Management responsibilities Manage, lead, motivate and develop a team of management accountants. Responsible for carrying out staff appraisals in accordance with the Trusts Personal Development Review (PDR) process.Assist in the recruitment and development of high quality permanent and temporary management accounting and finance staff. Plan and organise the teams workload to achieve departmental and organisational objectives. Deputise for the Associate Director Financial Management and Planning. Liaise with directors and business managers to ensure that the service provided by the management accounts team meets their requirements. Deliver regular Financial and Business Information management training to managers throughout the Trust. Leadership Accountable to the Director of Finance Responsible for the development of the directorate finance team Clinical Assist service users during incidental contact. Research Design and instigate audits and surveys within own work area and within the Finance function. Analyse the results of these audits and surveys and use the information obtained to improve financial, business and departmental performance. Participate in local and national benchmarking exercises. Communication Provide highly complex verbal, written and graphical financial and business information to both finance/business and non-finance/business staff in a clear and persuasive way. Communicate potentially contentious and sensitive financial and business information to large groups of managers and staff, receive feedback and deal with this appropriately. Advise on financial, business information and other issues in circumstances where there could be resistance to hearing the advice offered. Use personal influence to persuade managers of the benefits of pursing certain courses of action.