Management Accountant

Job description

Job responsibilities

Please view the attached Job Description and Person Specification documents for full details regarding this post.

Responsible for the production of high quality Cost Centre Reports for nominated Directorate(s), by using own initiative to achieve agreed objectives. This will be completed to a strict monthly timetable within policies and procedures agreed with the Head of Management Accounting

Making decisions about priorities within agreed objectives, tasks and policies agreed with the Finance Managers

Take a proactive role in liaising with Budget Managers and finance colleagues including the Finance Managers in the team to ensure that information contained in budget reports and supporting schedules e.g. variance analysis, staff in post lists, income and expenditure analysis, is both complete and accurate.

Take a proactive role in the education and financial awareness of Budget Managers providing detailed advice and guidance in respect of financial issues in order to improve budgetary control within the Directorates (highlighting financial implications of individual actions on budgetary control). To ensure that advice offered to Directorate managers complies with the Trusts Standing Financial Instructions and Schemes of Delegation.

Responsible for ensuring that all input documents are complete and accurate in accordance with Audit requirements (this involves analysing confidential streams of data e.g. payroll, purchase ledger, sales ledger etc. and ensuring they are input into the system to meet the monthly and year end timetables).

Participate in the Directorate Financial Planning process by ensuring that budgets and expenditure for each Cost Centre Report are accurate and where full year effects need to be included these can be described in full. Also to ensure that opportunities for efficiency savings at Department level are identified and quantified.

Within the Section, to take an active part in the identification and analysis of Directorate Cost Pressures and Service Developments in line with Trust Business Planning process.

Respond to ad-hoc requests from Budget Managers for financial analysis of all aspects of the service. This includes staff costing analysis to assist skill mix reviews and recruitment planning.

Work closely with budget managers to review performance variances and support them in developing or revising improvement plans.

Be proactive in helping the Senior Finance staff to support various improvements schemes with certain directorates. To aim to continually improve and challenge existing procedures to enhance performance.

Represent the Senior Finance staff in liaising with other management accounting staff with regards to funding, Service level agreements, cost recovery and re-charges.

Liaise with budget managers on payroll matters by providing accurate staffing costs when required, amending Authorised Funded Establishments as agreed with Head of Management Accounting and ensure that staff in post lists are updated and correctly coded.

Support the senior accountants in the annual production of Reference Costs for the patient related services provided by the Directorate(s) as directed by the Trusts Cost Accountant. Provide feedback to Directorate colleagues on the Directorate reference cost index position and educate on TIFF and reference cost implications.

Within the section, be proactive in the development, appraisal and implementation of Financial Management processes/systems, both computerised and manual. Ensure that best practice is communicated, via senior accountants, to staff working in the Financial Management department by training, procedure notes and meetings.

Assist Senior Finance staff in the production of financial information in support of Business Cases developed by Directorates. This will include producing, in liaison with Directorate managers, historic service costs for comparison with future configuration.

Responsible for monitoring Trust Fund/Agency Account transactions ensuring that they are accurate and appropriate.

To be pro-active in helping the Senior Finance staff and Budget managers during the departmental benchmarking exercises or evaluations by being responsible for collating and analysis of required financial data.

Participate and contribute to the Finance Department working groups dealing with development and implementation of departmental policies

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• AAT qualified or progress towards a CCAB or CIMA Accounting Qualification
• 5 GCSEs including Maths and English at Grade 4/C or above (or equivalent)
• 2 A Levels at Grade C or above (or equivalent)

Desirable

• CCAB/CIMA Part-qualified or qualified (or equivalent).
• 3 or more A Levels at grade C or above (or equivalent)
• A levels in Accountancy, Business Studies, Mathematics at grade C or above (or similar)
• European Computer Driving Licence or similar
• Honours degree

Experience

Essential

• Experience working in a Finance department. This will include working knowledge of accounting procedures and processes together with an understanding of relevant accounting standards.
• Demonstrably good IT skills including Advanced Excel skills.

Desirable

• Accounting Systems literate
• NHS Finance experience
• A sound knowledge of costing principles. Access database skills
• Supervisory Experience

Special Skills/Aptitudes

Essential

• High degree of numeracy
• Concentration skills to undertake highly complex and involved analysis producing results that may have material consequences for the Organisation.
• Understanding and interpretation skills necessary to perform technical adviser role
• Ability to question and learn quickly
• Ability to establish and maintain professional credibility with Service Managers and other Directorate colleagues
• Good written and verbal reasoning communication skills
• Ability to meet deadlines through effective organisational and planning skills
• Ability to work under own initiative.
• Meticulous
• Flexible and adaptable - able to manage competing and changing workloads.

Desirable

• Negotiation and persuasion skills

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

Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Northern General Hospital

Sheffield

S5 7AU

Employer's website

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