Band 4 Assistant Management Accountant - Bath NHS House
Job overview
If you believe in putting patients first and supporting the delivery of sustainable mental health services then we want to hear from you. We make it our priority to give the best possible care in the right place at the right time to help our users recover and live their best life. You can help us achieve this by joining our passionate and friendly finance team.
We currently have a vacancy for a highly motivated, pro-active, part-qualified AAT to work as an Assistant Management Accountant. This requires a UK qualification.
As a team, we are continuously seeking to improve the quality of financial information provided to our many stakeholders and are looking for candidates who can help improve our processes. In particular, we need people who can think beyond traditional roles and work with colleagues in other disciplines.
We are seeking part-time accounts who can work 22.5 hours or more per week. This would suit someone requiring shorter working days or working 3-4 full days per week.
PLEASE NOTE AWP WILL NOT PROVIDE SPONSORSHIP FOR THIS ROLE.
Main duties of the job
You will work as part of the Financial Management team to provide financial advice and support to managers and clinicians within one of the Trust divisions, which will cover either:
* a geographical region of Bristol, North Somerset and South Gloucestershire;
* a geographical region of BANES, Swindon and Wiltshire;
* corporate accounting functions, with a base in Bath.
In addition, you will help to prepare month-end accounts, forecasts, and budget setting for your division.
The Trust operates a hybrid working arrangement for these roles with up to 60% of work at AWP premises. You will be expected to work at locations within your division as well as at the finance offices in Bath.
Working for our organisation
We are AWP (Avon and Wiltshire Mental Health Partnership NHS Trust), a diverse organisation with over 5,000 dedicated staff providing inpatient and community-based mental health care.
We provide services from a range of locations to approximately 1.8 million people living in Bath and North East Somerset (B&NES), Bristol, North Somerset, South Gloucestershire, Swindon, across the county of Wiltshire and in parts of Dorset.
Our outstanding people promote mental health and wellbeing. The expertise and resources within AWP are dedicated to a person-centred approach for those who use our services and for all employees. We recognise that happy and fulfilled employees give better care.
At AWP, we actively encourage applicants from all backgrounds; we are particularly keen to encourage applications from people from Black, Asian and minority ethnic backgrounds, those with disabilities, and from the LGBTQ+ community. We want people to bring their unique blend of experiences, backgrounds, perspectives, and knowledge to AWP, as diversity makes us stronger.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
The main requirements of these roles are:
* To assist in the preparation of accurate monthly management accounts, forecasts, and production of annual budgets.
* To work with staff to explain variances between budgeted and actual expenditure and help them to take corrective action.
* To maintain and enhance the customer-orientated approach of the Finance Team through the provision of timely and professional help and advice.
* To investigate financial enquiries, providing assistance and advice as required.
Person specification
Qualifications
Desirable criteria
* AAT part qualified
Role Experience
Essential criteria
* Demonstrates significant, relevant experience of working in a Finance department.
* Demonstrates experience of preparing management accounts.
Desirable criteria
* NHS or Social Services experience.
* Experience of working with staff with a non-financial background.
Communication skills
Essential criteria
* Demonstrates strong written communication skills.
* Demonstrates strong verbal communication skills.
* Flexible and supportive team member.
IT skills
Essential criteria
* Experience of using IT in the workplace e.g. Microsoft - word processing, spreadsheets, modern general ledger accounting packages.
We are proud to be fostering a diverse workforce that reflects our communities. A key commitment to this is improving staff representation from Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic communities, those from the LGBTQ+ communities, people with 'lived-experience' of mental health conditions, and people living with disabilities. We are a 'Disability Confident Employer' offering a guaranteed interview to Disabled applicants who meet the essential criteria. This includes people with a variety of disabilities and neurodivergent conditions (for example autism, ADHD, sensory, physical, and learning disabilities).
We encourage applications from people who wish to work on a flexible basis, recognising that flexibility may mean a range of different working patterns and hours. We do our utmost to work with our staff to meet their needs and the needs of our service users.
Please apply to join us; we would love to hear from you. Any personal details you supply to us are kept safe in line with the General Data Protection Regulations.
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