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Senior Management Accountant

NORTH MUSIC TRUST

Senior Management Accountant

Salary Not Specified

NORTH MUSIC TRUST, Gateshead

  • Full time
  • Permanent
  • Onsite working

Posted 3 weeks ago, 25 Aug | Get your application in now before you miss out!

Closing date: Closing date not specified

job Ref: 217834c15e1440b4908e066378bfa232

Full Job Description

  • To complete month end processes and prepare an accurate set of Management Accounts and required Management Information for both

    • NMT and MNL.
  • Acting as a Finance Partner to support the organisation setting budgets and monitoring performance and forecasting against

    • these, whilst ensuing a high standard of controls and governance.
  • Supporting audit processes.

  • Management of Balance Sheet Reconciliation Process.

  • Management of Statutory/Regulatory Returns, including VAT, FEU and NSO returns.

  • Management of Finance Team Control Framework, including Finance Systems


    • You'll be responsible for:

    Preparation of management accounts

  • To prepare accurate monthly NMT and MNL Management accounts & reports according to time schedules and tasks agreed.

  • To complete designated month-end and year-end journal adjustments to agreed deadlines, including accruals and prepayments.

  • To complete assigned balance sheet reconciliations to ensure integrity and accuracy of financial reporting and security of

    • assets against fraud or theft..
  • Prepare and post monthly box office and PRS journal and associated reconciliations

  • Process any necessary stock transactions and liaise with retail on a quarterly basis to ensure that physical retail stock

    • reconciles to the management accounts and processing any adjustments as required.
  • Reconcile the NMT / MNL intercompany account and post the gift aid journals.

  • Prepare Management Accounts packs as assigned.


    • Finance Partner

  • Carry out monthly finance reviews with budget holders and assist budget holders in managing their budgets and provide them with

    • the necessary support to ensure expenditure is monitored on a regular basis throughout the year and that appropriate action is
    taken on a timely basis.
  • Support budget holders in preparation of annual budgets and forecasts.


  • To collaborate with the teams to identify key trends in income and expenditure by department / activity program and significant

    • variances from budget. To investigate unusual or unexpected departmental and activity results or variances and to bring these
    to the attention of the Head of Finance.

    Year End Audit

  • Preparation of schedules, for NMT and MNL, for yearend statutory accounts for audit purposes.

  • Support Head Of Finance to complete PBC schedules.

  • Act as point of contract with auditors during annual accounting audit, recording outstanding actions.


    • Management of Balance Sheet Reconciliation Process

  • Implement and manage a process to ensure all balance sheet accounts are completed in the require timescale and frequency as

    • agreed with Head off Finance.
  • Maintain the control documents, reporting the completion data to Head of Finance. Allocating owners to each rec and applying a

    • framework to agree frequency.
  • Act as Team expert to support team reconciliation owners to complete their accounts, ensuring a good standard of substantiation

    • is maintained.
  • Manage the review system to ensure all recs are reviewed by either Management Accountant, Senior Management Accountant or Head

    • of Finance dependent on risk profile and a summary version available for Finance Director review/sign off.
  • Manage review points to make sure they are completed on time.


    • Management of Statutory/Regulatory Returns

  • Maintaining a timetable to capture due dates for all statutory/regulatory returns and ensure they are completed, reviewed,

    • signed off an submitted within the timetable
  • VAT - complete VAT returns, ensuring all entries are correctly recorded and reconciled to the GL accounts each quarter.

    • Continue to monitor changes in the VAT rules that may affect The Glasshouse's reporting.
  • FEU - Review and sign off FEU returns, ensuring complete and accurate.

  • NSO - Maintaining a schedule of returns due with an owner identified, complete returns allocated to self.

  • Complete annual financial reporting and one off reporting to Arts Council England


    • Controls Framework and Procedures

  • To assist the Financial Controller to ensure that the organisations operate within the delegated limits of authority as set out

    • by their respective Boards (or sub-committees) thereof) and comply with statutes or other relevant regulatory requirements.
    Documenting the delegated limits and submitting for board review and sign off annually.
  • Implement and maintain a system for recording the control documents within the finance team, including process maps, procedure

    • notes, control points and any SLA with departments. Supporting the team to complete, maintain and work to the agreed
    processes/procedures, looking to identify improvements to controls and process efficiencies.
  • To ensure that controls, procedures, conventions of use and timescales for tasks are current and are properly documented.

  • To set up a framework for control for the finance system (Exchequer), including a central control for all mapping templates and

    • GL set up and changes.
  • To act at all times in accordance with the Company's published policies and procedures.

  • To ensure that the requirements of the Data Protection Legislation are complied with in carrying out the duties of the post.

