Band 5 Management Accountant - Finance

Job summary

To support the Deputy Business and Finance Manager in providing a comprehensive, customer focused, financial management service to a strategic clinical Division within the Trust.

By ensuring relevant and timely financial data and resource management is provided to team managers for the purpose of budgetary control.

To also assist in the preparation and monitoring of budgets and budget reports for their areas, and ensuring that robust financial management is maintained in the Trust. Being the first point of contact for Budget Holders - setting up regular meetings with them to resolve queries and issues and feed information into forecasting.

Main duties of the job

• To support the Deputy Finance and Business Manager in the annual budget setting process
• To support the Deputy Finance and Business Manager in the monthly Budget Monitoring, forecasting and Control processes.
• To support the Finance and Business Manager and Deputy in providing a business support service to the Division
• To support the development of junior staff
• To be an active member of the Finance Team contributing to its development.

About us

Welcome to Birmingham and Solihull Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust. Our 4000 clinical and support staff help us to improve mental health wellbeing and meet the needs of the 70,000 people we serve each year. We provide a range of mental healthcare services across Birmingham and Solihull, as well as specialised services nationally. We also offer medical, nursing and psychology training and are proud of our international reputation for both research and innovation.

Our population is culturally diverse, characterised in places by high levels of deprivation which create an increasing demand for our services and a necessity for us to make sure everyone can access the help they need. We are a team of compassionate, inclusive and committed people working together to provide excellent care to support our community. If you are looking for a place to belong, where you can make a real difference to people's lives, join our team where our warm welcome is waiting for you.