Assistant Management Accountant

Integrated Care System; Horley; Remote; GBP 34,000 - 42,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare organization based in Horley seeks an experienced Accountant for a pivotal role in their finance team. The position entails ownership of management accounts while supporting primary healthcare initiatives. Offering flexible working arrangements, the ideal candidate will possess a recognized accountancy qualification and experience in P&L reporting, aiming to deliver high-quality financial oversight in a community-focused setting.

Benefits

Generous annual leave allowance

Access to NHS pension

Bespoke training programme

Cycle to Work Scheme

Employee Assistance Programme

Enhanced maternity pay

NHS discounts

Leadership Development Programme

Salary sacrifice schemes

Opportunities for secondments

Qualifications

• Experience in an existing accountancy role, ideally in an SME.
• Ability to produce accurate P&L reports.
• Strong understanding of Balance Sheet schedules.

Responsibilities

• Prepare accurate and timely management accounts monthly.
• Conduct Profit & Loss report analysis and correct coding errors.
• Assist with VAT return and other accounting tasks as assigned.

Skills

Numeracy

Analytical Skills

Strong Communication

Interpersonal Skills

Proficiency in Excel

Knowledge of Xero

Education

UK accountancy qualification (CIMA, AAT Level 4, ACA, ACCA)

Part qualified CIMA, ACA or ACCA

Job description

Having grown rapidly both insupporting our PCNs and in the clinical services we provide we are looking togrow our finance team. This role brings the opportunity to work autonomouslybut with support and development from our Senior Management Accountants andManagement Accountants and utilising our book keep team.

This job description is an outline of the tasks, responsibilities andoutcomes required of the role. The job holder will carry out any other dutiesas may reasonably be required by their line manager.

Hours of work: Part time or full time considered 15 to 37.5 hours per week.

Base: ABC HQ based in Horley, Surrey however we support remote flexibleworking and can provide everything needed for predominantly home working.

Main duties of the job

• Accruals, deferred income and prepayments
• Assisting with the production of the P&L
• Assisting with Balance sheet reconciliations
• Bank reconciliations
• Inter-company reconciliation and analysis
• Payroll journals and Pension Analysis

About us

Alliance for Better Care CIC is aGP Federation that unites 77 NHS GP practices across 98 sites within 24 PrimaryCare Networks in Sussex and Surrey. We support our Primary Care colleagues aswell as their patients, to transform how healthcare is managed within thecommunity.As a membership organisation, our focus is to work in partnership with ourmembers and help them to improve the provision of General Practices in thelocal area.

Our strength lies not just in our ability to connect allareas of primary care, but also in the way we support and strengthen the roleprimary care plays in the rest of the system. Were a bridge between ourpractices and the wider healthcare networkWe work with and listen to our GP Practices, PCNs, Hospitals, CommunityOrganisations and the Third Sector. These vital partnerships ensure that,together, we deliver a truly integrated approach that offers the support andexpertise needed to effectively serve our communities.

Supervision

Regular supervisions on aone-to-one basis including an annual formal appraisal will be held with a linemanager.

• Generous annual leave allowance
• Access to NHS pension
• Bespoke training programme
• Cycle to Work Scheme
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Enhanced maternity pay
• NHS discounts
• Leadership Development Programme
• Salary sacrifice schemes technology andelectric vehicle
• Opportunities for secondments

Job responsibilities

• To take on the full responsibility of completing all tasks needed toprepare accurate and timely management accounts, on a monthly basis,to a high standard for the Senior Management Accountant to review
• Profit & Loss report analysis including correction of coding andreconciliation errors in preparation for Senior Management Accountant to review
• Balance Sheet reconciliations and variance analysis,including payroll journals
• Analysis and review of inter-company movement in the month
• Assisting with VAT return
• Assisting with other accounting tasks, as assigned by the SeniorManagement Accountant
• ARRs claims submissions on a monthly basis

Please see full job description for further information.

Person Specification

Experience

• Must working in an existing accountancy role, ideally in a SME
• Ability to produce accurate P&L reports
• Strong understanding of Balance Sheet schedules, including salary journals, prepayment, accrual and TFA
• Ability to work under pressure and to strict deadlines
• Experience of managing multiple company accounts would be advantageous

Qualifications

• A recognised UK accountancy qualification (CIMA, AAT Level 4, ACA, ACCA)
• Part qualified of CIMA, ACA or ACCA considered

Knowledge, Skills & Abilities

• Proven knowledge of management account reporting
• Excellent working knowledge on Xero and Excel - v-lookups, pivots, SumIfs
• Excellent analytical and numeracy skills
• Strong communication / Interpersonal Skills
• Ability to work on own initiative as well as part of a team
• Self-motivated
• Resilient
• Flexible

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.

£34,940.54 to £41,757.18 a yearpro rata, depending on experience