Senior Management Accountant

Torbay and South Devon NHS Foundation Trust; Torquay; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

An exciting opportunity for a Band 7 Senior Management Accountant at Torbay and South Devon NHS Foundation Trust. This position offers a chance to work in a dynamic finance team, producing management accounts and supporting financial decision-making in a challenging NHS environment.

Qualifications

• Experience in management accounting and financial reporting.
• Ability to provide insights and financial advice.
• Understanding of NHS financial frameworks.

Responsibilities

• Oversee production of monthly management accounts for Surgical Services.
• Provide financial advice to operational managers.
• Assist in planning and delivery of annual budget setting process.

Skills

Financial management

Analytical skills

Communication

Education

Degree in Finance or related field

Job description

An exciting opportunity has arisen within our Team for a Band 7 Senior Management Accountant on a 12 month fixed term contract, providing backfill for a secondment.

You will become an integral part of our dynamic and friendly Finance Team, working in a challenging, diverse but rewarding NHS environment that strives to provide better health and care for all.

Reporting into the Finance Business Manager, you will play a valued role overseeing the routine production of cyclical management accounting reports and providing effective senior financial support to operational managers.

The services that this post supports will be agreed dependant on the skills and experience of the successful candidate.

• The role will be responsible for overseeing the production of the monthly management accounts for Surgical Services, including the review and presentation of year to date and forecast positions with supporting analysis. Delivery of cost improvement and efficiency savings will need to be tracked and reported.
• The role also requires regular contact with clinical colleagues, providing sound, accurate and timely financial advice on a range of topics to enable Operational Managers to have effective financial management of their budgets.
• The post holder will provide vital support assisting the Finance Business Manager with the planning and delivery of the annual budget setting process, which in turn contributes to the Trust's short and medium term financial strategies. Throughout their work, the post holder must ensure our operational and clinical teams are aware of the need to deliver financial balance, achieved through effectively conveying complex financial information.
• The post has direct line management responsibility, as well as managerial input to the smooth running of the wider team.
  
  

Torbay and South Devon NHS Foundation Trust (TSDFT) is an integrated care organisation, pioneering the integration of health and social care nationally.

The Management Accounting Function forms part of the Business Support offer provided to our frontline, corporate and independent sector teams. The function is made up of 25-30 people, working closely together from both our open plan office located close to the main Torbay Hospital site in Torquay and remotely.

We are a valued and respected department within the wider Finance Team, working closely with our Income, Capital and Corporate Reporting colleagues to ensure we produce high quality management reports. The challenges, both local and national, create a fast paced and dynamic environment for us to work in where process efficiency and innovation is both encouraged and essential.

For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Paul Asprey Job title: Finance Business Manager Email address: [e-mail]