Assistant Management Accountant

Bedfordshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust; Luton; On-site; GBP 25,000 - 35,000; Full time

Job summary

Le Bedfordshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust recherche un administrateur financier pour soutenir l'équipe des comptes de direction. Vous serez responsable de la production d'états financiers, de l'assistance aux gestionnaires de budget, et de l'analyse des tendances financières. Ce poste offre une excellente opportunité de croissance dans le secteur de la santé, avec un environnement dynamique, formidable pour le développement professionnel.

Benefits

Programme de formation et de développement

Accès à des installations de pointe

Qualifications

• Bonne éducation jusqu'à A Level ou équivalent.
• Expérience des systèmes et processus comptables dans un cadre NHS.
• Capacité à travailler sous pression et respecter des délais serrés.

Responsibilities

• Produire des états financiers mensuels pour les directions.
• Soutenir les gestionnaires de budget dans la gestion de leur position financière.
• Analyser les tendances financières et émettre des prévisions de dépenses.

Skills

Communication

Organisation

Gestion du temps

Education

A Level ou équivalent

Tools

Excel

Word

Systèmes de grand livre

Job description

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

The purpose of the post is to support the Directorate Accountants in providing information to the Finance Managers and Budget Holders ensuring that the Trust meets both its financial and performance targets

To provide admin and clerical support to the Income team within the Finance Department and to undertake general administration duties as required.

MAIN DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

To help produce timely and accurate financial statements for Directorates on a monthly basis through the calculation and posting of accruals and prepayments.

To support budget holders in managing their financial position such that the Trust is able to achieve its financial targets. This will include providing complex and sensitive information, and will require skills of negotiation and persuasion

Support directorate accountants with variance analysis

Deal with queries from budget holders and other member of the finance team.

To provide reports of the Directorates financial position to the Directorate Accountants to allow aggregation of the Trust's financial position on a timely monthly basis.

To analyse financial trends involving many streams of data and forecast financial expenditure.

Raise invoices to other organisations for ad hoc/regular services provided.

To help prepare annual Directorate budgets for service planning, supporting budget holders through the budget setting process.

To monitor & control budgetary changes throughout the year for relevant Directorate.

To act independently and show initiative under the supervision of Directorate Accountants

To work alongside the project team to deliver Finance projects.

To provide ad hoc support to Directorate Accountants, Finance Managers, Director of Finance & other team members as required.

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential criteria

• Good standard of education (to A Level) or equivalent

Experience

Essential criteria

• Experience Experience of accounting systems and processes Management accounting in an NHS setting

Knowledge

Essential criteria

• Good written, presentational and verbal communication skills
• Knowledge of Excel spreadsheets, Word and General ledger systems
• Ability to plan and organise own work in order to be efficient and effective
• Ability to work under pressure to tight deadlines whilst maintaining accuracy
• Concentration and high work quality under pressure
• Ability to work as part of a team
• Ability to work independently and show initiative

It is an exciting time to join the newly formed Bedfordshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. We run two busy hospital sites in Bedford and Luton. Our 7,500 staff provide high quality care for a growing population of around 700,000 across Bedfordshire and the surrounding areas.

You will be joining a friendly, high performing Trust committed to ensuring the health and wellbeing of staff. As one of the largest NHS Trusts in our region you will have access to a programme of high quality training and development to help you grow your career. Travel between hospital sites may be required. We have state-of-the art facilities placing us at the heart of cutting edge health care. The Trust continues to be committed to delivering the best patient care using the best clinical knowledge and technology available.

All new staff will be subject to a probationary period covering their first six months in post.

Employer certification / accreditation badges

Applicant requirements

The postholder will have access to vulnerable people in the course of their normal duties and as such this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Documents to download

• Job Description (PDF, 232.6KB)
• Person Specification (PDF, 40.5KB)
• Functional Requirements (PDF, 120.4KB)
• L&D Hospital site map (PDF, 96.8KB)
• Disclosure & Barring Information and Recruitment of Ex-Offenders (PDF, 78.5KB)
• Staff Diversity Network (PDF, 140.3KB)
• Information for Disabled Applicants (PDF, 98.7KB)
• Staff Benefits (PNG, 1.6MB)