Management Accountant (1 x Permanent & 1 x 15m Fixed-Term Contract)
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Management Accountant (1 x Permanent & 1 x 15m Fixed-Term Contract)
(HEO)
£35,175 - £39,480 (National) Salary is subject to uplift from 1 st August 2025
plus an Accountancy Allowance of £5,000 pa (Fully Qualified) or £2,500 (Part Qualified)
The Government Property Agency is the largest property holder in government, with more than £2.1 billion in property assets and over 50% of the government’s office estate. We are transforming the way the Civil Service works by creating great places to work, leading the largest commercial office programme in the UK, working towards halving carbon emissions from government offices, and achieving greater value for taxpayers. We are looking for innovative, solutions-focused people to join our team.
Representing the best covenant in the UK – His Majesty’s Government – we are leading ground-breaking programmes such as the Government Hubs Programme, Whitehall Campus Programme and Net Zero Programme, as well as delivering modern and cost-effective real estate service solutions.
Innovation and progress are at the heart of our behaviours. We foster a culture of lifelong learning, where curiosity and self-improvement are encouraged, and we’re dedicated to becoming a leading, inclusive employer both in the external market and throughout the Civil Service. Our strong emphasis on Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion (EDI) is not just about driving inclusion across our organisation, it is also about ensuring our services meet the needs of government departments and the civil servants who use our spaces.
Join our dynamic and diverse team that leads with purpose, improving sustainability, nurturing social value, driving inclusivity and flexibility, and kickstarting economic growth. We are driven by purpose, and you can be part of it too: where you make a meaningful impact; where you influence; where your voice really matters; where you help to shape our future direction.
The responsibilities of the Management Accountant will include:
Facilitating forecasting and reporting
Producing management accounts for relevant budget holders
Producing financial reports for corporate stakeholders and GPA clients
Supporting internal and external audits
Preparing balance sheet reconciliations including accruals and prepayments
Investigate variances and ensure transactions are accounted for correctly, as well as identifying trends, risks and opportunities in the financial data
Supporting the payroll and staff costs, ad-hoc recharging and purchase to pay processes
Preparing and processing journals
Qualifications & Experience
Desirable
AAT Qualified, or working towards CCAB qualification
Good experience of management accounting
Strong attention to detail and ability to analyse and interpret significant amounts of financial data
Strong focus on meeting stakeholder needs
Ability to seek out new information and self-develop
Highly IT literate and experienced at using multiple software tools, including Microsoft Excel and/or Google Sheets
Excellent communicator, with the ability to communicate complex financial information to non-finance stakeholders
Ability to work in a geographically dispersed team
Experience in an Estates/ Property environment
For more information, please apply using the link, or contact Emma Fuller at our retained search agent, Robertson Bell.
The GPA is committed to representing the communities we serve by making Diversity, Equality and Inclusion part of everything we do. To ensure that we are always recruiting and retaining a diverse mix of talent, we are particularly inviting applications from candidates who are disabled, ethnically or gender diverse, and people who identify as being part of the LGBTQ+ community.
- Location:
- Birmingham