Job summary
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These roles are an exciting opportunity for outstanding
finance professionals to join a growing and evolving management accounts team.
We have 2 Senior Management Accountant posts that will be pivotal in supporting
Dorset ICB with accurate and timely financial reporting, analysis and advice.
You will be joining a large and busy management accounts
team playing a key role in;
- Helping shape the management accounts function as part of the
move towards a fully developed Integrated Care System
- Act as finance lead for nominated business functions, providing
expert financial advice and guidance to support senior managers in their
ownership and delivery of budgets
- Primary Care and Prescribing (£310m budget)
- Mental Health and Community Services (£300m budget)
- Personal Health
Commissioning (£130m budget)
- Dental, Pharmacy, Optometry, and Specialised Commissioning (£70m
budget)
- Corporate Services incl.
staff budgets and corporate running costs (£45m budget)
- Support, design, develop and apply implementation of systems
which deliver the monthly management accounts processes in line with best
practice and ensure value for money for the ICB
- Leading and developing a small team of highly motivated finance
professionals
Main duties of the job
The successful candidate will;
- Have, or be working towards, a full CCAB / CIMA
qualification.
- Substantial track record as an experienced management accountant
- Be a strong verbal and written communicator with a proven
ability to convey complex data to non-finance colleagues.
- Have excellent analytical skills with an attention to detail.
- Be experienced in leading and managing a team of finance
professionals.
If you have the drive and enthusiasm to join a large and busy
management accounts function to support Dorset ICB and the wider Dorset system
to make a real difference to the delivery of health care services across
Dorset, then we are looking forward to hearing from you.
We support flexibility in working arrangements, including both the
location and hours and are happy to discuss options that suit your work / life
balance and any reasonable adaptions.
About us
We are joining up to tackle all the things that affect our health and wellbeing, make real change, and improve things for our communities.
Dorset ICS is made up of:
- NHS Dorset Integrated Care Board
- University Hospitals Dorset Foundation Trust
- Dorset County Hospital Foundation Trust
- Dorset HealthCare University Foundation Trust
- Dorset Council
- Bournemouth, Christchurch, and Poole Council
- 194 town and parish councils
- 18 primary care networks (made up of 73 GP practices)
- Southwestern Ambulance Service Foundation Trust
- Dorset Police
- Dorset & Wiltshire Fire and Rescue Service
- 7,300 voluntary organisations
What we do
The Health and Care Bill puts ICSs on a statutory footing empowering them to better join up health and care services, improve population health, and reduce health inequalities.
ICSs have four core purposes:
- Improve outcomes in population health and healthcare
- Tackle inequalities in outcomes, experience, and access
- Enhance productivity and value for money
- Help the NHS support broader social and economic development
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please see attached full Job Description.
The Senior Management Accountant is a senior member of the finance team and is
responsible for:
- Lead Finance team in delivering full range of tasks associated with ensuring
accurate and timely financial reporting, together with effective financial
management and control. Support delivery of ICB objectives, both financial and
operational and provide challenge to expenditure, ensuing delivery of VFM for
the ICB.
- Act as finance business partner for the ICB finance team, supporting financial
aspects of transformational work and acting as finance lead to support the
budget manager in their ownership and delivery of corporate budget.
- Support design, develop and apply implementation of systems which deliver
the monthly management accounts processes in line with best practice and the
latest ISFE requirements.
- Lead on ensuring that invoices and payments are processed and scheduled on
an accurate and timely basis in accordance with their contracts, agreements
and national policies.
- Ensure the regular production of quality reports and analysis that provide timely,
responsive and accurate business intelligence for decision making against key
objectives and priorities.
- To provide expert knowledge as main ICB point of contact for nominated
business function(s) including acting as finance interface with NHS England
and other external stakeholders.
- Deputise for the Deputy Head of Management Accounts at month end,
meetings and as required.
- To maintain a professional manner in all aspects of services provided to all
stakeholders, including responding in a timely fashion with clear
communication, and consistent with conduct expected of an ICB employee.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please see attached full Job Description.
The Senior Management Accountant is a senior member of the finance team and is
responsible for:
- Lead Finance team in delivering full range of tasks associated with ensuring
accurate and timely financial reporting, together with effective financial
management and control. Support delivery of ICB objectives, both financial and
operational and provide challenge to expenditure, ensuing delivery of VFM for
the ICB.
