Senior Management Accountant

London North West Healthcare NHS Trust; London Borough of Harrow; On-site; GBP 32,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust is looking to appoint a Senior Management Accountant to support financial management within the finance department. The successful candidate will provide expert management accounting services, contribute to budget setting, and help non-financial colleagues understand financial implications, thereby playing a crucial role in the operation of the Trust.

Qualifications

• The candidate must have Finance experience and strong financial management knowledge and skills.
• Experience in NHS desirable and understanding of NHS finance regime preferred.
• Good IT and communication skills are recommended.

Responsibilities

• Provide proactive management accounting service to clinical/non-clinical portfolio.
• Liaise with budget holders, maintain monthly reporting, assist with forecasts and budget setting.
• Produce monthly budget statements and high-quality financial reports.
• Advise non-financial colleagues on business cases and long-term planning.
• Support Senior Finance Manager with forecasting, costing, and budget setting.

Skills

Excel

Word

PowerPoint

Financial packages knowledge

Education

Part Qualified

Equivalent Degree i.e. AAT

Continuous Professional Development

Job description

Careers at #LNWH

London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust (LNWH) cares for the people of Brent, Ealing, Harrow and beyond.

Our team of more than 8,200 clinical and support staff serve a diverse population of almost one million people.

We run major acute services at:

• Northwick Park Hospital: home to one of the busiest emergency departments (A&E) in the country. The hospital provides a full range of services including the country's top-rated hyper-acute stroke unit and one of only three hyper-acute rehabilitation units in the UK
• St Mark's Hospital: an internationally renowned specialist centre for bowel disease
• Ealing Hospital: a busy district general hospital providing a range of clinical services, as well as 24/7 emergency department and urgent care centre, and specialist care at Meadow House Hospice
• Central Middlesex Hospital: our planned care site, hosting a range of surgical and outpatient services and collocated with an urgent care centre.

We are a university teaching NHS trust, in recognition of the important role we play in training clinicians of the future and bringing the benefits of research to the public.

Find out more about our Trust and why you should join us#WeAreLNWH

Find out more about Our HEART values

Find out more about ourTrust Staff Benefits

Our vision at London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust is to put "Quality at our HEART". Find out more about our ambitious strategy

We are clear that our vision can only be achieved by our staff, who are our most valuable asset.

Our vision is driven by our HEART values and behaviours which were developed together with our staff.

• H onesty
• E quity
• A ccountability
• R espect
• T eamwork

These values describe how we interact with each other and our patients and must underpin everything we do to achieve our vision.

LNWUH is a flexible working friendly organisation, we want you to be able to work in a way that is best for us and for our patients, and for you. Please speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement whether that's job share, part time or another flexible pattern. If it works for the service, we will do our best to make it work for you.

Job overview

It is an exciting time to be joining London North West University Hospitals and our Finance department.
LNWH is a large- multi-site Trust which has close to a £1bn turnover, supporting the communities of Harrow, Brent and Ealing. The Finance Department comprises over 120 members of staff, comprising Financial Accounts, Management Accounts, Income and Contracting, and Transformation and Strategic Finance. We have a history of supporting staff personal development and as part of the NW London Academy and Talent Board, we have an established training scheme to support accountants who are embarking and continuing with academic study.

Our Finance Department is at the Centre of key Trust and Sector-wide initiatives and developments, which have included the establishment of an Elective Orthopaedic Centre, the acquisition of Robotics for Surgery, and the creation of a Community Diagnostics Centre with a build of over £25m.

We are looking to appoint a Senior Management Accountant to join our Management Accounts team. The post holder will be providing a proactive management accounting service to one of the Trust's divisions. They will be responsible for a clinical or non-clinical portfolio where they will be responsible for the accurate management accounting and reporting to support the service and finance department.

Main duties of the job

The post holder will support all aspects of financial management including liaising with budget holders, maintenance of monthly reporting ,assisting with forecasts and budget setting. The Senior Management Accountant will be expected to produce monthly budget statements from the ledger in accordance with the Trust reporting timetables and high quality financial reports and analyses, including non-financial data that identifies and explains directorate variances and trends. They will be expected to be a financial expert for the areas they are responsible, advising non-financial colleagues with business cases, long term planning and complex financial analysis to support operational decision making. They will be able to act autonomously. They should be able to provide financial advice and management accounting support to a number of budget holders. The Senior Management Accountant will be working as part of a team responsible for supporting a number of Directorates, by delivering a high quality and timely financial management service to all budget holders. The post holder will also be expected to support the Senior Finance Manager as required including forecasting, costing, budget setting and income/expenditure analysis.

Working for our organisation

London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust (LNWH) cares for the people of Brent, Ealing, Harrow and beyond.

Our team of more than 8,200 clinical and support staff serve a diverse population of almost one million people.

We run major acute services at:

• Northwick Park Hospital: home to one of the busiest emergency departments (A&E) in the country. The hospital provides a full range of services including the country's top-rated hyper-acute stroke unit and one of only three hyper-acute rehabilitation units in the UK
• St Mark's Hospital: an internationally renowned specialist centre for bowel disease
• Ealing Hospital: a busy district general hospital providing a range of clinical services, as well as 24/7 emergency department and urgent care centre, and specialist care at Meadow House Hospice
• Central Middlesex Hospital: our planned care site, hosting a range of surgical and outpatient services and collocated with an urgent care centre.

We are a university teaching NHS trust, in recognition of the important role we play in training clinicians of the future and bringing the benefits of research to the public.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

To view the main responsibility, please see the attached the Job Description and Person Specification.

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential criteria

• Part Qualified
• Equivalent Degree i.e. AAT
• Continuous Professional Development

Desirable criteria

• Grades achieved

Experience

Essential criteria

• Finance experience
• Financial management knowledge and skills

Desirable criteria

• NHS experience desirable
• Understanding of NHS finance regime

Ski

Essential criteria

• Excel,word, powerpoint, financial packages knowledge

Desirable criteria

• Good IT and communication skills

The Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and adults at risk and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.

We promote the wellbeing and safety of all our patients and carers by acting promptly on concerns, communicating effectively and sharing information appropriately, according to the standards determined by our policy and procedures. All posts working with vulnerable groups will be subject to an enhanced criminal records check upon appointment and staff will need to give their consent for the Trust to receive regular updates on their criminal records status throughout their employment.

Due to the high volumes of applications we receive for certain posts, we reserve the right to close any adverts before the published closing date once we have received a sufficient number of applications. After the closing date we strongly advise you check the email account which is registered. If you have not heard from us within four weeks of the closing date, please assume that you have not been shortlisted.

Our employment checking processes require that all shortlisted applicants provide the contact details of their current HR Department. If shortlisted you will be sent an email reminder to present the contact details of your HR Department at the interview.

Please note the Trust uses identity checking software for verifying the authenticity of identity documents provided by candidates.

As part of our commitment to the Equality and Diversity at LNWUH, we are encouraging applications from BME (Black ,Minority Ethnic) candidates as we seek to ensure our workforce structures are representative of the diversity of the communities we serve.

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Documents to download

• Senior Management Accountant (PDF, 355.9KB)
• Person Specification (PDF, 270.2KB)
• Guidance for applying (PDF, 914.7KB)
• What makes us special? (PDF, 891.8KB)
• HEART values (PDF, 158.5KB)

• £32,000 - £45,000 (depending on experience and qualification level)
• £32,000 - £45,000 (depending on experience and qualification level)