Knovia are a growing group of best-in-class education businesses that build professional capabilities, operating in chosen sectors that make a real difference including Paragon Skills and Tempdent.
Knovia brings clarity of vision, the best people and the resources to be successful. Our principles and core values demonstrate our impact of being at the forefront of building the capability of individuals, providing them with the skills to be productive and deliver a better service to advance their careers. We have a well-invested, highly sustainable and scalable business model for effective growth, with our understanding of the challenges within our chosen sectors and dedication to quality we are a trusted partner for the change in highly regulated markets.
Knovia has an exciting new role for a
Management Accountant to join our wider finance team and support our Dental Management Accounts.
Position:
Location: Remote (UK based) with national travel required for meetings
Salary: Up to £50,000
The Knovia Group are looking for an experienced
Management Accountant to join our growing team of finance professionals to provide a quality service and fulfil expectations, through their specialist knowledge, Management Accounts experience and drive to make an impact.
In this role you will be an integral part of the wider shared services finance department, and support in the preparation and issuing of monthly management accounts for our Dental provider, whilst providing finance support to the wider group if required.
Our ideal candidate will be meticulous and solution-focused, with the determination to meet timetable deadlines for monthly management accounts and reports including, month end journals, balance sheet reconciliations and revenue reporting with accuracy and efficiency.
If you are a qualified accountant (ACCA,CIMA ACA) and have experience in the production of management accounts, advanced Excel capability and a strong knowledge of payroll then we want to hear from you!
Key tasks include:
- Preparation of accurate monthly management accounts and reports in a timely manner to meet monthly reporting timetable deadlines
- Analyse and investigate variances to budget and forecasts and provide commentary
- Review accounts against prior months and expectations for reasonableness
- Preparation and review of balance sheet reconciliations for all balance sheet accounts
- Calculation and posting of monthly irrecoverable VAT for monthly accounts
- Production of quarterly VAT returns
- Complete monthly R185 Certificate of Deduction of Income Tax forms
- Assisting with development of systems and implementing new processes
Requirements:
- Qualified accountant CIMA, ACA, ACCA
- Strong IT skills with advanced MS Excel skills, confident in manipulating existing spreadsheets & creating new reports
- Education or government funding Management Accounts experience
- Experience of accounting systems such as SAGE
- Experience in the production of management accounts
- Experience of working within a finance team and managing colleagues
- Excellent communication skills, both written & oral with ability to communicate effectively with all levels of internal and external stakeholders
- A strong work ethic, with a high level of accuracy and attention to detail
- Ability to travel nationally or to our London office if required for meetings and 1:1s
Other information:
Knovia is an inclusive, welcoming, and supportive place to work with a fantastic culture which supports each employees learning, development and career growth, alongside range of great benefits, that are hand-picked for you including...
- 20 days annual leave - increasing with length of service and a holiday purchase scheme
- 3 Gifted Knovia Days for our Operational December Closure and 8 Public Bank Holidays
- Up to 3 days of paid volunteering leave and corporate conscience initiatives
- Perkbox – a suite of lifestyle benefits and wellness tools
- Recognition and long service awards to celebrate our colleagues’
We will be reviewing applications and conducting interviews on an on-going basis which may mean this vacancy closes prior to the advertised closing date if we have identified a suitable so please apply as soon as possible.
We are committed to the safeguarding, welfare and wellbeing of our learners and colleagues and implement robust safer recruitment practices to support this. Dependant on the role you are applying for, we may undertake a number of necessary checks to confirm you are suitable to work with children and vulnerable adults, which may include a Disclosure and Barring Service check. We are proud to inspire success and we can only do this by recruiting and retaining a diverse workforce that is representative of the learners and clients we support, and we encourage applications from diverse backgrounds and actively promote equality and inclusion throughout our colleague and learner populations.
