Management Accountant

 

Description:

The post holder will provide financial advice and information for the Trust’s Surgical Care Group division, supporting the Senior Management Accountant with the provision of a robust financial management framework to the division. Liaison with the Trust’s Operational Management teams to ensure satisfactory completion of financial performance reports, analysing and interpreting the information where necessary.

Duties and Responsibilities

Corporate Governance

• To establish and maintain strong working relationships with both key internal and external individuals to ensure effective working. The post holder will be expected to liaise with both internal departments and external bodies.
• Ensure the provision of high quality financial advice to budget holders and other non-finance managers is carried out to enable the delivery of the Trusts strategic, corporate financial objectives.
• To monitor financial performance against agreed budgets; analysing, reporting on variations and assist in formulating corrective actions. Proactively support the delivery of targets by sharing good practice, identifying areas for improvement and agreeing and monitoring action plans.
• To take the lead on ensuring accurate financial information is maintained for all budgets relating to the Surgical Care Group within the Trust.
• To ensure that external financial monitoring returns and reports are prepared and submitted in a timely and accurate manner and are analysed and interpreted where necessary.
• Attend the relevant Surgical Care Group divisional and specialty business meetings as Financial Representative and provide relevant financial support, advice and information.
• To maintain the integrity of the financial ledger and other financial systems to ensure that compliance with audit requirements is adhered to.
• Contribute to the formulation of the annual budget setting for the Trust and ensure budgets accurately reflect pressures.
• Promotion of greater financial management and financial control amongst the divisional management teams. Provide appropriate advice and support with the divisional structure to ensure all efforts are made to achieve financial stability, including the review and monitoring of establishments information
• To evaluate and monitor saving schemes including maintenance of detailed working papers to ensure accurate records are kept and all adjustments and transactions are processed appropriately.

Costing & Pricing

• Accurate costing of development and other operational change proposals as requested by divisional teams.
• Contribute to the annual reference cost process as and when necessary providing support to the cost accountant.

Management & Leadership

• Responsible for the production and monitoring of timely and accurate financial information and reports to strict deadlines, enabling the proactive management of budgets by budget holders.
• Contribute to the development of financial management information and communicate ideas and suggestions for departmental improvements to the Assistant Director of Finance and Head of Corporate Finance
• Allocate work to junior staff members within the department and provide training within own areas of work enabling them to develop in accordance with their KSF outline. Deputise for the Senior Management Accountant as required.

Education & Development

• To provide training to non-financial managers within the Trust on all matters relating to budgetary control and financial management; including effective use of information systems/reports.

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential criteria

• CCAB Qualified

Knowledge & Experience

Essential criteria

• Extensive financial management experience
• Experience within a finance function of a large organisation
• Ability to review and interpret financial statements
• Specialist knowledge of capital, expenditure and revenue budgets
• Staff Management skills
• Knowledge of accountancy policies and procedures

Desirable criteria

• NHS Finance experience
• Experience of contract monitoring and reporting

Skills

Essential criteria

• Ability to analyse, investigate and interpret financial information and queries
• Ability to report and present financial information to both finance and non-finance individuals (internal and external)

Other

Essential criteria

• Strong IT skills and experience using Microsoft Office suite

St Helens & Knowsley Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust are committed to providing an environment and services which embrace diversity and which promote equality of opportunity, we welcome applications from all sections of the communities we serve to enable us to reflect their diversity and improve the delivery of the services we provide.

 

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