Management Accountant

University Hospitals Dorset NHS Foundation Trust

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Job summary

This Management Accountant role is a training role in the fantastic Operational Finance team at University Hospitals Dorset NHS Trust!

We offer an outstanding training package that will support you through your formal accountancy qualification, alongside receiving mentoring and on the job support from a number of qualified accountants and experienced trainers. We are accredited with all the major CCAB Accountancy bodies.

As a Band 5 Management Accountant you will be part of a team, helping to deliver sound financial management to the Women's, Children's, Cancer and Support Services Care Group within UHD. The Care Group's portfolio covers expenditure budgets of over £198m and over 2,700 staff.

We are looking for a candidate who is keen to become a qualified accountant and develop a career in NHS finance. The successful candidate will be working as part of a committed team and should be able to demonstrate a desire to work in Finance as well as the NHS; the ability to work in a team and to deadline prioritising workload and able to communicate well to non-finance colleagues.

Base Location: Poole Hospital

Interview Date: TBC

Main duties of the job

To understand the role in more detail please read the full job description and person specification documents which are attached to this advert

About us

Our values define who we are as #TeamUHD. They underpin everything we do now and in the future. They define how we treat our patients, visitors, and each other, our valued team mates and colleagues.

Date posted

01 December 2023

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 5

Salary

£28,407 to £34,581 a year pa

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

153-CO02590

Job locations

Poole Hospital

Longfleet Road

Poole

BH15 2JB


Job description

Job responsibilities

To understand the role in more detail please read the full job description and person specification documents which are attached to this advert

Job description

Job responsibilities

To understand the role in more detail please read the full job description and person specification documents which are attached to this advert

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • Educated to degree level or Certificate level of recognised CCAB body (or equivalent eg: AAT Qualified).

Desirable

  • Studying for Diploma Qualification level of CCAB Accountancy body.

Knowledge

Essential

  • Sound, demonstrable knowledge of financial and accounting procedures.

Desirable

  • Knowledge of the organisation's objectives and activities Understanding of the NHS agenda and knowledge of NHS financial framework

Experience

Essential

  • Previous management accounting experience or able to demonstrate in application and interview degree level experience / understanding of management accounting.
  • Previous experience of monitoring budgets and variance analysis or able to demonstrate in application and interview degree level experience / understanding of management accounting.
  • Previous experience of data manipulation (with large data sets) or able to demonstrate in application and interview degree level experience / understanding of management accounting.

Desirable

  • Experience in the use of E-Financials software packages.
  • Experience in the use of Business Objects
  • Experience of developing activity, income and expenditure forecasts, including the modelling of different scenarios.
  • Previous management accounting experience within the NHS or able to demonstrate in application and interview degree level experience / understanding of management accounting within the NHS.
  • Previous experience of monitoring budgets and variance analysis or able to demonstrate in application and interview degree level experience / understanding of management accounting within the NHS.
  • Previous experience of data manipulation (with large data sets) or able to demonstrate in application and interview degree level experience / understanding of management accounting within the NHS.

Skills

Essential

  • Ability to analyse and interpret complex financial information.
  • Computer literate with experience of using Microsoft office applications.

Desirable

  • Advanced user of Microsoft Excel, required to design new and/or improve existing financial monitoring systems.

Personal Attributes

Essential

  • Ability to use initiative and demonstrate flexibility
  • Well organised with the ability to plan and prioritise own work in order to meet departmental deadlines.
  • Methodical approach and accurate in calculations and data input
  • Ability to cope with interruptions for example via telephone and emails (from budget holders) some of which may require immediate attention and a change of work priorities.
Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • Educated to degree level or Certificate level of recognised CCAB body (or equivalent eg: AAT Qualified).

Desirable

  • Studying for Diploma Qualification level of CCAB Accountancy body.

Knowledge

Essential

  • Sound, demonstrable knowledge of financial and accounting procedures.

Desirable

  • Knowledge of the organisation's objectives and activities Understanding of the NHS agenda and knowledge of NHS financial framework

Experience

Essential

  • Previous management accounting experience or able to demonstrate in application and interview degree level experience / understanding of management accounting.
  • Previous experience of monitoring budgets and variance analysis or able to demonstrate in application and interview degree level experience / understanding of management accounting.
  • Previous experience of data manipulation (with large data sets) or able to demonstrate in application and interview degree level experience / understanding of management accounting.

Desirable

  • Experience in the use of E-Financials software packages.
  • Experience in the use of Business Objects
  • Experience of developing activity, income and expenditure forecasts, including the modelling of different scenarios.
  • Previous management accounting experience within the NHS or able to demonstrate in application and interview degree level experience / understanding of management accounting within the NHS.
  • Previous experience of monitoring budgets and variance analysis or able to demonstrate in application and interview degree level experience / understanding of management accounting within the NHS.
  • Previous experience of data manipulation (with large data sets) or able to demonstrate in application and interview degree level experience / understanding of management accounting within the NHS.

Skills

Essential

  • Ability to analyse and interpret complex financial information.
  • Computer literate with experience of using Microsoft office applications.

Desirable

  • Advanced user of Microsoft Excel, required to design new and/or improve existing financial monitoring systems.

Personal Attributes

Essential

  • Ability to use initiative and demonstrate flexibility
  • Well organised with the ability to plan and prioritise own work in order to meet departmental deadlines.
  • Methodical approach and accurate in calculations and data input
  • Ability to cope with interruptions for example via telephone and emails (from budget holders) some of which may require immediate attention and a change of work priorities.

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

Additional information

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

Employer details

Employer name

University Hospitals Dorset NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Poole Hospital

Longfleet Road

Poole

BH15 2JB


Employer's website

https://www.uhd.nhs.uk/careers (Opens in a new tab)

Employer details

Employer name

University Hospitals Dorset NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Poole Hospital

Longfleet Road

Poole

BH15 2JB


Employer's website

https://www.uhd.nhs.uk/careers (Opens in a new tab)

For questions about the job, contact:

Finance Business Partner

Cameron Shaw

cameron.shaw@uhd.nhs.uk

Date posted

01 December 2023

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 5

Salary

£28,407 to £34,581 a year pa

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

153-CO02590

Job locations

Poole Hospital

Longfleet Road

Poole

BH15 2JB


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