Management Accountant

University Hospitals Dorset NHS Foundation Trust; Poole; On-site; GBP 27,000 - 34,000; Full time

Job summary

University Hospitals Dorset NHS Foundation Trust invites applications for a Band 5 Management Accountant in Poole. You will join the Operational Finance team, supported throughout your training to achieve CCAB qualifications, with mentoring from qualified accountants and experienced trainers.

The role supports sound financial management across MEDCG. You will develop budgets, forecasts and variance analyses while learning NHS finance practices in a collaborative, NHS environment.

Qualifications

• Educated to degree level or CCAB/equivalent (or AAT qualified).
• Studying for Diploma CCAB qualification.

Responsibilities

• Read full job description and person specification attached to advert.
• Deliver sound financial management within the Medical Care Group (MEDCG).
• Develop activity, income and expenditure forecasts and model scenarios.
• Monitor budgets and perform variance analysis.

Skills

Financial analysis

Excel

Budget monitoring

Data manipulation

Education

Degree level CCAB or equivalent

Diploma CCAB qualification in progress

Tools

E-Financials

Business Objects

Microsoft Excel (advanced)

Job description

As University Hospitals Dorset we are a three site acute trust with ‘university hospital’ status through our partnership with Bournemouth University, working with an annual budget of £730m.

We offer highly regarded health services, employing some 10,000 staff. Our ambitious £500m transformation programme is well on the way to delivering state-of-the-art facilities over the next two years to meet the current and future healthcare needs of the populations we serve.

In an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty with over seven miles of sandy beaches you’ll find inspirational opportunities to achieve your perfect work/life balance. With the New Forest and the Purbecks on our doorstep, we’re also less than three hours from London by road or train. The thriving towns of Poole, Bournemouth and Christchurch give way to idyllic villages and unspoilt landscapes just minutes from our hospitals.

We believe that having a diverse workforce, and allowing people to be themselves, is essential in ensuring we offer an inclusive, welcoming and productive place to work.

We especially welcome applications from minority groups in the community who may be underrepresented in our workforce.

At UHD our active staff network groups are the Women's Network, Black Asian Minority Ethnic Group (BAME), Pride Network, European (EU), Pro Ability Staff Network, and the Armed Forces Support Group.

As a Trust we are proudly signed up to the Disability Confident and Armed Forces Covenant guaranteed interview schemes.

We are aware that some candidates may choose to use AI tools to support the preparation of their application. While this is not discouraged, we kindly remind applicants that submissions should remain an honest and accurate representation of your own experience and suitability. Personal integrity is an important part of the recruitment process.

Job overview

This Management Accountant role is a training role in the fantastic Operational Finance team at University Hospitals Dorset NHS Trust!

We offer an outstanding training package that will support you through your formal accountancy qualification, alongside receiving mentoring and on the job support from a number of qualified accountants and experienced trainers. We are accredited with all the major CCAB Accountancy bodies.

As a Band 5 Management Accountant you will be part of a team, helping to deliver sound financial management within the Medical Care Group (MEDCG).

We are looking for a candidate who is keen to become a qualified accountant and develop a career in NHS finance. The successful candidate will be working as part of a committed team and should be able to demonstrate a desire to work in Finance as well as the NHS; the ability to work in a team and to deadline prioritising workload and able to communicate well to non-finance colleagues.

Base Location: Poole Hospital

Interview date: 22nd September

Main duties of the job

To understand the role in more detail please read the full job description and person specification documents which are attached to this advert

Working for our organisation

UHD are investing, developing and transforming Trust services in line with the New Hospital Programme. As part of this, some services may move site this year or next, either temporarily or permanently. Recruiting Managers will be happy to answer any service-specific questions at interview.

If a role or service relocates as part of a planned move, excess mileage will not bereimbursed. Travel from home to the new work base will be classed as a normal commute. Any other changes will be managed under Trust or national terms and conditions.

UHD has active networks including Women’s, DEN, Pride, EU, Pro Ability, and Armed Forces. We support Disability Confident and Armed Forces Covenant interview schemes.

AI tools may be used, but applications must honestly reflect your own skills and experience. Integrity is key to our recruitment process.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

To understand the role in more detail please read the full job description and person specification documents which are attached to this advert

Person specification

Qualifications

• Educated to degree level or Certificate level of recognised CCAB body (or equivalent eg: AAT Qualified).
• Studying for Diploma Qualification level of CCAB Accountancy body.

Knowledge

• Sound, demonstrable knowledge of financial and accounting procedures.
• Knowledge of the organisation’s objectives and activities Understanding of the NHS agenda and knowledge of NHS financial framework

Experience

• Previous management accounting experience or able to demonstrate in application and interview degree level experience / understanding of management accounting.
• Previous experience of monitoring budgets and variance analysis or able to demonstrate in application and interview degree level experience / understanding of management accounting.
• Previous experience of data manipulation (with large data sets) or able to demonstrate in application and interview degree level experience / understanding of management accounting.
• Experience in the use of E-Financials software packages.
• Experience in the use of Business Objects
• Experience of developing activity, income and expenditure forecasts, including the modelling of different scenarios.
• Previous management accounting experience within the NHS or able to demonstrate in application and interview degree level experience / understanding of management accounting within the NHS.
• Previous experience of monitoring budgets and variance analysis or able to demonstrate in application and interview degree level experience / understanding of management accounting within the NHS.
• Previous experience of data manipulation (with large data sets) or able to demonstrate in application and interview degree level experience / understanding of management accounting within the NHS.

Skills

• Ability to analyse and interpret complex financial information.
• Computer literate with experience of using Microsoft office applications.
• Advanced user of Microsoft Excel, required to design new and/or improve existing financial monitoring systems.

Personal Attributes

• Ability to use initiative and demonstrate flexibility
• Well organised with the ability to plan and prioritise own work in order to meet departmental deadlines.
• Methodical approach and accurate in calculations and data input
• Ability to cope with interruptions for example via telephone and emails (from budget holders) some of which may require immediate attention and a change of work priorities.

Please note:

Staff recruited are expected to be available to work flexibly across all our Trust locations to meet service demands.

This advert may be closed early if sufficient applications are received.

COVID-19 vaccination remains the best way to protect yourself and our patients from the virus when working in our healthcare settings. Whilst this vaccination is not a condition of employment we do encourage our staff to get vaccinated.

Internal Candidates: staff employed prior to merger who voluntarily change jobs will be appointed to UHD terms and conditions.

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.