Service Accountant

Greater Manchester Mental Health; Manchester; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

Greater Manchester Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust invites applications for the role of Service Accountant in the Management Accounts Team. The successful candidate will support financial operations and reporting, ensuring timely and accurate financial advice for various service areas. With a focus on innovation and quality service delivery, this position offers a chance to significantly impact mental health care in the region.

Benefits

27 days annual leave plus bank holidays

30% additional pay for evenings and weekends

Cycle to work scheme

Salary sacrifice car scheme

Qualifications

• Experience in management accountancy and financial reporting.
• Strong organisational and communication skills.
• Ability to propose innovative changes to financial practices.

Responsibilities

• Provide accurate financial advice and information.
• Assist in preparing strategic financial reports.
• Maintain updated financial records for designated areas.

Skills

Communication

Leadership

Organisation

Teamwork

Education

CCAB Qualification

Job description

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An exciting opportunity has arisen at Greater Manchester Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust for an enthusiastic and experienced Service Accountant to join the Management Accounts Team.

The successful candidate will be responsible for supporting the Management Accountant within the Salford, Trafford & Talking Therapies CG of the Management Accounts team, ensuring that clients receive effective financial support and advice including the provision of relevant accurate and timely financial information.

You will need to possess excellent communication and leadership skills and a real commitment to excellent service delivery. You must be creative and innovative, with the desire and ability to propose changes to working practices and procedures.

Given the high volume of applications, please note that the advertisement may close early once a sufficient amount of applications have been received.

Main duties of the job

To provide management accountancy services, ensuring relevant, accurate and timely financial advice and information.

To provide an up-to date accurate financial position with regards to the areas within your responsibility.

To assist the Management Accountant and Finance Business Partner to provide first class high quality Strategic/Operational financial information for both internal and external reporting.

Working for our organisation

Greater Manchester Mental Health (GMMH) Foundation Trust employs over 7,000members of staff, who deliver services from more than122locations.

We provide inpatient and community-based mental health care for people living in Bolton, the city of Manchester, Salford,Trafford and the borough of Wigan, and a wide range of specialist mental health and substance misuse services across Greater Manchester, the north west of England and beyond.

Greater Manchester is one of the world's most innovative, original and exciting places to live and work. From the beauty of the surrounding countryside to the heart of the vibrant inner city with great shopping, entertainment and dining options.

Wherever you go you will experience a great northern welcome with people famed for their warmth, humour and generosity.

Our people enjoy their work, have opportunities to learn and develop their skills and are encouraged to generate new ideas that improve care for our service users.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please see full Job description and Person Specification attached to this vacancy.

• Pay Enhancements – 30% additional for Evenings (8pm onwards) and Saturdays and 60% additional for Sundays and Bank holidays.
• 27 days annual leave plus bank holidays rising to 29 after 5 years and 33 days after 10 years
• Cycle to work scheme
• Salary sacrifice car scheme

Person specification

Application Form

• Qualification
• Experience
• CCAB Qualification
• Good organisation skills
• Team worker with flexible approach
• Additional skills/ NHS experience

The Trust mandates all post holders who require a DBS for their role to subscribe to the DBS Update Service. You will be required to enrol for this service for a fee of £16 per year and maintain registration throughout your employment with GMMH.

Applicants are encouraged to apply for posts at Greater Manchester Mental Health who have direct experience of mental health, learning disability or drug and alcohol services either as a service user or a carer.

The Trust is also committed to safeguarding children, young people and vulnerable adults and requires all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.

We are aspiring to ensure our workforce is representative of the diverse communities that we serve, and we are strongly committed to removing barriers to employment for candidates from under-represented groups, for example BAME, Disabled and LGBT+ communities. If you would like to have an informal chat about the recruitment process for this role or would value some additional support, we’d love to hear from you.

Use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) when writing job applications

A candidate may utilise the help of AI when writing job application.The assessment of an application is made on its entirety and most times AI-generated content does not fully grasp the context and requirements of the job one applies for thus producing inaccurate and misleading information, especially in the supporting statement section of an application that can lack real life examples of one’s achievements, success and challenges.

We have added a disclaimer to our application process advising that the use of AI is monitored. GMMH reserves the right to follow up with a candidate at the interview on specific responses and those examples used in the supporting statement to explore it further.

Sponsorship

We are proud to be an approved sponsor for the Skilled Worker visa. Applications from individuals who require sponsorship will be considered alongside all other applications. Please be aware that not all roles are eligible for sponsorship. You can review the list of eligible roles and salary requirements on the UK Government’s website – click.

If you are offered a role with us and you require sponsorship, we will check your eligibility in line with the information on the above website. Your offer of employment could be withdrawn if the role is not eligible for sponsorship, and you are not otherwise able to evidence your right to work in the UK.

The Home Office introduces new changes from 09/04/2025 that impact the health and care sector, you may wish to familiarise with it .

Do you have experience outside the NHS?

We want to attract and retain people with diverse skills and experience, to deliver inclusive healthcare services to our communities.

We will consider relevant experience outside the NHS to calculate your salary on appointment.