Accounting and finance job vacancies

Join our new organisation as Senior Finance Assistant and deliver specialist finance services to support all aspects of our customer focussed finance service. 

EMCCA is the UK’s first mayor-led combined county authority. The East Midlands is a great region. But it deserves to be better. Better connected, better funded and better prepared for a future of opportunity, growth, and hope. EMCCA will oversee devolved powers around transport, housing, skills and adult education, economic development, and net zero. We will conceive the strategies and create the connections that will empower local partners, people and businesses – maximising the impact of billions of pounds of funding. Together, our new EMCCA team can put the East Midlands on the map as a place to live, work and study. 

The delivery of high quality and effective customer focused finance services will be an important part of EMCCA’s future success and impact. Working in the finance department but collaborating across all departments, your role will be wide ranging, supporting all aspects of our customer focussed finance service. 
This is a busy team, and we need someone who understands deadlines and prioritises workloads, with the confidence to liaise with all levels of management. It is a great opportunity for a qualified AAT looking for a role from which they can progress within the authority – or a newly qualified AAT with the skills to step up. 
This truly is an exciting opportunity where we hope your career can grow with EMCCA, we can offer full study support for a Chartered Accountancy qualification, with one day as day release for study. This is not a requirement for the role but there if you wish to further your qualifications whilst with us. 

Key responsibilities include: 
· Provision of timely and effective financial information to stakeholders, supported by robust research, analysis and evaluation of information that can inform decision making. 
· Support and advice for internal and external customers including senior managers and governing bodies. 
· Monitoring and analysis of budgets, identify variances and provide detailed budgetary information, advice and guidance to ensure effective budget planning. 
· Regular communication and liaison with all teams operating within the service area, internal and external providers of service. 
· Maintaining and updating our bespoke information systems and databases to ensure the provision of accurate financial information. 
· Contribute to the continual development of the service.

For more details on EMCCA, our rewards and benefits, and to apply, please visit: https://eastmidscareers.co.uk/

We are looking for an enthusiastic and thoughtful individual to join our group finance team. The Accounts Assistant Apprentice will play a pivotal role, taking ownership of data input for revenue recognition & accounts payable.

Reporting to the Finance Manager, the role offers on-the-job training, through an apprenticeship and is a great opportunity to develop new technical and practical skills.

As well as studying towards your AAT qualification, we’ll give you professional experience to put your theory into practice. 

The role – primary responsibilities:

• Achieve a well-recognised finance qualification 
• Support on revenue recognition for month end
• Send out invoices & upload to portals 
• Provide support for payment runs
• Proactively ensure outstanding timesheets are completed from client and non-client facing teams 
• Own the data functions on the company wide accounting system: 
  • Upload new job codes
  • Reallocate time and costs on the company wide accounting system
• Ensure credit card expenses are recorded to Maconomy and recharged to clients where necessary
• Deal with ad-hoc finance queries efficiently 
• Create purchase order requests and maintain PO trackers 
• Manage the shared finance inboxes
• Supplier statement reconciliations
• Set up new suppliers

We’re looking for someone who has:

• Excellent communication skills, both verbal and written
• Great attention to detail
• Excellent organisation & strong time management skills 
• Strong understanding & experience using Excel 
• Pro-active attitude
• Ability to work well in a close-knit team
• Ability to build trusted relationships with clients on the account which you work

Our Benefits

As well as the basic salary, great social events and a culture of continual learning, our competitive benefits package* includes:

• 25 days’ holiday plus bank holidays (rising to a maximum of 30 days alongside length of service)
• Enhanced employer pension contribution 
• Private Medical insurance (for you and your family)
• Income Protection insurance
• Life Assurance at 4x your salary
• Financial support and advice
• Travel insurance (for you and your family)
• An annual wellness benefit of £150 
• Four-week sabbatical after every 5 years’ service

*Some benefits are contingent on successful completion of probation period.

This is an 18-month FTC whilst on the apprenticeship

Madano offers a range of first-rate, dedicated training that enables employees to take control of their careers to become experts in their field and trusted advisors to clients.

Equal opportunities

Madano is committed to a policy of equal opportunities and non-discrimination. At all times we aim to recruit, develop, and promote the very best people, basing judgement solely on suitability for the job. 

We particularly encourage applications from those who are significantly underrepresented in our sector, such as disabled people, ethnic minorities, and neurodiverse people.

About us and who you’ll be working with

We’re Madano, and we’re committed to building a better world through intelligent and digital communications. Out consultants work with clients who are solving the major challenges of our time through science and technology – helping them tell their story, make the right connections, change attitudes and influence behaviours.

We’re part of a wider network – AVENIR GLOBAL (AG), which is where this role sits. You’ll join a talented team of finance professionals, supporting all employees who work within our brands (AXON, Cherry, Hanover and Madano). 

If you’re interested in hearing more, please email us, or if you’d like to apply, please send your latest CV and a covering letter to joinus@madano.com