Detailed job description and main responsibilities
The "must haves" for you to be considered for this role:
* Able to analyse data to provide insights
* Good Excel ability
* Able to communicate with a range of staff groups
* Collaborative approach to problem solving - embodying the role of a management accountant by engaging with stakeholders and building relationships
For further information about the role, please see attached job description and person specification.
We strongly encourage you to review how you meet the criteria in the person specification and write about this point-by-point in your supporting statement for the best chance of being shortlisted.
We're committed to equal opportunities and welcome applications from all sections of the community. Our commitment to inclusion is reflected in our accreditations: Race Equality Matters Silver Trailblazer, Neurodiversity in Business Corporate Member, Disability Confident Leader, Carer Confident Level 2, and the Armed Forces Covenant Gold Award. Reasonable adjustments will be provided to candidates as needed.
We welcome a conversation about flexibility and any other questions you may have. Please don't hesitate to contact Alex Packard on [email protected] who'll be delighted to help.
Please note, if we receive a high number of applications, we may close this role earlier than the advertised closing date, so please submit your application as soon as possible.
Person specification
Education/Qualifications/Training
Desirable criteria
* AAT part qualified/CCAB part qualified
Continuous Professional Development
Essential criteria
* Commitment to personal development
Previous Experience
Essential criteria
* Demonstrable experience in a finance role(s)
* A demonstrable understanding of double entry bookkeeping, to include experience input of monthly expenditure, prepayments and income accruals/deferrals and other general ledger journals during month end process and other ad hoc requirements whilst maintaining audit trail records.
Desirable criteria
* Demonstrable experience in management accounting role including dealing with service managers/customers
* Experience of providing financial information and reports to finance colleagues
Knowledge, Skills & Abilities
Essential criteria
* Ability to build strong collaborative relationships with customers and finance colleagues.
* Competent level of IT literacy with experience in use of financial systems, Microsoft Office programmes and reporting tools
* Good data analysis skills, with ability to identify and utilise information from a range of sources.
* Ability to extract and analyse data and sensitive information and appropriately communicate this in a clear and concise manner to colleagues at all levels
* Ability to manage and prioritise own workload to meet deadlines
* Ability to work autonomously and set own priorities
* Advanced Typing Skills
Desirable criteria
* Understanding of the NHS operating environment including NHS organisation and regulatory structure
Additional Requirements
Essential criteria
* Strong commitment to both the Trusts and NHS principles and values
These are the values that we live by at Berkshire Healthcare:
* Caring for and about you is our top priority
* Committed to providing good quality, safe services
* working Together with you to develop innovative solutions
We welcome people who share these values to come and work for us.
Please find attached the behaviour framework that underpins these values for this job role.
Berkshire Healthcare helps people manage their health in their local area, through a range of specialist and community services across the county. We promote independence and quality of life through community and mental health services and aim for seamless delivery of the best care in the right place. We get to know communities and the people in them so we can deliver the best services that meet their health needs.
Our team of 4,300 staff provide specialist mental health and community health services to a population of around 900,000 within Berkshire. We provide healthcare to people in their own homes and from different sites across the county.
We are committed to equal opportunities and welcome applications from all sections of the community, regardless of any protected characteristics. Reasonable adjustments will be made for disabled applicants where required.
Appointment to any position is conditional on the satisfactory completion of the core NHS Employment Checks Standards. Information disclosed in your application will be checked and any offer of appointment may be withdrawn if you knowingly withhold information or provide false or misleading information.
Please ensure your application is submitted with a valid email address for your referees in order to minimise delays in the recruitment process. Short-listed applicants will be contacted by email, therefore applicants are advised to check their email accounts regularly.
Applicants are advised that as a result of the high level of response we receive for some of our vacancies, we may expire any of them prior to the advertised closing date.
Berkshire Healthcare Foundation Trust is committed to improving the health of its staff, patients and the wider community by providing a smoke free environment. A smoke free policy is in operation and smoking is not permitted on any of the Trust's sites.
No agencies to contact Berkshire Healthcare directly please.
This vacancy may close early if it receives a high number of applications. Please complete and submit your application in good time to avoid disappointment.
Documents to download:
* Job Description & Person Specification ( PDF, 216.4 KB )
* Values & Behaviour Framework ( PDF, 453.8 KB )
* Working for Us ( PDF, 773.3 KB )
* Please Read - Help with your application form ( PDF, 280.8 KB )
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