Junior Management Accountant

Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust; Luton; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

An NHS Trust in Luton is seeking a motivated Management Accountant to provide financial advice and produce timely reports for service lines. The ideal candidate will possess an AAT qualification and demonstrate strong communication skills while supporting budget holders to meet financial targets. This role offers an excellent development opportunity within a diverse and supportive team committed to effective financial management.

Benefits

Access to training and development programs

Supportive team environment

Qualifications

• Demonstrate commitment to achieve CCAB / CIMA qualification.
• Proven track record in financial management.
• Experience in accounting systems and processes.

Responsibilities

• Produce timely and accurate financial statements for service lines.
• Support budget holders in managing financial positions.
• Report financial position to the Senior Finance Team.
• Analyse complex financial trends and forecast expenditure.

Skills

Good written communication skills

Ability to explain financial information

Highly computer literate with Excel

Ability to plan own workload

Education

AAT intermediate level or equivalent

Tools

Excel

General ledger systems

Job description

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 2 accredited One NHS Finance employer and are striving to achieve the Level 3 accreditation. 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 Management Accounting team. This post provides financial advice and management accounting support to a number of service lines within the Trust.

This is an excellent role for an ambitious individual who likes challenges, is self‑motivated and wants to use their financial skills to add value and understand how financial resources can be used to support service improvement. The post holder will play a crucial role in ensuring robust and timely management accounting information is available to service lines.

The successful candidate will need to demonstrate commitment to achieve CCAB / CIMA qualification, and be able to demonstrate sufficient relevant experience and achievement of specific competencies. In return, the post offers a breadth of experience and an excellent development opportunity.

The ideal candidate will be able to demonstrate a proven track record in financial management, academic success and with strong personal qualities, including communication skills and team working.

Main duties of the job

The post-holder will be responsible for the production and analysis of monthly financial statements for a number of 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.

Our 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 familiarise yourself with all requirements of the job.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

• To produce timely and accurate financial statements for service lines on a monthly basis.
• To support budget holders in managing their financial position such that the Trust is able to achieve its financial targets.
• To report service lines financial position to the Senior Finance Team to allow aggregation of the Trust’s financial position on a timely monthly basis.
• To analyse complex financial trends involving many streams of data and forecast financial expenditure.

Employer accreditations

• Level 2 accredited One NHS Finance employer, working towards Level 3
• ACCA Approved Employer Programme
• CIMA Premier Partner
• AAT Employer Scheme

Main Roles

• To assist in the preparation of annual Directorate budgets for service planning, supporting budget holders through the budget setting process.
• To act independently and show initiative under the supervision of Finance Manager.
• Raise invoices to other organisations for ad‑hoc / regular services provided.
• To provide ad‑hoc support to the Senior Finance Team & other team members as required.

Person specification

Qualifications

• AAT intermediate level or equivalent

Communication

• Good written, presentational and verbal communication skills.
• Ability to explain financial information to non‐finance professionals.

Experience

• Accounting systems and processes.

Experience (Desirable criteria)

• Management accounting in an NHS provider.

Skills & Knowledge

• Highly computer literate with good knowledge of “Excel” spreadsheets “Word”.
• General ledger systems.
• Ability to plan own workload in order to meet deadlines.
• Concentration and high work quality under pressure.

Skills & Knowledge (Desirable criteria)

• Access databases.

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.