Senior Management Accountant

University College London Hospital; London; On-site; GBP 45,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

University College London Hospital is seeking a Senior Management Accountant to support the R&D finance team. This role involves managing financial accounts, advising member sites on financial requirements, and facilitating business plans. As part of a leading NHS trust, you will contribute to groundbreaking clinical trials in Dementia, ensuring efficient financial governance across the board.

Benefits

Interest free season ticket loan

Flexible working policy

Employee assistance program

Staff discounts on retail

Cycle to work scheme

On-site accommodation

Wellbeing programs including arts initiatives

Qualifications

• Experience in management accounting and financial reporting.
• Proficient in Excel to design and create financial reports.
• Strong communication skills for stakeholder engagement.

Responsibilities

• Deliver monthly management account closedowns with timely reconciliations.
• Provide financial advice to UK DTN member sites.
• Develop business plans and present to management.

Skills

Communication

Attention to Detail

Negotiating Skills

Education

Studying towards CCAB qualification or qualified by experience

Tools

Excel

Word

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Job overview

An exciting opportunity has risen within the R&D finance team to join as a Senior Management Accountant (2 year fixed term)to support and provide sound financial management service to the UK DTN. This post is an ideal opportunity to gain experience in R&D Finance through secondment. The UK DTN is funded via the NIHR Biomedical Research Centre (BRC) and directly sponsored by DHSC. Just under £50 million was awarded to UCLH with the aim to build capacity in early phase clinical trials in Dementia across the whole of the UK. The UK DTN aims to make early phase Dementia trials available to all patients across the country by building capacity in at least 20 UK DTN member sites covering all four nations.

Main duties of the job

The UK DTN Senior Management Accountant will provide advice to UK DTN member sites on financial management and governance requirements according to individual site sub-contracts.

Responsible for the delivery of monthly management accounts closedown, ensuring that timely reconciliations, variance analyses & forecasting are delivered to expected timescales & standards.

Act as the designated Financial Management representatives at service management and operational meetings.

In conjunction with the Deputy Head of Finance, take the financial lead on developing specific business plans and presenting these to management including UK DTN Leadership team.

Identifying opportunities for financial efficiencies and high-lighting areas of risk and ensuring these are closely monitored.

Provide and present complex financial management information and advice to internal and external stakeholders.

Working for our organisation

University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (UCLH) is one of the most complex NHS trusts in the UK, serving a large and diverse population. We provide academically led acute and specialist services, to people from the local area, from throughout the United Kingdom and overseas. Our vision is to deliver top-quality patient care, excellent education, and world-class research.

We provide first-class acute and specialist services across eight sites:

• University College Hospital (incorporating the Elizabeth Garrett Anderson Wing)

• National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery

• Royal National ENT and Eastman Dental Hospitals

• University College Hospital Grafton Way Building

• Royal London Hospital for Integrated Medicine

• University College Hospital Macmillan Cancer Centre

• The Hospital for Tropical Diseases

• University College Hospital at Westmoreland Street

We are dedicated to the diagnosis and treatment of many complex illnesses. UCLH specialises in women's health and the treatment of cancer, infection, neurological, gastrointestinal and oral disease. It has world class support services including critical care, imaging, nuclear medicine and pathology.

We are committed to sustainability and have pledged to become a carbon net zero health service, embedding sustainable practice throughout UCLH. We have set an ambitious target of net zero for our direct emissions by 2031 and indirect emissions by 2040.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

For the full Person Specification and more information regarding the main responsibilities of this role, please refer to the attached Job Description.

The successful candidate will possess excellent communication skills (verbally and written) as well as strong Excel skills and will have excellent attention to detail. In particular, you will have a good understanding of NHS finance and will have the ability to maintain a range of intricate financial arrangements with NHS and non-NHS organisations including ISEH, HCA and UCL.

This role will be supported by an Assistant Management Accountant and report to the Senior Finance Manager where you will have the opportunity to work with a range of budget holders within a large surgical division at UCLH.

Come and be a part of the best NHS trust in England to work for, according to our staff*

UCLH top trust to work at in England - for the second year running! : University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

*In the most recent NHS staff survey UCLH had the highest percentage of staff who said they would recommend us as a place to work, out of all general acute or acute/community NHS trusts in England - for the second year in a row.

UCLH top trust to work at in England - for the second year running! University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.

Once again, UCLH has received the highest score of all general acute and acute/community NHS trusts in England for staff that would recommend us as a place to work.

Person specification

Knowledge and Qualifications

Essential criteria

• Studying towards CCAB qualification or qualified by experience
• Computer literacy in packages such as Excel and Word. Expected to design and create reports using financial spreadsheets and databases

Experience

Essential criteria

• Experience of costing principles.
• Demonstrate experience of management accounting, income & expenditure accounting, and financial reporting.
• Demonstrate experience of assisting in negotiating agreements and contracts.

