Management Accountant

Job description

Job responsibilities

Job Summary

The Management Accountant will be responsible for providing professional financial advice, expertise and support to the Finance Business Partners and the senior management of the ICB. In addition, the Management Accountant will be expected to advise colleagues on best practice and value for money within their own areas of responsibility and across Directorates.

The postholder will be responsible for ensuring efficient and effective use of ICB resources and overall delivery of the ICB financial position and targets.

The postholder will facilitate Departmental budget meetings on a monthly basis to advise budgetholders on their financial position and help with effective remedies to mitigate any risk of not meeting the ICBs financial and operational targets.

The postholder will be required to work with other members of ICB staff and develop cohesive, key working relationships with other members of the multi-disciplinary team across the local health economy.

The postholder will plan and coordinate the production of accurate and reliable financial informationand reports to the ICB Governing Body, Finance Committee and NHSE. They will:

- Be responsible for the tight control and management of the ledger inputs and outputs and overall integrity of the supporting financial systems.

- Lead on the production of the financial and management accounts to the prescribed timetable for their area.

- Have their main focus on allocated budget areas and related financial reporting and forecasting. In addition, the post holder will be expected to provide support across other areas as required.

- Produce reports to ICB committees and meetings in relation to the financial position.

- Lead on the application of relevant policies and procedures in allocated areas of responsibility and promoting observance by other members of staff.

- Assist with the production of the statutory annual accounts and liaises with other members of the Finance team to ensure detailed information is extracted from the ledger for inputting to the monthly financial performance returns, FOIs, NHS and Department of Health and NHSEreturns.

- In conjunction with the Finance Business Partners, ensure that information relating to contract and project performance is reported accurately in the ledger on a monthly/outturn basis

- Build a combination of subject matter expertise and technical skills to develop a strong service delivery.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• Educated to master's level in relevant subject or equivalent level of experience of working at a similar level in specialist area

Desirable

• Demonstrated experience in a Healthcare environment

Competence

Essential

• Evidenced experience of Excel and other Microsoft Office tools

Desirable

• Experience of monitoring budgets and business planning processes
• Understanding of the public sector

Management

Essential

• Experience of Staff Management

Communication

Essential

• Ability to prepare and produce concise yet insightful communications for dissemination to senior stakeholders and a broad range of stakeholders as required

Desirable

• Attendance and presentation to Senior Management meetings

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.

Employer details

Employer name

NHS Shropshire, Telford and Wrekin Integrated Care Board

Address

Civic Offices

Larkin Way

Wellington

TF1 1LX

Employer's website

https://www.shropshiretelfordandwrekin.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)