Management Accounting Clerk

Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust; United States; Remote; USD 28,000 - 33,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible working

Job summary

Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is seeking a Management Accounting Assistant to support the Finance team in delivering financial and statutory obligations. You will help produce timely financial information for clinical and non-clinical budget holders and assist in monthly performance reporting.

You will contribute to budgeting, forecasting and the annual planning process, preparing Excel-based statements and validating data to ensure accuracy.

Qualifications

• GCSE Maths or equivalent and AAT or equivalent.
• Good numeracy and accuracy with spreadsheets for high quality financial information.
• Proficient in Microsoft Office (Excel, Access, Word).

Responsibilities

• Assist in monthly performance reporting for service meetings.
• Support budgeting, forecasting and annual planning processes.
• Produce budget statements from the General Ledger in Excel.
• Reconcile control accounts and maintain documentation.
• Respond to queries from Directorate Accountants and other teams.

Skills

Numeracy

Communication

Attention to detail

Education

GCSE Maths or equivalent

AAT or equivalent

Tools

Excel

Access

Word

Job description

We have the following opportunity within Financial management as a Management Accounting Assistant (LHCH Surgery Team) The post holder will provide support to the Management Accounting Assistant in the delivery of financial and statutory obligations of the Trusts Financial Management function. Responsibility for supporting the production of financial information and providing support to a group of clinical and departmental budget holders. To be a key member of the Trust's Finance Department and contribute to the delivery of its overall objectives. They will be a member of the finance team, providing financial information to clinical and non-clinical colleagues. They will support the development of robust financial processes to ensure efficiency and effectiveness., Working with the Management Accounting Assistant, the post holder will develop and produce information to support accurate and timely monthly performance reports for presentation at service meetings and to feed into the Trusts position for internal and external corporate reporting. To achieve this, the post holder will be expected to work with finance colleagues, clinicians and budget holders to produce financial information to enable informed decision making on business processes and plans, which improve and enhance the overall productivity of the Trust. The post holder will produce information to support the development of robust financial forecasts. They will support the annual planning process and associated work streams. They will deputise for the Management Accounting Assistant as and when necessary., To assist in the production of the monthly financial position of the Directorates in accordance with agreed timescales for the Directorate Accountants to report to the Assistant Head of Finance. Financial information and reports are produced in a timely and accurate manner. Queries are dealt with in a timely and professional manner. To work as part of a team in delivering financial information for the Directorates and the Directorate Accountant as and when required. Accurate financial information provided to Directorate Accountants for review. To maintain spreadsheets and records to assist the Directorate Accountants in ensuring that income and expenditure is recorded accurately. Financial information and reports are produced in a timely and accurate manner. Queries are dealt with in a timely and professional manner. To assist in analysing income and expenditure, identifying variances, investigating where necessary and reporting to the Directorate Accountants. High quality information is provided to Directorate Accountants for review. To assist in the reconciliation of control accounts on a monthly basis and maintain appropriate documentation on file. All control accounts are fully reconciled and signed off in line with the agreed timetable for completion To assist the Directorate Accountants in administering the process of recharges and the maintenance of recharge budgets. To support Directorate Accountant in line with the agreed timetable, to respond to all queries effectively. To raise ad hoc requests for invoices to be raised and to ensure the income is recorded. Invoices are raised within the agreed timetable. To assist in the Annual budget setting process for Directorates. Recognition from Directorate Accountants of support provided. Assist in the provision of costing information. Accurate and timely information provided when required. To produce the budget statements in Excel format from the General Ledger system on a monthly basis, ensuring that all data is reconciled and updated prior to being sent to the Directorates. Statements are produced to a high level of quality in terms of presentation, within agreed timescales. Contribute to the smooth and efficient functioning of the finance function by performing ad hoc duties as and when required especially to ensure the fulfilment of any statutory financial information requirements. To be responsive and flexible when required. Provide financial information to, or answer queries from the Directorates when requested in a timely manner. Directorates are satisfied with responses received., The Trust is committed to promoting a healthy work-life balance and achieve fair, equitable and consistent practice. We welcome flexible working requests and will consider a variety of flexible working arrangements from day one of your employment. Not all roles are suitable for every flexible working opportunity all of the time. Flexible working options may include reduced hours, compressed hours, fixed shifts, time back in lieu and home working. The Trust is committed to promoting equality and diversity; we value the contribution of individual talent, skills, knowledge and experience and aim for a workforce demography representative of the local community. We encourage applicants from the following groups that are currently under-represented in our workforce black, Asian and minority ethnic, lesbian, gay, bisexual and Transgender (LGBTQ+), disabled, male and age 16-24. Trust policy requires that the cost of submitting & processing the successful applicant/s DBS application be recovered via salary deduction following start in post. The amount of £25.70 (standard disclosure) or £46.70 (enhanced disclosure) will be deducted from salary, in manageable monthly instalments for up to 3 months following commencement of employment. Bank posts require upfront payment. From April 2017, Skilled visa applicants and their adult dependant(s) will be required to provide a criminal record certificate from each country they have lived in consecutively for 12 months or more in the past ten years. Applicants requiring sponsorship may wish to determine the likelihood of obtaining sponsorship for this position by assessing themselves against the criteria on the gov.uk website - https://www.gov.uk/check-uk-visa. This organisation has a zero-tolerance approach to the abuse of children, young people and vulnerable adults. All staff must ensure they adhere to the organisations safeguarding children and adults' policy and comply with the Local Safeguarding Children and Adult Board procedures. Staff should be mindful of their responsibility to safeguard children and adults in any activity performed on behalf of the organisation in line with the requirements of statutory guidance and legislation. All employees (and volunteers)are expected maintain their safeguarding knowledge and skills by completing mandatory safeguarding training which includes understanding and recognising the signs of abuse and neglect and taking appropriate action. As an organisation, we have adopted the Merseyside Domestic abuse workplace scheme which supports our staff who are experiencing Domestic Abuse /any forms of sexual violence. If you have any personal requirements that will enable you to participate in our recruitment process please contact a member of the Recruitment Services by phone on 0151 706 4666 at the earliest opportunity to ensure that measures can be put in place to enable your application for this post. Our statement on modern slavery We have zero tolerance of slavery and human trafficking and are committed to maintaining and improving systems, processes and policies to avoid complicity in human rights violation and to prevent slavery and human trafficking in our supply chain. The Trust policies, procedures, governance and legal arrangements are robust, ensuring that proper checks and due diligence are applied in employment procedures to ensure compliance with this legislation. We also conform to the NHS employment check standards within our workforce recruitment and selection practices. This strategic approach incorporates analysis of the Trust's supply chains and its partners to assess risk exposure and management on modern slavery. Please note: new entrants to the NHS will commence on the first pay point of the relevant band.

