Torbay and South Devon NHS Foundation Trust (TSDFT) is an integrated care organisation and we are looking to recruit a full time, permanent band 5 Management Accountant to work as part of a collaborative, dynamic and friendly team located in Torquay.
Our Management Accountant will support all aspects of financial management, including playing a key role in the monthly management accounts closedown process, variance analysis and supporting budget holders.
The Trust offers training and development opportunities, along with career progression throughout the team. We also offer mentoring opportunities to individuals for personal growth.
This role would present an excellent opportunity for those who are AAT qualified/equivalent. Please do not hesitate to contact Jonny Pourikkou-James, jonathan.pourikkou-james@nhs.net with any questions you may have regarding the role or your application.
As an employee of the NHS, you will also receive attractive personal benefits including generous annual leave, pension contributions and flexible working opportunities.
As an ideal candidate, you will possess effective excel skills, with the experience of computerised financial ledgers, budgeting and reporting systems. You will be pro-active with strong communication skills and have good analytical skills. NHS management accounting experience is desirable.
Main duties of the job
1. Provide a Management Accounting service, ensuring financial information is processed in a timely and accurate manner and in accordance with procedures and policies of the Finance Directorate.
2. To provide information for statutory returns through completion of own work and through the coordination of the work of others.
3. Producing monthly variance analysis for review, and investigation for specific budgets with relevant budget holders and support operational decisions and any mitigations.
4. Assisting with monthly I& E reporting. Forecasting of income, pay and non-pay expenditure forward on a regular basis, and assisting with year-end processes and procedures.
5. Undertaking investigations into complex financial activity related issues, frequently meeting budget holders, undertaking forecast work and providing advice as appropriate.
6. Support colleagues within the Finance Directorate and advice and assistance to budget holders throughout the Trust.
About us
Torbay and South Devon NHS Foundation Trust is an integrated organisation providing acute health care services from Torbay Hospital, community health services and adult social care.
The Trust runs Torbay Hospital as well as five community hospitals, stretching from Dawlish to Brixham. We also provide health and social care to the local population. We employ approximately 6,500 staff including frontline health and social care staff, such as nurses, occupational therapists, social workers, consultants, and physiotherapists who work in your home and from a range of different premises across Torbay and South Devon such as community hospitals and clinics.
Our purpose is to provide safe, high-quality care and social care at the right time and in the right place to support the people of Torbay and South Devon to live their lives to the full.
Job description
Job responsibilities
All communications will be conducted in a professional and efficient manner at all times. Directorate managers, Nurse Managers, Ward Managers, and other budget holders. Finance & Information Directorate staff.
Works within departmental & trust wide policies and procedures, principles of accounting, NHS guidance & regulations. Uses own professional knowledge and judgement to decide appropriate actions and responses, referring to senior colleagues only on sensitive or ambiguous issues.
Please refer to your suitability to the post in your supporting information from the role requirements or person specification.
Person Specification
Personal Requirements
Essential
* Good communication skills, ability to explain complex financial information to non-financial budget holders/managers.
* Good organisational skills & ability to deal with incoming information in a confidential manner.
Qualifications and Training
Essential
* AAT Technician or Degree.
* Significant experience in a finance environment.
Knowledge and Skills
Essential
* Detailed understanding of accounting processes, with specialist knowledge over a range of areas.
Desirable
* Previous experience of public sector or NHS management accounting.
Special Experience
Essential
* Experience of working with Financial ledger systems.
* Experience of reconciliation and recharging of control account coding structures.
* Experience of working with computerised accounting software.
* Knowledge of computerised software e.g. Excel, Word, Access.
Desirable
* Experience of working with computerised payroll.
Employer details
Employer name
Torbay and South Devon NHS Foundation Trust
Address
Regent House
Regent Close
Torquay
TQ2 7AN
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