Management Accountant - Harefield Heart and Lung Directorate

Job description

Job responsibilities

• Patient/customer care (both direct and indirect)

Incidental contact only with patients and relatives.

• Policy development

The post-holder will contribute to the continuous development of good practice within the department. Continually review current procedures, redesign processes to improve service delivery. Share the benefit of locally redesigned processes with Finance colleagues to ensure Trust wide benefit.

The post holder will have discretion to use their initiative and act independently, and to interpret overall health service policy and financial standards in order to establish clear operational goals, policies and standards for use by others within the Finance department, and the Trust as a whole. The post holder will also need to ensure that staff across the organisation are aware of and abide by these policies.

• Service development

In line with organisational and national requirements support the Deputy Finance Manager in the development of a comprehensive costing service for all the Trusts activities through the provision of specialist financial advice. To develop and maintain relationships with staff across the organisation in support of this objective.

Through the provision of specialist high quality financial information and advice support the development and operation of services within the Trust.

• People management

Organise own workload to ensure that deadlines are met within specified timetables. This will require a flexible approach as adjustments to plan will be required to cope with day to day Departmental issues.

Work independently and be guided by clear department protocols, but report areas of concern to the Deputy Finance Manager when necessary.

Provide training to Budget Holders on their financial responsibilities and the Trusts' Standing Financial Instructions.

Instruct new finance colleagues on the use & functionality of Trust information systems.

• Communication

The post holder must develop excellent communication skills, and the ability to communicate financial information, effectively and accurately, both verbally and in writing, to various levels within the organisation.

To liaise with external bodies regarding invoicing issues, notably SLA partner organisations.

• Analytical & Judgmental Skills

The post holder will be expected to be able to manage a range of targets and objectives. This will include regular planned work and ad-hoc requests from both internal and external parties.

• Resource management

Calculate and process income, expenditure, and budget journals within a set timetable. Access information from the Trusts General Ledger, Payroll & Income computer systems to analyse financial data.

Assist in the production, monitoring and maintenance of departmental budgets, in conjunction with both Budget Holders and the Deputy Finance Manager.

Promote financial awareness and ensure adherence to the Trusts Standing Orders and Standing Financial Instructions.

• Information management

Develop ability to use advanced excel functions (such as pivot tables, sumif and vlookup), to create spreadsheets supporting the analysis of the Divisions position.

• Further responsibilities

To abide by the Trusts Core behaviours for staff and all other Trust policies, codes and practices including standing financial instructions, research governance, clinical governance, patient and public involvement, codes and practices, and health and safety.

Other duties

To undertake any other duties commensurate with the grade as requested.

This job description is intended as a basic guide to the scope and responsibilities of the post and is not exhaustive. It will be subject to regular review and amendment as necessary in consultation with the post holder.

Person Specification

Education

Essential

• Educated to Degree Standard
• Currently studying, or actively seeking to study, towards a professional Accountancy qualification.

Desirable

• Association of Accounting Technicians (AAT) intermediate level.

Experience

Essential

• Experience in a finance function.

Desirable

• Large organisation or NHS Finance experience.

Skills

Essential

• Ability to plan and organise own workload and meet deadlines.
• Ability to analyse, investigate and resolve queries with support from line manager.
• Confident user of IT e.g. Microsoft Office, integrated financial ledger system, databases, with accurate output.

Desirable

• Advanced spread sheet functions (e.g. Pivot table, SUMIF & VLOOKUP).

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).

Employer details

Employer name

Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Royal Brompton Hospital

Sydney Street

London

SW3 6NP

Employer's website

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