We have an exciting opportunity for you to join our Financial Management team as an Assistant Management Accountant.
Assisting with the financial management of Primary Care Finance including delegated GP Commissioning, Local Enhanced services and Primary Care Transformation.
This is an area requiring regular communication with GP practices and Primary Care Networks.
The successful applicants will be AAT qualified or equivalent or be able to demonstrate equivalent accounting experience and will have experience working in a finance environment and be able to demonstrate experience of producing monthly management accounts using accruals, prepayments and forecasting and actively supported the month end accounts working closely with other finance colleagues.
This is a complex, interesting and ever-evolving portfolio of work.
Excellent communication skills and a strong customer focus are essential as you will be dealing with stakeholders and colleagues at all levels on a daily basis. You must demonstrate excellent numerical and analytical skills and possess the ability to work autonomously, achieve deadlines and prioritize your workload. Experience in Microsoft Excel would be an advantage.
Main duties of the job
1. Assisting with the completion of financial reporting processes. This will encompass but not be limited to the following financial reporting processes:
* Month-end reporting.
* Forecasting the end of year financial position.
* Reporting of financial information to internal stakeholders, e.g., budget holders.
1. To ensure that all contractual payments are made correctly and on time.
2. To liaise with contractors as appropriate, providing advice and analysis of potentially complex financial issues.
3. To act as the finance representative on working groups / committees, as required and present complex financial information to internal and external stakeholders as required.
4. To support all financial aspects within the directorate. This will encompass but not be limited to:
* Assistance with the review of investment proposals, savings programmes and business cases.
* Provision of financial management support for place-based commissioning.
* Ensuring compliance with national and local financial guidance relating to primary care services and ensure that this is communicated to non-finance staff on an appropriate basis.
* Supporting the annual financial and planning process.
About us
The NHS Suffolk and North-East Essex Integrated Care Board (ICB) plans and buys healthcare services for our population. This function is commonly referred to as commissioning. To do this, we work within a budget of around £1.5 billion, which is set by NHS England, and work closely with local government and the NHS providers in our area. Our performance is judged by how well our local health and care system as a whole is working, including the health outcomes of our communities. The ICB has delegated some authority to the three health and wellbeing alliances that operate in Suffolk and North-East Essex to act on its behalf. This is to ensure that the needs of smaller, local areas are addressed. The ICB remains accountable for all of its functions, including those it has delegated. Local residents have a big role to play in the operation of the ICB. We rely on the experiences and perspectives of our communities to help shape our decision-making.
Job responsibilities
The primary purpose of the Assistant Management Accountant is to play a key role within the ICB Finance team to deliver high quality finance support to the ICB.
The role will be a key part of a directorate Management Accounting team in ensuring the successful delivery of monthly performance reporting, development of budgets, plans and forecasts primarily in relation to Primary Care.
The post holder will be responsible for advice and support to a range of budget holders within the ICB. They will support and guide budget holders by providing financial information, analysis, advice, and challenge to enable them to meet their financial targets and operational commitments, this will include assistance with the review and costing of business cases, validation of savings and monitoring of delivery.
They will be required to demonstrate core financial skills including monthly and quarterly monitoring and reporting and the ability to support and communicate effectively with a range of clinical and non-clinical budget holders.
They will be required to demonstrate core financial skills to assist with financial planning and budget setting.
The post holder will provide help, advice and training to budget holders and others on financial issues, with focus on budgetary control, investigating variances and suggesting corrective actions, in line with current organisational policies.
Working, at all times, to ensure value for money within the NHS and for the population of Suffolk & North East Essex ICS.
The post-holder will be a member of a small team and will be required to work closely with other teams, Committees, project groups and other partner organisations.
To provide ad hoc financial support and analysis to the Senior Finance Business Partners.
Person Specification
Experience
* Experience working in a financial environment
* Demonstrate experience of delivering and managing competing demands in a time constrained environment, both personally and through a team
* Demonstrate experience of producing monthly management accounts using accruals, prepayments and annual forecasting
* Sound knowledge of the NHS, current government policies and change programmes
* Experience of the annual planning process
* Experience in financial performance management and reporting, key driver variance analysis (including cost, volume, mix variance reporting)
Personal Attributes
* Able to develop & maintain strong working relationships, internally and externally
* Able to work in a complex and rapidly changing environment
* Commitment to continuous development of skills and knowledge
* Able to plan, organise and co-ordinate work effectively under own initiative
* Ability to plan and manage multiple workload priorities and meet deadlines
* Able to concentrate on specific and detailed matters, whilst dealing with unplanned interruptions
* Confident and resilient
* Responsive to change
* Self-aware
* Values integrity, fairness, passion, openness, honesty, mutual respect and challenge
* Evidence of holding strong public services values and being deeply motivated to improve services and make a real difference to the health status of patients, clients and the public
Other
* Ability to travel routinely within the East of England and to travel outside the region, as required, for the role
Qualifications
* AAT Level 4 or evidence of equivalent accounting experience
* Able to demonstrate commitment to continued professional and personal development
* Actively studying towards CCAB or CIMA with evidence of membership
Skills & Abilities
* Good analytical and problem-solving skills
* Ability to analyse complex information from multiple sources, and present options and outcomes clearly and simply
* Excellent oral and written communication skills and the ability to convey financial information to non-finance professionals
* Able to build effective and sustainable relationships
* Systematic, logical and methodical approach to tasks
* Ability to organise workload to achieve deadlines
* Demonstrate the ability to work independently using own initiative
* Negotiating, influencing and networking skills
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Full-time, Flexible working, Home or remote working
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