Senior CSU Accountant

Leeds Teaching Hospitals; Leeds; Hybrid; GBP 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A healthcare organization in Leeds is seeking a Senior CSU Accountant to provide financial support and advice across various service units. This key position requires a CCAB or CIMA qualification and substantial financial management experience. The role involves collaborating with clinical teams, delivering financial insights, and supporting strategic planning. Opportunities for personal and professional development are available in this inclusive work environment that emphasizes patient-centered care.

Qualifications

• Demonstrated effective stakeholder management with strong partnerships.
• Ability to communicate complex financial information clearly.
• Substantial financial management experience in various accounting areas.

Responsibilities

• Provide financial support to managers and clinicians for effective resource use.
• Monitor financial performance and assist in planning.
• Model financial impact from policy changes.

Skills

Stakeholder management

Leadership

Communication skills

Financial analysis

Education

Full Professional Accountancy qualification (CCAB or CIMA)

5 O levels/GCSEs including Maths and English

Job description

Wehave a fantastic opportunity to join our award-winning Team as a Senior CSUAccountant. This is a key position which supports clinical and non-clinicalservice units, providing financial information and advice, working inpartnership with financial and non-financial colleagues from within and outsideof the organisation.

Thereare 2 roles currently vacant which support Clinical Service Units to providefinancial management support and advice to the clinical management team andbudget holders to deliver financial targets and make best use of resources.

Aspart of a wider team and with clinical and non-clinical colleagues, this roleprovides exposure to a varied agenda, with a clear focus on putting the patientat the centre of everything we do.

Thispost will provide significant opportunities for personal and professionaldevelopment within a supportive team which is committed to being highperforming and inclusive.

Main duties of the job

Theprimary purpose of the Senior CSU Accountant Job is to provide financialsupport and advice to managers and clinicians in a number of business units, inorder to help them deliver their financial responsibilities and achievesustainable financial improvement through:

Assisting them in developing plans tomeet savings targets.

Monitoring and reporting on theresults of intended actions.

Communicating the Trusts financialstrategies and policies and how the actions of the business unit impact uponit.

Providing accurate and timelyfinancial analysis and information to support their understanding of currentperformance and how this can be improved, creating financial models asappropriate.

Supporting the production andmaintenance of financial forecasts and highlighting associated risks.

Using available business intelligenceand performance data including benchmarking to identify opportunities for wastereduction and the effective and efficient management of resources.

The financial assessment of businesscases for service change.

Helping to ensure that theappropriate financial governance and grip and control mechanisms exist throughthe business unit.

About us

TheFinance Teams mission statement is to be the best provider of finance,procurement and planning services to support the delivery of patient care inthe Leeds Way.

TheLeeds Way values are what make this organisation special, we see this asstrength, as well as a responsibility, and we live these values within theFinance team. Our five values which guide all our actions and endeavours are:

Accountable

Empowered

TheFinance Department is based at St James University Hospital and comprisesseveral teams working together: Financial Accounting, Financial Management,Income, Costing, Payroll, Supplies.

Thepost is based at Trust Headquarters, and we offer hybrid working whichincludes a combination of office and home working LTHT is an inclusiveorganisation, committed to the health and wellbeing of its staff and as aFinance Team we strongly embody these as part of our everyday culture.

LeedsTeaching Hospitals is committed to our process of redeploying 'at risk'members of our existing workforce to new roles. As such, all our job advertsare subject to this policy and we reserve the right to close, delay or removeadverts while this process is completed. If you do experience a delay in theshortlisting stage of the recruitment cycle, please bear with us while thisprocess is completed, and contact the named contact if you have anyquestions.

Job responsibilities

Theperson we are looking for will be a fully Qualified CCAB or ACMA Accountant.Main duties include:

Supportingthe organisation in developing plans to make best use of resources andachieve financial targets through using available business intelligence.

Providingaccurate and timely financial analysis and information to support theunderstanding of current performance and how this can be improved, creatingfinancial models as appropriate.

Supportingthe production and maintenance of financial forecasts and highlightingassociated risks.

Modellingthe impact of internal and external policy and activity changes on the Trustsfinancial position, understanding financial risks and opportunities forgrowth.

Supportingcolleagues in developing strategy and business cases, modelling financialimpact over the long term.

Buildingrelationships with key external stakeholders, developing partnerships whichwill support the Trusts objectives.

Pleaserefer to the job description and person specification to ensure that you havethe necessary skills and experience to apply for this post.

Person Specification

Qualifications

• Full Professional Accountancy qualification (CCAB or CIMA qualified)
• 5 O levels/GCSEs to include Maths and English

Skills & behaviours

• Demonstration of effective stakeholder management, with an ongoing commitment to building and maintaining strong and effective partnerships and collaborations
• Commitment to understanding and knowing the business
• Commitment to supporting change and improvement, able to make connections and link pieces of work to maximise the achievement of multiple objectives
• Ability to secure engagement with well-developed leadership and confident communication skills, willing to challenge and be challenged

Experience

• Substantial financial management experience which has included experience of a range of accounting areas and use of financial systems
• Leading successful projects or work-streams and achieving change
• Presentation of highly complex financial and non-financial information, including the delivery of formal presentations and leading financial discussions at meetings
• Experience of working within the NHS
• Staff management and development

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.