  • To contribute to the Company achieving Best Value through raising standards of performance and improving efficiency.


    • Any Other Duties

  • To assist the Finance Director and Head of Finance with ad-hoc projects and costing exercises.

  • To undertake stand-in roles for other colleagues from time to time, as agreed with your Line Manager.


    • But don't worry if you're not a perfect match for the job description and criteria, we'd love you to apply anyway. We are more
    interested in your determination, positivity, and willingness to get stuck in.

    Our commitment to your development

    At The Glasshouse, we're always learning. And we know that when it comes to training, everyone is different. So, you'll work
    closely with your manager to identify what your training journey will look like. If you have a specific interest or you would like
    to develop your skills in a certain area, we want to hear about it.

    This may be through gaining a qualification, on-the-job training or learning within your team, but whatever path you take, through
    training and support, we'll help you develop the skills and knowledge you need to thrive in your role.

    Diversity, Equality, and Inclusion
    At The Glasshouse, we encourage a working environment that's welcoming, inclusive, and diverse. Different backgrounds, views and
    experiences are valued so everyone can be themselves.

    Our venue and programmes are for everyone, so we want to make sure this opportunity is available to everyone, no matter your
    background or the challenges you've faced.

    For example, we would love to hear from you if you:

  • Are D/deaf. Have a disability, learning difficulty or significant long -term health condition which affects your daily life

  • Describe yourself as neurodiverse (this might include dyslexia, dyspraxia, dyscalculia, ADHD, autistic spectrum, and others)

  • Grew up in a family receiving Universal Credit or state benefits

  • Have ever lived in council or social housing or been on the housing register

  • Have ever lived in sheltered accommodation or experienced homelessness

  • Experienced being in care at any point in your life

  • Have been a refugee or asylum seeker

  • Are from the African, South, East and South-East Asian, Middle East, Latinx or North African diaspora, or have experienced

    • racism
  • These are some common examples of challenging circumstances but there may be others. Everyone is welcome to apply.

  • We do not discriminate because of race, colour, religion, gender or gender identity, sexual orientation or expression, age,

    • disability or any other protected characteristic as outlined in the Equality Act 2010.

    Safeguarding children, young people and adults at risk
    We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and adults at risk and expect all of those
    that work with us to share this commitment. We operate a robust safeguarding framework and continuous assessment and development
    to support safer working practice across out workforce. Our roles are subject to a safer recruitment process which includes
    relevant background checks and the disclosure of criminal records, sanctions, and investigations where appropriate.

    Right to Work
    We welcome applications from candidates already eligible to work in the UK or those that can apply for a visa granting permission
    to work in the UK (e.g. dependent visas, ancestry etc.) that do not require sponsorship. You will be asked to share proof of this
    prior to receiving any offer of employment.

    Are you self-motivated, happy working in a team environment and flexible enough to adapt to a changing environment? If this sounds
    like you, read on to find out how you can hit the ground running.

    It would be great if you had experience in:

  • Substantial pre and post qualification experience and understanding of preparing monthly management accounts and carrying out

    • balance sheet reconciliations in a medium sized, fast paced organisation, Finance Partnering and Statutory Reporting.

    Skills and knowledge of:

  • Good knowledge and understanding of current, relevant accounting and regulatory framework and accounting principles, best

    • practice and VAT regulations.
  • Good organisational and problem-solving skills together with the ability to operate within tight reporting deadlines.

  • Good analytical, written & oral communication skills.

  • Friendly approach and the ability to work as part of a team and with staff at all levels of seniority within the organisation.

  • Analytical approach, accuracy and diligence.

  • Computer literate with high level of proficiency in MS Office products, together with good working knowledge of computerised

    • accounting systems.

    Qualifications:

  • Qualified CIMA/ACA/ACCA (at least 2 years PQE), Disability Confident

    • About Disability Confident
    A Disability Confident employer will generally offer an interview to any applicant that declares they have a disability and meets the minimum criteria for the job as defined by the employer. It is important to note that in certain recruitment situations such as high-volume, seasonal and high-peak times, the employer may wish to limit the overall numbers of interviews offered to both disabled people and non-disabled people. For more details please go to Disability Confident.

    We're a place where you can hear rock legends or pop icons on the same night as folk trios or opera singers. Where new musicians
    are nurtured and showcased on the same stages as platinum- selling performers. And where youth choirs and tambourine- shaking
    toddlers practice in the same spaces as our acclaimed orchestra Royal Northern Sinfonia.

    Whether you're front of house, waiting in the wings or keeping things running behind the scenes you will be part of a team that
    means 2 million people enjoy top - notch gigs, concerts and classes in our own venue at Gateshead Quays, out in communities across
    the North East and through live- streamed performances and digital lessons.