£28 - £48 Per hour
Management Accountant
Full-time, Contract
Job Description
- To line manage, support, develop and performance manage the central management accounts team to ensure the delivery of effective and efficient budget management and support service across the Trust.
- To work together with Operation Managers and Senior Management Accountants across the Trust to ensure the supply of financial information meets the needs of Directorates and is accurate, timely and relevant.
- Ensures financial information is processed in accordance with procedures, investigates highly complex enquiries provides assistance and advice as required and contributes to corporate reporting, providing strategic, business planning advice.
- Prepares and completes statutory, NHS accounts and returns, ensuring work is completed in line with financial timescales and legal requirements, interpreting these where necessary.
- To review financial systems, processes and procedures across the management accounts team and implement agreed on recommendations to continuously improve the efficiencies and effectiveness of the support service.
Required Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities
- CCAB/CIMA Qualified (or equivalent) / 5 years as an Accountant
- Educated to degree level
- Prince2 Training
- Full understanding of the principles of accounting
- The specialist knowledge of, and ability to apply and advise others of professional accounting standards
- Detailed knowledge of computerised accounting systems and advanced knowledge of Excel or similar
- Knowledge of and ability to apply and advise others of Trust/NHS financial and other regulations and procedures
- Experience of working for at least three years in an accountancy role including at least two years in a staff management role.
- Experience of working in a healthcare setting
- Excellent interpersonal skills
- Strong management and leadership skills
- Enthusiastic and good motivator
- Proactive and 'can-do attitude towards the continuous development of systems, processes and procedures
- Excellent presentation skills - both verbal and written
- Ability to transfer knowledge to non-financial managers
- Ability to work on own initiative and as part of a team
- Skills partnership working within and across organisations
- Ability to communicate with and relate to a wide range of people throughout the organisation
- Ability to negotiate contracts/influence decisions that have a financial impact
Reference no: 93984