Desirable criteria

• Understanding of NCVR, SoECAT and iCT

Skills and Abilities

Essential criteria

• Communication & Customer Care - Possess good inter-personal and negotiating skills.
• - Ability to build effective working relationships with staff across the Trust, including Consultants, and non-financial managers Personal & people development
• - Ability to prioritise objectives & targets.
• - Plan & manage activities to achieve deadlines.
• Communication - Possess excellent interpersonal and communication skills.
• The ability to communicate effectively across all staff groups.
• Be able to build effective working relationships.

Quality and service improvement

Essential criteria

• - Computer literate with excellent spread sheet skills.
• - Willingness to work flexibly

Desirable criteria

• - Good report writing and presentation skills
• - Demonstrate evidence of influencing & persuasion.

Information collection and analysis

Essential criteria

• - Proactive approach to problem solving, anticipating issues before they arise, & developing solutions.

Desirable criteria

• - Ability to analyse financial & clinical study data & draw appropriate conclusions.

Financial Management

Essential criteria

• - Ability to undertake & produce complex financial calculations & schedules.

Services and Project Management

Essential criteria

• - Experience of working in a multi-disciplinary team

Desirable criteria

• - Experience of working on specific projects

Personal and People Development

Desirable criteria

• Experience of managing staff
• Ability to provide budget holder training.

Responsibilities towards promoting Equality Diversity and Inclusion

Essential criteria

• Demonstratable understanding of the Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion

Desirable criteria

• Knowledge of the NHS obligations under the Equality Act 2010 and the Public Sector Equality Duties

Ensure the risk of infection to self, colleagues, patients, relatives and visitors is minimised by:

Essential criteria

• Being familiar with, and adhering to Trust policies and guidance on infection prevention and control.
• Completing all required training and education (both via e-learning and face to face) on infection prevention and control.
• Including infection prevention and control as an integral part of your continuous personal/professional development and included in your annual appraisal
• Taking personal responsibility so far as is reasonably practicable, in helping ensure that effective prevention and control of health care associated infections is embedded into everyday practice and applied consistently.

At UCLH, we have a real 'One Team' ethos, and our values - safety, kindness, teamwork and improving, are central to the way we work. This is supported by our staff, who voted us as the #1 NHS Acute Trust to work for in the whole of England.

At UCLH we take equality of opportunity seriously and are committed to being a diverse and inclusive employer, with a culture that creates a real sense of belonging and trust. It is our fundamental aim, to recruit, retain and promote a diverse mix of people who are representative of our local communities. Applications are encouraged from candidates of all backgrounds, cultures, and perspectives to support our world class research, innovation and creativity.

UCLH recognises the benefits of flexible working for staff and has a dedicated policy which allows staff to apply for flexible working right from the beginning of employment. For more information please go to: https://www.uclh.nhs.uk/work-with-us/why-choose-uclh/flexible-working.

We offer our permanent staff an interest free season ticket loan for travel, all our staff have access to free independent and confidential support, large retail discounts, a staff discount platform, cycle to work scheme and on-site accommodation to name a few.

Additionally, UCLH Arts and Heritage's staff wellbeing programme, Creative Comfort, offers a variety of ways to engage with the arts as a member of UCLH staff. You can try out the weekly choir, weekly art club and join the Culture Club for exclusive access to free and discounted tickets for opera, exhibitions, theatre and more.

We recognise, reward and thank colleagues by nominating them for our annual Celebrating Excellence Awards, which are funded by UCLH Charity.

We are also members of www.mytrustbenefits.co.uk/ which offers discounts on high street retail stores, offers on travel deals, and also to take advantage of cash back schemes.

This vacancy may close before the current listed closing date. You are advised not to delay submitting your completed application.

Please note that all correspondence regarding your application will be via email. The emails will be sent to you via TRAC.jobs and not via NHS Jobs, we encourage you to check your inbox regularly.

Please note that if you are at present in a training position on the 2016 new junior doctor's contract and are applying for a Trust doctor role your salary will not be pay protected.

You will be placed on the appropriate point of the Trust Doctor pay scale based on your previous experience.

Please note that if you have not heard from us within 3 weeks of the closing date of the advert to assume that you have not been shortlisted on this occasion.

The Trust uses electronic new starter forms on Trac to collect personal details. Information collected is securely stored and used to set up the employee record on the ESR HR system.

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Documents to download

• Job Description (PDF, 416.4KB)
• Functional Requirements (PDF, 262.3KB)
• UCLH Values (PDF, 860.9KB)