Finance Manager
Location : guildford Employment type : FULL_TIME Expires : 2023-09-04
ACM is a specialist creative industries education provider with students on a range of FE and HE programmes in Music Performance, Creative Artist, Production, Technical Services and Business. Our creative and dynamic environment blends academic excellence and professionalism alongside leading-edge industry thinking and business innovation.
ACM’s Vision:
ACM will incubate potential and talent, supporting the personalised development needs of our students to facilitate a structured path from education to employment.
We provide a safe and supported space where creative talent and imagination can flourish in a caring environment. Barriers to learning are identified through a holistic and person-centred approach to unlock the potential of the individual, enabling personal growth through professional and academic development. Our core aim is for our students to enjoy lifelong sustainable careers underpinned by applied learning and a specialist, cutting-edge curriculum.
Therefore, our vision is to not only be the leader in applied, industry-connected, creative arts education but to also be the leader in care and support for mental health and other traditional barriers to learning, thereby driving up the standards expected within higher and further education.
ACM’s Mission:
To provide an immersive student experience, with a curriculum which is connected to the industry in real-time, based on a learning by doing ethos. Our core aim is to build confidence and self-awareness, providing students with the skills necessary to recognise and take opportunities.
Ultimately our mission is to enable students to fulfill their potential and enjoy a sustainable career within the creative arts industry.
THE ROLE
This Finance Department looks after eight statutory entities, which includes an education company, which is registered with the Office for students; a theatre and a recording studio. The range of work covered by the department is broad and covers all elements of finance as well as company secretarial duties, contracts and insurance.
The finance team work closely with the business to ensure full understanding of the ever-changing landscape to enable relevant and reliable forecasting and scenario modelling to support business decision making.
MAIN RESPONSIBILITIES:
- Monthly management accounts preparation for entities within the group including variance analysis
- Monthly balance sheet reconciliations
- Preparation of year end statutory accounts
- Preparation of year end audit schedules and liaison with the auditors.
- Preparation of VAT returns (including partial exemption calculations).
- Involvement in accounting and monitoring of grant expenditure.
- Review of corporation tax computations.
- Supporting the budgeting and forecasting process.
- Development and documentation of internal financial controls, systems and processes.
- Support the Head of Finance with ad hoc tasks as required.
PERSON SPECIFICATION
- Qualified accountant (ACA/ACCA/CIMA).
- Strong technical and analytical accounting skills.
- Self-motivated with an eye for detail and the ability to prioritize workload effectively.
- Ability to produce accurate work and consistently deliver to reporting deadlines.
- Ability to quickly build relationships with internal and external contracts at all levels with confidence.
- Motivated by a changing, growing environment.
All ACM staff work to the same values which are:
Inclusivity
To empower individuals from diverse backgrounds, to maintain accessibility, and provide an inclusive organisational culture.
Supportive environments
To provide environments that support personal and professional development through a holistic approach and bring the benefits of the creative arts to the wider community.
Agility and innovation
To provide an inspiring organisational culture that embraces innovation through openness, flexibility, creativity and self-evaluation.
Connectivity
To recognise the benefits of working closely with industry and others, to embrace new technologies, and to provide meaningful opportunities, in order to enhance learning.
Professional and academically strong standards
To provide state of the art professional environments, to inspire determination and enthusiasm, and ensure high professional and academic standards
Please be aware all ACM staff must undergo a Disclosure and Barring Service Check prior to starting. This will need to be renewed once every three years.
This job purpose reflects the core activities of the post. As the Department and the post-holder develop, there will inevitably be some changes to the duties for which the post is responsible, and possibly to the emphasis of the post itself. ACM expects that the post-holder will recognise this and will adopt a flexible approach to work. This could include undertaking relevant training where necessary. Should significant changes to the job purpose become necessary, the post-holder will be consulted and the changes reflected in a revised job purpose.
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