Your new companyHays Accountancy and Finance are delighted to be partnering with an educational group who are strengthening their finance team in the search for a new Management Accountant who will assist with the schools'' budgets and forecast preparation as well as support the wider finance. This role will be based in Peterborough and offer hybrid working.Your new roleYou will join the organisation as a Management Accountant (AAT qualified or part-qualified), taking a pivotal role in delivering timely, accurate financial information that empowers school leaders and senior managers to make confident, evidence-based decisions. You will work closely with Finance Business Partners, school business managers and the central finance team to maintain strong financial controls, support audits and ensure compliance with accounting policies and regulations.Your responsibilities will be to produce accurate monthly management accounts, including profit and loss, and balance sheet reporting, month-end processes such as accruals, prepayments and journals, and reconciliations. As an inquisitive finance professional, you will investigate budget variances and queries, produce clear financial analysis and actionable insight, recommend opportunities to maximise income and improve budget monitoring / expenditure across their mufti sites. Your financial reporting and insights will play a pivotal role in providing the schools with good quality financial information to empower them in ..... full job details .....