Salary:Location: Harlow, Hybrid working available, 3 days per week in the Office, 2 days per week at Home - Part time - School Hours, but open to discussion on part time arrangements. About the role:At the Motability Foundation we are building a future where all disabled people have the transport options to make the journeys they choose. Oversight of the Motability Scheme and the Scheme itself continue to be the main method by which we strive to achieve our vision, although an increasing element of our grant-making is beyond the Scheme and we are also investing steadily in our Innovation activities.Working within a busy team you will be helping our Senior Management Accountant - Financial Reporting to: Support a best-in-class business planning and analysis process that leads us into delivering on our strategic plan. Ensure our management reporting is robust and fit for purpose, helping to instil a culture of continuous improvement and best value. Deliver and clearly communicate budgets, forecasts and periodic reporting which add value through highlighting variances and improvement opportunities. Once our analytics are in place there is a large development agenda evaluating our impact measures and supporting incremental investment decisions between individual charitable programmes, and between charitable programmes and social investments and financial returns. What you will be doing: Producing monthly management accounts to deadlines for review by the Senior Management Accountant - Financial Planning, monitoring KPI’s, identifying key variances and issues affecting financial performance. As an effective business partner you will be contributing to a reporting process that is timely and accurate, ensuring buy in from stakeholders, building on and developing existing reporting. Supporting the Senior Management Accountant - Financial Reporting on the monthly accounting for payroll. Helping in the preparation of budgets, forecasts and yearly financial statements. With the team, delivering day to day finance support to non-finance staff, answering their enquiries to promote financial awareness and understanding. The role includes other tasks as may arise from time to time that are appropriate to the role, including providing absence cover for other members of the Management Accounting team as required. What will make you great in this role?With consistent attention to detail and a desire to analyse and explain the financial transactions of the organisation, you will have excellent communication skills. You will be able to work confidently with a range of experienced and non-finance managers, evolving the skills needed to secure buy in, conveying key finance messages and influencing management action. You will be passionate about building relationships within and across teams to foster a culture of continuous improvement. This could be in helping a new manager with their first budget or digging deep into cost centre data to deliver value for money.You will be keen to learn and be proactive, sharing knowledge and information within a strong and busy team. You will need to contribute to team initiatives and team meetings, help others and treat everyone fairly and with respect.About you:Must haves: Fully Qualified or studying CIMA / ACCA / ACA. 2-3 years budget and forecast preparation with cost variance analysis. A demonstrable track record of adding value through innovation. Business partnering with non-financial stakeholders. Sage 200 or equivalent accounting package experience. Knowledge of the MS Office Suite including Advanced Excel and Intermediate Word. Nice to haves: Experience of charity fund accounting, grant accounting, partnerships and allocation mechanisms. Knowledge of SORP. Some exposure to value for money and impact studies. Experience of one or more ERP / ERM systems. Motability Foundation At Motability Foundation we fund, support, research and innovate so that all disabled people can make the journeys they choose. We oversee the Motability Foundation Scheme and provide grants to help people use it, providing access to transport to hundreds of thousands of people a year. We award grants to other charities and organisations who provide different types of transport, or work towards making transport accessible. We also carry out ongoing research, in partnership with disabled people and key stakeholders in the industry, to inspire innovations that continue to champion accessible transport for all.Benefits?? WHAT MOTABILITY CAN OFFER YOU ??A career with Motability can offer you so much more than earning potential. We pride ourselves in offering some fantastic benefits and a culture to match, some of which includes;�? Holiday - 26 Days + 8 Bank Holidays, increasing to 28 days after 5 years’ service?? Health and Wellbeing - We offer private health care with BUPA alongside an Employee Assistance Programme, eye tests, flu vaccinations, enhanced sick pay and discounted corporate gym membership. We take your physical AND Mental Health seriously, with our dedicated mental health first aiders you will have support and understanding from your colleagues.�? Family Friendly - We offer enhanced Parental Leave inclusive of Adoption Pay and we understand that families require flexibility, we provide time off for dependants, flexible working hours and the option to work from home. Life Assurance is 4 x your salary.�? Diversity and Inclusion - We value everyone’s unique qualities and celebrate having a diverse and inclusive culture where everyone feels safe to be their authentic selves, no matter their age, ethnicity, religion, gender identity, sexual orientation, disability status, neurodiversity or otherwise. This is embedded in to our values and we celebrate our differences and create awareness throughout the year.�? Celebrating Success - We love to recognise people that go above and beyond with our Spotlight Award as well as having team celebrations and social events throughout the year.?? Our culture - In the Motability office we "dress for our day", it’s an incredibly welcoming and inclusive environment where we look to support your career, we offer a mini bus service from Harlow Town centre and station for those using public transport to reach us and there are plenty of free hot beverages for when you arrive.?? Pension - Up to 15%, inclusive of a 10% non-contributory addition and Motability matching your contributions up to 5%.How to find out more?