Management Accountant

Barts Health NHS Trust; London; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job description

Barts Health is one of the largest NHS trusts in the country, and one of Britain's leading healthcare providers.

The Barts Health group of NHS hospitals is entering an exciting new era on our improvement journey to becoming an outstanding organisation with a world-class clinical reputation. Having lifted ourselves out of special measures, we now have the impetus and breathing space to chart a fresh course in which we are continually striving to improve all our services for patients.

Our vision is to be a high-performing group of NHS hospitals, renowned for excellence and innovation, and providing safe and compassionate care to our patients in east London and beyond. That means being a provider of excellent patient safety, known for delivering consistently high standards of harm-free care and always caring for patients in the right place at the right time. It also means being an outstanding place to work, in which our WeCare values and behaviours are visible to all and guide us in how we work together.

Barts Health supports the Pregnancy Loss Pledge and commits to supporting their staff through the distress of miscarriage.

Job overview

An opportunity has arisen for an enthusiastic and motivated individual to join the finance team. We are looking for a driven individual who is self-motivated, pro-active with excellent planning and organisational skills. The post holder is required to have excellent verbal and written communication skills. Applicants must be committed to pursuing a CCAB Qualification.

The post holder will support the Finance Manager and their deputy as well as service area teams, demonstrating accounting and business knowledge, analytical support and clear presentation of highly complex or contentious financial and business information to clinical and non-clinical colleagues. They will constructively and positively challenge all aspects of service area financial and business performance and financial management processes to ensure efficiency and effectiveness.

Through a team of accountants, the post holder is required to produce monthly budget statements and financial reports for agreement with the HoF for presentation at service area board meetings and to feed into the Trust's position for internal and external corporate reporting.

This is an excellent opportunity to join a finance team within a large, specialist and complex organisation with great opportunities for learning and development.

Main duties of the job

1. To assist Senior Manager in the provision of a complete professional financial service to the service area.
2. To provide monthly budget statements and financial reports analysing variances and trends in accordance with the Trust reporting timetables.
3. To be responsible for managing the production of the service area budget reports from the ledger, investigation of variances from plan and ensuring that action on changes required is taken while maintaining adherence to the Trust monthly reporting timetable.
4. To ensure that a customer focused service is delivered to the service area maintaining the highest possible levels of customer support.
5. To ensure that rigorous financial controls are implemented and controlled across the service area for both expenditure and WTEs.

Working for our organisation

Barts Health is one of the largest NHS trusts in the country, and one of Britain's leading healthcare providers. We strive to live by our WeCare values and are committed to promoting inclusion, where every staff member has a sense of belonging. We value our differences and fully advocate, cultivate and support an inclusive working environment where staff treat one another with dignity and respect. We aim to create an equitable working environment where every individual can fulfil their potential.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

The full job description provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role, and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience, and knowledge required. For both documents, please view the attachment/s below.

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential criteria

• Educated to degree level or equivalent in experience
• Willingness to work towards a CCAB qualification.

Desirable criteria

• Part-qualified CCAB or CIMA

Experience

Essential criteria

• Experience of financial management using accounting principles
• Use of finance systems
• Experience of reconciliations, reporting, and monitoring processes while maintaining accurate and detailed records

Desirable criteria

• Experience working in financial management month end reporting

Knowledge

Essential criteria

• Up to date knowledge of NHS developments and finance policies

Desirable criteria

• Related knowledge about NHS funding and regulations (NHSI, NHSE, ICS, Local Authority)

Skills

Essential criteria

• Able to produce financial statements and reports and ensure the Trust strict financial timetables are adhered to
• Highly competent in working with computerised financial systems and Microsoft Office (especially Excel and Outlook)
• Able to work with non-finance managers, act as 1st point of contact for budget control and management
• Explain and interpret financial information to non-finance managers
• Excellent numerical, written and verbal skills
• Excellent interpersonal and team player skills

Desirable criteria

• To have absolute confidence to produce monthly financial statements and reports and ensure the Trust strict financial timetables are adhered to
• Confident to work with and manipulate complex data for findings and useful information which inform decision making
• Act as 1st point of contact for budget control and management. Able to question, review and challenge non-financial managers
• Ability to produce narrative reports highlighting key financial issues

Other

Essential criteria

• Ability to work under pressure and meet conflicting deadlines
• Evidence of a commitment to personal development
• Professional pro-active attitude and self-motivated

Desirable criteria

• Ability to proactively manage and prioritise workload

As an Equal Opportunities Employer we actively support applications from individuals who apply under the Guaranteed Interview Scheme and will process your application as appropriate.

We reserve the right to expire vacancies prior to the advertised closing date once a sufficient number of applications has been received and we regret that we are unable to provide notification if your application is unsuccessful.

Barts Health is committed to safeguarding the welfare of children and to child protection. The Trust aims to ensure as far as is possible that anyone, paid or unpaid, who seeks to work in our organisation and who gains access to children, is safe to do so. As such, you may be required to undertake a Disclosure and Barring Check as part of the recruitment process if appointed to a post with direct access to children or vulnerable adults.

Barts Health promotes active travel as part of its goal to reach Net Zero. Each site is accessible by public transport and the Trust has a cycle to work scheme and some sites have Brompton Hire Pods.