Assistant Management Accountant

Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust; Milnrow; Sur place; GBP 32 000 - 42 000; Plein temps

Résumé du poste

Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust is recruiting an Assistant Management Accountant to support timely management information for budget holders and senior finance teams. You will work under supervision, reviewing performance against budgets and advising non-financial managers on financial management and resource strategies.

You will develop ad-hoc reports, participate in budget meetings, and support cost improvement planning while ensuring accurate data and effective communication

Qualifications

• NVQ Level 5 or professional accountancy qualification or equivalent experience.
• 5 GCSEs including Maths and English.
• Experience using Microsoft Office applications.
• Recent/related financial or management accounting experience.
• Ability to analyse financial data and resolve discrepancies.
• Experience developing systems or implementing policies to improve services.
• Experience budgeting for external departments, services or programmes.
• Excellent written and oral communication skills.
• Enthusiastic team player.
• Willing to adapt to changing service needs including AI and automation knowledge.
• Experience with Oracle General Ledger or other recognised ledger systems.
• Knowledge of PbR/PLICS.
• Experience in the NHS/Foundation Trust environment.
• Experience in a large organisation with complex management structures.
• Knowledge of NHS funding flows and financial framework.

Responsabilités

• Discuss financial queries with budget holders and address complex issues.
• Provide financial advice to non-financial managers.
• Produce ad-hoc reports and timely analyses.
• Prepare for budget meetings and lead routine budget holder sessions.
• Support Cost Improvement Planning with data inputs and costings.
• Investigate variances and adjust budgets or expenditures accordingly.
• Prepare information for business cases including costings and activity data.
• Translate data into clear formats to aid decision-making.
• Forecast likely expenditure and suggest management actions when over budget.
• Maintain high stakeholder satisfaction across the finance function.

Connaissances

Leadership

Analytical thinking

Communication skills

Budgeting

Cost Improvement Planning

NHS knowledge

Adaptability

AI and Automation awareness

Formation

NVQ Level 5 or professional accountancy qualification / AAT member

5 GCSEs including Maths and English

Outils

Oracle General Ledger

Microsoft Office

PbR / PLICS knowledge

Description du poste

The Assistant Management Accountant is responsible for providing timely and accurate management information to the Trusts budget holders and the senior finance team ensuring that the data is understood and used by non-finance managers allowing them to meet their own performance targets. They will work with supervision from the Management Accountant, under the direction of the Business Accountant to carry out these duties and maintain high levels of satisfaction with a range of stakeholders, including budget holders and colleagues around the Finance department. The Assistant Management Accountant will Work closely with Budget Holders to review financial performance against budgets and provide advice on financial management and the use of strategies and actions in the management of resources within the division. They will:

• Discuss financial queries with budget holders which are often complex & contentious, including reasons for delays in payment and other sensitive issues.
• Provide advice on financial and corporate issues to non-financial managers.
• Produce ad-hoc reports and analysis as required and answers queries promptly and accurately.
• Prepare for budgetary meetings and lead straightforward, routine meetings and training sessions with budget holders.
• Support the Cost Improvement Planning process, inputting data, providing costings, assisting in the development of a monthly schedule of progress and validating the accuracy of plans.
• Investigate variances on budgets and makes required budget or expenditure adjustments in accordance with established procedures and through engaging with budget holders.
• Prepare information for Business Cases that may include costings, activity data and/or health inequalities data such as deprivation levels and health prevalence rates.
• Turn data into easily understood formats to help others to make informed decisions.
• Provide forecasts of likely expenditure, identifying options for management action where costs are likely to exceed budget.
• NVQ level 5 or Professional accountancy qualifications Certificate Level or Association of Accounting Technicians (AAT) Member (or nearing completion of membership) or demonstrate equivalent experience to degree level
• 5 GSCEs including Maths & English
• Able to demonstrate continuing personal / professional development, Experience of using Microsoft Office applications
• Recent / relevant Financial and or Management Accounting experience
• Ability to analyse financial data, and to investigate and resolve financial queries and discrepancies
• Experience of developing systems or implementing policies and procedures to meet and improve services
• Experience of developing and monitoring budgets for external departments, services or programmes
• Excellent written / oral communication skills
• Enthusiastic team player
• Willing to adapt to the changing needs of the service, Knowledge of AI and Automation
• Experience of Oracle General Ledger or other recognised ledger systems
• Knowledge of PbR / PLICS
• Experience in working within the NHS / Foundation Trust
• Experience of working in a large organisation with complex management structures
• Knowledge of NHS funding flows and the financial framework of an NHS Trust
• Leadership Skills

The Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust (NCA) provides hospital and integrated health and social care services to over one million people living across Greater Manchester. Our 20,000 colleagues care for people in hospital and in the community, working across Bury, Rochdale, Oldham, and Salford, to save and improve lives.As a large NHS trust we are committed to enhancing the health of our local population by delivering consistently high standards of care and collaborating closely with local authorities and key partners. We believe in our power and potential to make a difference and we are always looking for people who demonstrate our three core values - care, appreciate and inspire - to join our team.In return, we can offer you a job role with purpose and flexibility. The size and scale of the NCA means we can provide more challenge and opportunities so your career can always be moving in the right direction. By joining us you can also access a competitive