based questions
Feedback will only be provided if you attend an interview or assessment.

Security
Successful candidates must undergo a criminal record check.
People working with government assets must complete baseline personnel security standard (opens in new window) checks.

Nationality requirements
This job is broadly open to the following groups:
+ UK nationals
+ nationals of the Republic of Ireland
+ nationals of Commonwealth countries who have the right to work in the UK
+ nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities with settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS) (opens in a new window)
+ nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities who have made a valid application for settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS)
+ individuals with limited leave to remain or indefinite leave to remain who were eligible to apply for EUSS on or before 31 December 2020
+ Turkish nationals, and certain family members of Turkish nationals, who have accrued the right to work in the Civil Service
Further information on nationality requirements (opens in a new window)

· Proven ability to build effective relationships with colleagues across the organisation and other stakeholders
· Excellent attention to detail, analytical and problem-solving skills
· Strong written and verbal communication skills
· Ability to work flexibly and respond positively to changing business needs
· Demonstrable personal case studies showing direct involvement with management account production and balance sheet reconciliations
· Experience of the preparation and audit of financial statements
· Knowledge of accounting techniques and principles
· Knowledge of finance systems, processes and control environments
· Must be actively studying or be willing to study towards a professional accountancy qualification.

Alongside your salary of £32,000, Disclosure & Barring Service contributes £9,270 towards you being a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme. Find out what benefits a Civil Service Pension provides.
The DBS offers a number of excellent benefits for its employees. These can include:
+ Generous annual leave entitlement
+ Excellent maternity, paternity and adoption schemes (after a qualifying period)
+ Commitment to the health and wellbeing of our employees
+ Employee Assistance Programme
+ Flexible working opportunities
+ Eyecare voucher scheme
+ Occupational Health Service including referrals for counselling and physiotherapy
+ 24/7 Counselling and Wellbeing Service
+ A Civil Service Pension with an employer contribution of 28.97%
The DBS vision and purpose is to make people safer by being a visible, trusted and influential organisation, providing an outstanding quality of service to all our customers and partners, where our people understand the important safeguarding contributions they make and feel proud to work here. To do this, the DBS is committed to being an employer that is able to attract, develop, retain and engage diverse talent that is representative of the communities we serve, and to be an organisation providing outstanding service to all our existing and new customers, who are diverse and have a range of different needs. We want all our staff to be able to bring their ‘whole self’ to work.