Management Accountant

East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust

The closing date is 04 December 2024

Job summary

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Management Accountant within the NEECS Division mainly supporting the Community service.

We are looking for an enthusiastic and hardworking individual to support and develop the service provided by the finance team.

You will be hard working, reliable, have excellent communication and organisational skills, be able to work to tight deadlines and be computer literate.

With a generous study leave policy, this is an excellent opportunity for an enthusiastic, proactive and professional individual to join a successful and friendly finance team.

The role is predominantly working from home, with regular onsite working at either Colchester or Ipswich.

Main duties of the job

The Management Accountant has responsibility for day to day management of the Divisional budget portfolio within the management accounts section. Responsible for all budget preparation, adherence to budgetary control systems and production of cost and performance management statements and reports relating to the budget portfolio.
To support the Deputy Finance Manager regarding the on-going development and maintenance of budgetary financial systems and procedures
To support the Finance Manager to ensure financial management statutory returns and information are completed correctly and to deadlines.
To provide adhoc training and education to finance and non-finance staff as required

About us

We are ESNEFT and we provide hospital and community health services to almost one million people across east Suffolk and north Essex. Our dedicated staff deliver care from acute hospitals in Colchester and Ipswich, community hospitals, surgeries, community clinics and in patients' own homes.

We are one of the largest NHS organisations in England, employing more than 12,000 staff.

We pride ourselves on supporting our staff. We offer a wide range of training and development opportunities, as well as flexible working options.

Along with supporting you to achieve your career goals we offer a generous pension scheme, unsocial hours payments (where applicable), 27 days annual leave on commencement (pro rata) and access to a range of NHS discounts. Our Staff Health and Wellbeing programme offer a variety of services.

Our philosophy is thatTime Mattersto everyone. Across the Trust, we concentrate on improving the things we do and removing those which cause time delays for our staff and patients.

We are investing in our commitment to Time Matters with a partnership with leading electronic patient record (EPR) supplier Epic. This digital transformation will bring what's widely regarded as the world's best EPR system to ESNEFT, transforming life in hospital for staff and patients.

If you are passionate about patient care and want to develop your skills and knowledge, then we want to hear from you.

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Date posted

21 November 2024

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 4

Salary

£26,530 to £29,114 a year per annum

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

432-HR1697-24

Job locations

Colchester

CO4 5JL

Job description

Job responsibilities

For full details of the responsibilities and duties of this role please see the attached job description.

Job description

Job responsibilities

For full details of the responsibilities and duties of this role please see the attached job description.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

Educated to GCSE or A Level (incl GCSE Maths and English) or equivalent
Fully qualified AAT or equivalent experience

Experience

Essential

Management accounts experience
Use of computerised systems

Knowledge and Skills

Essential

Detailed understanding of accounting procedures
Working knowledge of current NHS Trust financial regime
Knowledge of current NHS Trust performance targets
IT skills, particularly with Excel and finance ledger system(s)
Relevant experience to understand coding structures
Strong communication skills both written and verbal

Desirable

Good knowledge of budgetary control in the NHS
NHS IT systems

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

Educated to GCSE or A Level (incl GCSE Maths and English) or equivalent
Fully qualified AAT or equivalent experience

Experience

Essential

Management accounts experience
Use of computerised systems

Knowledge and Skills

Essential

Detailed understanding of accounting procedures
Working knowledge of current NHS Trust financial regime
Knowledge of current NHS Trust performance targets
IT skills, particularly with Excel and finance ledger system(s)
Relevant experience to understand coding structures
Strong communication skills both written and verbal

Desirable

Good knowledge of budgetary control in the NHS
NHS IT systems

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.