• GCSE Maths or equivalent, AAT or equivalent, Possess a high degree of numeracy and accuracy and the ability to work with spreadsheets to provide high quality financial information
• Demonstrable ability to work with Microsoft Office particularly Excel, Access and Word., Demonstrable ability to organize their own work and demonstrate initiative required to ensure that all tasks are completed.
• Good communication in order to work effectively, confidently liaising with staff within the department, Trust and other Trusts.
• Demonstrates high level of commitment to personal and professional development. Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust comprises Aintree University Hospital, Broadgreen Hospital & Royal Liverpool University Hospital. We are part of NHS University Hospitals of Liverpool Group, formed on 1 Nov 2024 from the coming together of LUHFT and Liverpool Women's NHS Foundation Trust. The Group was born from a shared aim to improve the care we provide our patients. UHLG is one of the largest employers in the region, with over 16,800 colleagues dedicated to caring for our communities - from birth and beyond. For the 630,000 people across Merseyside, we are their local NHS. We provide general and emergency hospital care, alongside highly specialised regional services for more than two million people in the North West. Aintree University Hospital is the single receiving site for adult major trauma patients in Cheshire and Merseyside and hosts a number of regional services including an award-winning stroke facility. Broadgreen Hospital is home to elective surgical, diagnostic and treatment services, together with specialist patient rehabilitation. Liverpool Women's Hospital specialises in the health of women and babies, delivering over 7,200 babies in the UK's largest single site maternity hospital each year. The Royal Liverpool University Hospital is the largest hospital in the country to provide inpatients with 100% single bedrooms and focuses on complex planned care and specialist services. Note: Under current Home Office Immigration Rules we are currently unable to offer right to work visa sponsorship for Band 2 and 3 roles with a salary of less than £25,000 pa as they do not meet the UK Visas & Immigration criteria.