Job summary
We
have a fantastic opportunity for someone to join our Team as a Senior
Assistant CSU Accountant. This is an essential position within the Team which
supports clinical and non-clinical service units, providing financial
information and advice, working in partnership with financial and
non-financial colleagues from within and outside of the organisation.
Within
this post, you will play a part in meeting the Trusts objectives, providing
expert advice and control to deliver value for money of services funded by
the taxpayer.
As
part of a wider team and with clinical and non-clinical colleagues, this role
provides exposure to a varied agenda, with a clear focus on putting the
patient at the centre of everything we do.
This
post will provide significant opportunities for personal and professional
development within a supportive team which is committed to being high
performing and inclusive, and which is accredited to the highest level under
Future Focussed Finance.
Main duties of the job
This
role provides the day-to-day financial support to clinical and non-clinical
service units under the direction of a designated Accountant e.g.
Performance reporting and
monitoring preparing reports, analysing information, highlighting risk, and
developing new ways of analysing information to support managers in the
delivery of the trusts financial objectives
Budgetary management and support
providing advice, risk assessing, and supporting to refine plans
Business planning and value for
money identifying cost pressures and suggesting potential improvements,
modelling different scenarios, and ongoing review of plans
About us
The
Finance Teams mission statement is To be the best provider of finance &
procurement services to support the delivery of patient care in the Leeds
Way.
The
Leeds way values are what make this organisation special, we see this as
strength, as well as a responsibility, and we live these within the Finance
team. Our five values which guide all
our actions and endeavours are:
Patient-centred
Collaborative
Fair
Accountable
Empowered
As
a Finance team, we boast an array of national awards and accolades and feel a
real connection to the clinical services provided and in turn add value to
the patients that are treated in our hospitals.
We
are an inclusive organisation, committed to the health and wellbeing of our
staff.
We
look forward to you being part of this!
Leeds
Teaching Hospitals is committed to our process of redeploying 'at risk'
members of our existing workforce to new roles. As such, all our job adverts
are subject to this policy and we reserve the right to close, delay or remove
adverts while this process is completed. If you do experience a delay in the
shortlisting stage of the recruitment cycle, please bear with us while this
process is completed, and contact the named contact if you have any
questions.
Job description
Job responsibilities
JOB
PURPOSE
The
purpose of the Senior Assistant CSU Accountant role is to:
Support the Senior CSU Accountant
and/or the Finance Business Partner in providing financial support and advice
to managers and clinicians in a number of business units.
With support from senior staff, to
promote the active engagement of business units in delivering sustainable
financial improvement through:
Assisting both managers and
clinicians in developing plans to meet savings targets;
Monitoring and reporting on the
results of intended actions
Communicating the Trusts financial
strategies and policies and how their actions impact upon it
Providing financial analysis and
information to support their understanding of current performance and how
this can be improved
The development of business cases
for service change.
The
role will also involve providing flexible support across into the subject
areas covered by the team, working with other Senior Assistant &
Assistant CSU Accountant posts to complete and coordinate tasks as directed
by the more senior members of the team, including the overseeing of tasks
completed by the more junior members of the team.
JOB
DIMENSIONS
The
post holder will work in a finance team which has lead responsibility for
supporting a designated number of business units (personally supporting one
of the designated accountants) and in providing cross-cover for others.
This
will involve helping to provide a financial management service on a day to
day basis to the business unit management team and other budget
manager/stakeholders pertaining to the business unit.
The
postholder will be expected to work with other Senior Assistant & Assistant
CSU Accountants in the team to coordinate tasks such as those involved in
budget setting which cut across the team, providing support to more junior
colleagues in order to ensure efficient and effective completion.
In
addition the postholder will be expected to participate in projects in
support of the Finance Directorates own agenda and responsibilities.
ORGANISATIONAL
CHART
The
team is managed by an Assistant Director of Finance who reports to an
Associate Director of Finance, supported by a Finance Business Partner,
within each team there is a structure designed to best support the needs of
the service and the needs of the business units it is aligned to.
THE
LEEDS WAY VALUES
Our
values are part of what make us different from other trusts, so we see this
as strength, as well as a responsibility. They have been developed by our
staff and set out what they see as important to how we work. Our five values are:
Patient-centred
Collaborative
Fair
Accountable
Empowered
All
our actions and endeavours will be guided and evaluated through these values
Additionally
the following are core values which relate specifically to this post:
The
Finance Directorate exists to support the delivery of the Trusts objectives
through the maintenance of an appropriate control environment and the
provision of information and expert advice relating to the value for money of
services funded by the taxpayer.
The
Finance departments mission statement is To be the best provider of finance
& procurement services to support the delivery of patient care in the
Leeds Way.
