Meaningful and vital work: In this position, your work is vital to the business, in terms of decisions and growth. You will gain a world of opportunity working for a globally operating business delivering essential services across 5 vital sectors, personal growth, achievement and development won’t be hard to find. You'll also work with great people. You’ll find yourself working in a highly motivated, supportive environment where no two days are the same, with experienced colleagues who strive for excellence.
Contract Mobilisation Management AccountantHybrid – 2 days per week onsite at HMP Ashfield (Bristol) Full Time, 9 months Fixed Term Salary
- £45,000
- £60,000 (dependent on experience)
Here at Serco, we are seeking a Management Accountant to provide dedicated, commercial, and financial support to mobilise, transition and transform our new HMP Ashfield contract within the J&I business unit. You will act as a trusted point of contact for our business leaders, helping transform financial and non-financial information into insight which influences decision making to improve financial performance of Serco services.
As part of this you’ll:
- Support the Finance Business Partner/Mobilisation Director on mobilisation activities by maintaining strong controls, visibility, and challenge on MTT spend vs the bid model.
- Build relationships with workstream leads to effectively reforecast financials in line with operational developments.
- Support in the build of the contract financial model, billing handover document, and billing model.
- Support external customer progress checkpoint meetings.
- Support customer negotiations on any potential contractual changes.
- Assisting with subcontractor negotiations to ensure value for money contractual arrangements.
- Coordinate the contracts use of the WBS’s structure.
- Support in reviewing the new contracts suite of KPI’s and reviewing/testing the calculation methods/formulas.
- Understand and application of new contract accounting.
What you’ll need to do the role:
- You will need to be qualified CIMA, ACCA or ACA.
- Evidence of ability to influence, negotiate, listen to and resolve conflicts with key decision makers.
- Ability to highlight problems, offer innovative and practical solutions, and drive through their execution.
- Translate business requirements into open, honest and transparent insight to solve business challenges.
- Ability to interpret and deal with incomplete data; and the capability to exercise judgement where there is ambiguity.
- Evidence of building and maintaining strong relationships with internal stakeholders.
Why Serco:
Meaningful and vital work: In this position, your work is vital to the business, in terms of decisions and growth. You will gain a world of opportunity working for a globally operating business delivering essential services across 5 vital sectors, personal growth, achievement and development won’t be hard to find. You'll also work with great people. You’ll find yourself working in a highly motivated, supportive environment where no two days are the same, with experienced colleagues who strive for excellence.
What we offer:
- 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays.
- Annual leave purchase scheme.
- Up to 6% contributory pension scheme
- Flexible working options.
- Free onsite parking.
- Serco discounts which include cinema, merlin entertainment and online shopping discounts, and discounts on mobile phone plans and leisure centre memberships.
- A range of benefits to support the health and wellbeing of you and your family such as Employee Assistance Programme, Health Cash Plans, free flu jabs and more.
- A wealth of career development training to suit your future aspirations. These range from role specific training, leadership coaching, formal study and much more to support you to build your career with Serco.
- A safe and supportive culture.
- A company passionate about diversity and inclusion.
About SercoAt Serco, not only is the nature of the work we do important, everyone has an important role to play, from caring for vulnerable people to managing complex public services. We are a team of 50,000 people responsible for delivering essential public services around the world in areas including defence, transport, justice, immigration, healthcare and citizen services. We are innovators, committed to redesigning and improving public services for the benefit of everyone.
By joining Serco you will have unlimited access to our Global Employee Networks – SercoInspire (Gender), SercoEmbrace (Multicultural), SercoUnlimited (Disability) and In@Serco (LGBT & Networks). Serco Employee Networks, led by colleagues who are passionate about diversity, inclusion and belonging.
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· 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays.
· Annual leave purchase scheme.
· Up to 6% contributory pension scheme
· Flexible working options.
· Free onsite parking.
· Serco discounts which include cinema, merlin entertainment and online shopping discounts, and discounts on mobile phone plans and leisure centre memberships.
· A range of benefits to support the health and wellbeing of you and your family such as Employee Assistance Programme, Health Cash Plans, free flu jabs and more.
· A wealth of career development training to suit your future aspirations. These range from role specific training, leadership coaching, formal study and much more to support you to build your career with Serco.
· A safe and supportive culture.
· A company passionate about diversity and inclusion.
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