Assistant Management Accountant

Gateshead Health NHS Foundation Trust; Gateshead; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading health service provider in Gateshead is seeking an Assistant Management Accountant. You will be part of a dedicated finance team supporting strategic decisions and providing comprehensive financial management services. Ideal candidates will have excellent communication skills, problem-solving abilities, and attention to detail. Join us to contribute to the high levels of care we provide to our community.

Benefits

Health and wellbeing support

Diverse staff networks

Qualifications

• Confidence in liaising with budget managers.
• Ability to work as a supportive and efficient team member.

Responsibilities

• Support the Strategic Finance Teams with financial information.
• Produce accurate financial information including records and reports.
• Work closely with Management Accountants to ensure high-quality service.

Skills

Excellent communication skills

Problem-solving initiative

Attention to detail

Job description

Overview

Are you looking for a role in NHS Finance, working as part of a fast paced, compassionate, and innovative team? An exciting opportunity has arisen to recruit an Assistant Management Accountant within our Trust. We are looking for dedicated and highly motivated individual to join our finance team in providing a comprehensive Financial Management service to Gateshead Health NHS Foundation Trust.

This role is part of a wider Financial Management team that provides advice and support to the Business Units within the Trust. Working closely with the wider team, this role will provide you with an opportunity to work in a central financial management team supporting Business Unit and Trust reporting.

Responsibilities

• The post holder will support the Strategic Finance Teams, providing timely and accurate financial and supporting information and advice to facilitate the effective monitoring of Trust, Divisions, and Departmental financial positions. This will include production of accurate financial information including the processing of accrual, prepayment and adjustment journals, and preparation of the monthly financial position and performance reports, including budget monitoring, forecasting and variance analysis, commenting on influencing factors.
• To support the Management Accountants in the provision of a high-quality financial management service.
• To work closely with the Strategic Finance Teams, providing timely and accurate financial and supporting information and advice to facilitate the effective monitoring of Trust, Divisions, and Departmental financial positions.
• To produce accurate financial information including the processing of accrual, prepayment and adjustment journals aligned to standard processes.
• To support the processing of all interfaces between financial systems and the general ledger.
• To work with the Senior Finance Team to ensure that annual income and expenditure budgets are prepared in a timely manner ensuring that they meet the Trust's financial and clinical objectives.
• Preparation of the monthly financial position and performance reports, including budget monitoring, forecasting and variance analysis, commenting on influencing factors.
• Support the Expenditure & Systems Accountant in the maintenance of the coding structure held within all financial systems.
• Support the Expenditure & Systems Accountant in the maintenance of delegated expenditure limits and coding structure within the Trust purchase ordering system.

Qualifications and Skills

• Candidates should be confident in liaising with budget managers, have excellent communication skills and be able to use their initiative to solve problems and work as a supportive and efficient team member, with a good attention to detail.

About the Trust and Location

Based in the North East of England we provide a range of hospital and community health services from our leading facilities, including the Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Blaydon urgent care centre and Bensham Hospital, all within Gateshead.

Established in 2005, we were one of the first foundation trusts in the country and since then have consistently achieved the highest levels of care for patients. We now employ around 4,800 staff and currently provide 444 hospital beds across the Gateshead region.

Our Values and Staff Networks

Our values should be the 'golden thread' which runs through everything we do - they are the core of who we are. Our five values can easily be remembered by the simple acronym ICORE; Innovation, Care, Openness, Respect, Engagement.

We have a number of staff networks including the Global Ethnic Majority (GEM) network, D-Ability network, LGBTQ+ Network and the Women's Network, to challenge us and help us to constantly improve. Our Armed Forces network is one of our emerging networks.

Balance Programme

The health and wellbeing of our staff is one of our highest priorities, and we offer a range of support and initiatives as part of our Balance programme balancegateshead.com to cater for our diverse workforce, so that your individual needs can be supported, allowing you a happy and healthy working experience with us.