Job description
Job responsibilities
JOB
PURPOSE
The
purpose of the Senior Assistant CSU Accountant role is to:
Support the Senior CSU Accountant
and/or the Finance Business Partner in providing financial support and advice
to managers and clinicians in a number of business units.
With support from senior staff, to
promote the active engagement of business units in delivering sustainable
financial improvement through:
Assisting both managers and
clinicians in developing plans to meet savings targets;
Monitoring and reporting on the
results of intended actions
Communicating the Trusts financial
strategies and policies and how their actions impact upon it
Providing financial analysis and
information to support their understanding of current performance and how
this can be improved
The development of business cases
for service change.
The
role will also involve providing flexible support across into the subject
areas covered by the team, working with other Senior Assistant &
Assistant CSU Accountant posts to complete and coordinate tasks as directed
by the more senior members of the team, including the overseeing of tasks
completed by the more junior members of the team.
JOB
DIMENSIONS
The
post holder will work in a finance team which has lead responsibility for
supporting a designated number of business units (personally supporting one
of the designated accountants) and in providing cross-cover for others.
This
will involve helping to provide a financial management service on a day to
day basis to the business unit management team and other budget
manager/stakeholders pertaining to the business unit.
The
postholder will be expected to work with other Senior Assistant & Assistant
CSU Accountants in the team to coordinate tasks such as those involved in
budget setting which cut across the team, providing support to more junior
colleagues in order to ensure efficient and effective completion.
In
addition the postholder will be expected to participate in projects in
support of the Finance Directorates own agenda and responsibilities.
ORGANISATIONAL
CHART
The
team is managed by an Assistant Director of Finance who reports to an
Associate Director of Finance, supported by a Finance Business Partner,
within each team there is a structure designed to best support the needs of
the service and the needs of the business units it is aligned to.
THE
LEEDS WAY VALUES
Our
values are part of what make us different from other trusts, so we see this
as strength, as well as a responsibility. They have been developed by our
staff and set out what they see as important to how we work. Our five values are:
Patient-centred
Collaborative
Fair
Accountable
Empowered
All
our actions and endeavours will be guided and evaluated through these values
Additionally
the following are core values which relate specifically to this post:
The
Finance Directorate exists to support the delivery of the Trusts objectives
through the maintenance of an appropriate control environment and the
provision of information and expert advice relating to the value for money of
services funded by the taxpayer.
The
Finance departments mission statement is To be the best provider of finance
& procurement services to support the delivery of patient care in the
Leeds Way.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Education and knowledge equivalent to the postgraduate diploma level of a professional accountancy qualification
- 5 GCSE/O levels or equivalent, to include Maths and English
Desirable
- Part qualified status (of CCAB or CIMA)
- AAT qualified
Experience
Essential
- Specialist knowledge of accounting concepts, conventions, policies and procedures
- Detailed understanding of financial ledgers and finance software business tools and how to use these to produce bespoke reports and analyse.
- Provision of management accounting information and advice to managers and other staff
- Maintaining and developing comprehensive systems to monitor expenditure and income
- Liaising with stakeholders to discuss and address financial issues
Desirable
- Experience of working within the NHS
Skills & behaviours
Essential
- A confident, pleasant approach with a willingness and ability to build excellent working relationships with both internal and external colleagues
- Able to work autonomously and make own decisions within the context of a set financial process
- Identify and coordinate inputs from others to ensure tasks are performed within deadlines and to required standards
- Ability to set up and maintain accurate and efficient systems which consolidate, monitor, and reconcile key information
- The ability to analyse and interpret very detailed financial information and perform complex calculations and reconciliations
- Work in an environment of changing priorities and demands
- Convey highly complex financial concepts clearly and persuasively to others
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Education and knowledge equivalent to the postgraduate diploma level of a professional accountancy qualification
- 5 GCSE/O levels or equivalent, to include Maths and English
Desirable
- Part qualified status (of CCAB or CIMA)
- AAT qualified
Experience
Essential
- Specialist knowledge of accounting concepts, conventions, policies and procedures
- Detailed understanding of financial ledgers and finance software business tools and how to use these to produce bespoke reports and analyse.
- Provision of management accounting information and advice to managers and other staff
- Maintaining and developing comprehensive systems to monitor expenditure and income
- Liaising with stakeholders to discuss and address financial issues
Desirable
- Experience of working within the NHS
Skills & behaviours
Essential
- A confident, pleasant approach with a willingness and ability to build excellent working relationships with both internal and external colleagues
- Able to work autonomously and make own decisions within the context of a set financial process
- Identify and coordinate inputs from others to ensure tasks are performed within deadlines and to required standards
- Ability to set up and maintain accurate and efficient systems which consolidate, monitor, and reconcile key information
- The ability to analyse and interpret very detailed financial information and perform complex calculations and reconciliations
- Work in an environment of changing priorities and demands
- Convey highly complex financial concepts clearly and persuasively to others