- Act as finance business partner for the ICB finance team, supporting financial
aspects of transformational work and acting as finance lead to support the
budget manager in their ownership and delivery of corporate budget.
- Support design, develop and apply implementation of systems which deliver
the monthly management accounts processes in line with best practice and the
latest ISFE requirements.
- Lead on ensuring that invoices and payments are processed and scheduled on
an accurate and timely basis in accordance with their contracts, agreements
and national policies.
- Ensure the regular production of quality reports and analysis that provide timely,
responsive and accurate business intelligence for decision making against key
objectives and priorities.
- To provide expert knowledge as main ICB point of contact for nominated
business function(s) including acting as finance interface with NHS England
and other external stakeholders.
- Deputise for the Deputy Head of Management Accounts at month end,
meetings and as required.
- To maintain a professional manner in all aspects of services provided to all
stakeholders, including responding in a timely fashion with clear
communication, and consistent with conduct expected of an ICB employee.
Person Specification
Experience
Essential
- Relevant experience of working in a finance team in a complex organisation
- Proven track record of working under pressure to strict deadlines.
- Experience of dealing with internal and external Stakeholders.
- Direct management of a relevant functional or multidisciplinary team.
- Able to produce new approaches and new views of old problems and look beyond existing structures and organisations to produce solutions.
- Knowledge of finance IT systems and knowledge of system development
- Able to carry out financial appraisals and report on financial matters.
- Previous experience of training and motivating teams and appraising performance and development of needs as required.
- Demonstrate a flexible approach and be able to work effectively as part of a team in a challenging environment.
Skills, abilities and knowledge
Essential
- Able to take initiative and be proactive, plan workload, set priorities, meet deadlines within sphere of responsibility to achieve positive results.
- Possess and effectively use excellent IT skills, packages such as, Excel, Word, Outlook, Finance Systems etc.
- Advanced use of Microsoft Excel
- Able to communicate effectively, both orally and in writing, with diverse audiences, including ability to communicate complex financial information.
- Ability to problem solve and develop creative solutions.
- Advanced data analysis and reporting skills.
- Experience of interpreting guidance and ability to transfer this to non-specialist staff.
- Ability to work without supervision and to tight deadlines.
- Ability to work well under pressure.
- Evidence of continual professional development
Qualifications
Essential
- CCAB/CIMA Accountancy Qualification, or candidates that are currently studying with a view to becoming qualified.
- (CCAB qualifications have been agreed as being the same level as a masters degree by the NHS Finance Development Network)
Person Specification
Experience
Essential
- Relevant experience of working in a finance team in a complex organisation
- Proven track record of working under pressure to strict deadlines.
- Experience of dealing with internal and external Stakeholders.
- Direct management of a relevant functional or multidisciplinary team.
- Able to produce new approaches and new views of old problems and look beyond existing structures and organisations to produce solutions.
- Knowledge of finance IT systems and knowledge of system development
- Able to carry out financial appraisals and report on financial matters.
- Previous experience of training and motivating teams and appraising performance and development of needs as required.
- Demonstrate a flexible approach and be able to work effectively as part of a team in a challenging environment.
Skills, abilities and knowledge
Essential
- Able to take initiative and be proactive, plan workload, set priorities, meet deadlines within sphere of responsibility to achieve positive results.
- Possess and effectively use excellent IT skills, packages such as, Excel, Word, Outlook, Finance Systems etc.
- Advanced use of Microsoft Excel
- Able to communicate effectively, both orally and in writing, with diverse audiences, including ability to communicate complex financial information.
- Ability to problem solve and develop creative solutions.
- Advanced data analysis and reporting skills.
- Experience of interpreting guidance and ability to transfer this to non-specialist staff.
- Ability to work without supervision and to tight deadlines.
- Ability to work well under pressure.
- Evidence of continual professional development
Qualifications
Essential
- CCAB/CIMA Accountancy Qualification, or candidates that are currently studying with a view to becoming qualified.
- (CCAB qualifications have been agreed as being the same level as a masters degree by the NHS Finance Development Network)
Additional information
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).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
