Directorate Management Accountant

Bedfordshire Hospitals; Bedford, Luton; Presencial; GBP 40 000 - 48 000; Tempo integral

Resumo da oferta

Bedfordshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is seeking a Band 6 Directorate Management Accountant to provide financial advice and management accounting support to service lines across two hospital sites. The role is based across Bedford and Luton with cross-site travel, and candidate should have NHS finance experience and professional qualification progress.

You will produce monthly statements, support budget holders, and help drive service improvement while meeting strict deadlines and

Qualificações

• Graduate or equivalent experience; CCAB/CIMA qualified desirable.
• Management accounting experience including income and expenditure accounting and reporting.
• Forecasting and analysing financial trends; NHS provider experience preferred.

Responsabilidades

• To produce timely and accurate financial statements for Directorates on a monthly basis.
• To support budget holders in managing their financial position and targets; provide complex information.
• To report Directorates' financial position to the Finance Manager monthly.
• To assist in Directorate budgets and costing for business cases.
• To provide ad hoc support to FM and other team members.
• To co-ordinate work and train junior staff.
• To review activity and income monthly.

Conhecimentos

Communication skills

Non-finance communication

Prioritisation

Report writing

Formação académica

Graduate or equivalent experience

CCAB / CIMA Qualified

Ferramentas

Access

Excel

GL

Descrição da oferta de emprego

Main area Finance Grade NHS AfC: Band 6 Contract Permanent: This post can be based at either Luton & Dunstable Hospital or Bedford Hospital, Cross site travel is necessary as part of this role. Hours Full time - 37.5 hours per week (Office based) Job ref 418-COR21475-SSJ

Site Bedford Hospital Town Bedford Salary £39,959 - £48,117 pa Salary period Yearly Closing 21/10/2026 23:59

Job overview

At Bedfordshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust we are passionate about creating an inclusive workplace and pride ourselves on being a supportive team. We are a level 3 accredited One NHS Finance employer. We value our diverse workforce and our finance staff are pivotal in shaping how we address the financial challenges we face going forward.

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a dynamic and enthusiastic individual to join our Financial Management as a Band 6 Directorate Management Accountant. This post provides financial advice and management accounting support to a number of service lines within the Trust. The ideal candidate will have NHS Finance experience and be professionally qualified or working towards it. They must demonstrate strong personal qualities including communication skills and team working.

The successful candidate will be dynamic, energetic, enthusiastic and self -motivated and will work within the Financial Management team to assist in the provision of management accounting information and financial advice to service lines. This is a role for a candidate who is self-motivated, likes a challenge and wants to use their skills to add value to support service improvement. The successful candidate will have the ability to work on their own initiative and work to strict deadlines. We are committed to developing our staff and these posts have in the past been successful stepping stones to more senior roles.

Main duties of the job

The post-holder will be responsible for the production and analysis of monthly financial statements for a number service lines. They will provide financial advice to general managers and other budget holders that will assist them in the preparation of annual budgets and business plans. The post-holder will also provide ad hoc support to other members of the finance team as required.

Working for our organisation

Bedfordshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust provides hospital services to a growing population of around 700,000 people living across Bedfordshire and the surrounding areas across two busy hospital sites in Bedford and Luton. Both hospital sites offer key services such as A&E, Obstetrics-led Maternity and Paediatrics. 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. The Trust continues to be committed to delivering the best patient care using the best clinical knowledge and technology available.

Values

We not only recruit based on qualifications and experience - we recruit individuals who demonstrate the behaviours which underpin our Trusts core values. We achieve this by using values based recruitment. We are dedicated to making our recruitment practices as inclusive as possible for everyone, we are committed to promoting equality and diversity, and creating a culture that values differences.

Please note that vacancies may close prior to the advertised closing date when sufficient number of applications have been received. All new staff will be subject to a probationary period covering first 6 months in post. Travel between hospital sites may be required. Please review all documents attached to ensure you familiarize yourself with all requirements of the job.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

The Finance Team has over 50 members of staff working in Financial Accounts, Management Accounts and Contracting across the Bedford and Luton Sites. It is a great place to work where we support learning and development of our staff. We have an excellent track record of supporting, developing and promoting our staff internally.

We are also proud to hold the following employer accreditations

Level 3 accredited One NHS Finance employer

AAT Employer Scheme

Main responsibilities include:

To produce timely and accurate financial statements for Directorates on a monthly basis.

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.

To support negotiations with NHS and external organisations over cost / service issues.

To report Directorates financial position to the Finance Manager (FM) to allow aggregation of the Trust’s financial position on a timely monthly basis.

To assist in the Directorate’s procurement strategy to minimise cost incurred.

To analyse complex financial trends involving many streams of data and forecast financial expenditure, using own initiative to make appropriate assumptions.

To assist senior financial managers & clinicians with financial decision making and risk mitigation through in depth analysis of activity / income.

To 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 Directorates and to propose changes to the control procedures which impact on other team members’ areas.

To provide ad hoc support to FM, Director of Finance & other team members in planning projects that impact across the department and the organisation.

To help co-ordinate work of other staff members in section and to allocate and check the work to junior staff members and to deliver appropriate training to new / junior staff members.

Review of activity and income on a monthly basis, to ensure activity is recorded and reflected on SLR.

Costing for business cases, including for activity, income and expenditure.

Person specification

Qualifications

• Graduate or equivalent experience
• CCAB / CIMA Qualified

Experience

• Management accounting experience including income and expenditure accounting and reporting.
• Forecasting and analysing financial trends
• Experience of analysing financial trends, forecasting expenditure and using initiative to make appropriate assumptions
• Management accounts experience in an NHS provider
• Building effective working relationships with senior leaders

Personal Skills

• Written and verbal communication skills
• Ability to explain financial information to non finance professionals
• Prioritising both predictable and unpredictable workloads
• Good report writing skills
• Access database skills

Other skills

• Plan, Manage and ability to prioritise.
• Manage both predictable and unpredictable workloads
• Computer literate with good spreadsheet skills and knowledge of GL
• Good report writing skills work as part of a team

Knowledge

• Knowledge of financial processes and practices gained through practical experience.

It is an exciting time to join 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 the first six months in post.

Employer certification / accreditation badges

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.