Assistant Accountant

As an Assistant Management Accountant within the Management Accounts function, you will be required to assist the Management Accountants and Senior Management Accountants with preparing annual budgets, month end and year end accounts, and providing support to budget holders and business cases as required., You will have demonstrable financial experience across a wide range of areas, including management and financial accounting, and be able to confidently apply the principles of double-entry book-keeping. You need to be comfortable handling and manipulating large datasets accurately and often simultaneously, and ideally your experience will have been gained in a large multi-faceted organisation.

The role is split between providing support to the main Management Accounts team, and to systems projects for the Finance department as a whole.

This role is particularly interesting due to its varied nature, and the successful applicant will be expected to be able to adapt efficiently to the project nature of the work.

The role is busy and you will often be required to work under pressure and to tight deadlines, so we expect you will be self-motivated, and be able to work independently, as well as working as part of a team.

When supporting systems projects, you will be a key contributor towards the success of the department, through your work to develop and improve data and data reporting processes. This will be done by working collaboratively with colleagues and other Trust system leads to ensure that systems are aligned.

Due to an internal promotion, an excellent opportunity has arisen for a highly motivated, enthusiastic and flexible professional to join our finance team as an Assistant Management Accountant working within the Management Accounts function., If you are an energetic team player, and feel you have the skills and values to join our friendly, outward looking, proactive and award-winning team, we look forward to hearing from you.

Devon Partnership Trust is one of the UK's most progressive mental health and learning disability trusts, providing services across Devon and Bristol.

Working as part of the Trust, you will make a difference to peoples' lives from the moment you start.