Head of Management Accounts

HEAD OF MANAGEMENT ACCOUNTS required for 9 MONTH CONTRACT role with PUBLIC SECTOR organisation in EDINBURGH.

The client is currenlty undergoing a period of organisation change and as such, their current Head of Management Accounts is heavily focused on this project and requires support on the current management accounting function to ensure it still runs efficiently.

Key duties will include:

- Manage and support finance staff through the change period
- Ensure the provision of meaningful, timely, accurate and relevant monthly MI to support decision-making
- Review and control of the overall budget on an on-going basis, including recommendations for corrective action
- Providing appropriate and effective challenge of forecast submissions, including variance analysis
- Ensure the 2014/15 budget setting process is effectively managed and contribute to the continued development of the integrated performance and planning system
- Contribute to the annual accounts process, specifically the analytical review

You will have experience of the above, in a senior management capacity and will ideally have some public sector experience.