Senior Assistant Management Accountant

• Ensure the provision of high quality financial information and accurate advice to budget holders and other non-finance managers.
• Develop good working relationships with budget holders, regularly meeting with them to review their financial information and provide advice.
• Assist Financial Management colleagues in ensuring income and expenditure is monitored and is recorded accurately, including monitoring variances from planned income and expenditure and resolving queries with budget holders and Finance colleagues.
• Use Excel and other software to provide financial reports and conduct financial analysis, using formulae and other functionality as required.
• Complete regular tasks accurately and in line with the monthly timetable, including where relevant internal recharges between departments and updates to the ledger to reflect an accurate financial position.
• Ensure most effective use of the Trust's financial resources, including assisting with the annual budget setting/financial planning process by updating and reviewing information for the new financial year, including staffing information. To liaise with budget holders as part of this process, to ensure accurate information is used.
• Proactively review regular tasks within their areas of responsibility, identifying opportunities for improvements and more efficient working to support continuous improvement of the Finance function.

Essential

• We are Kind
• We are Open
• We are Inclusive

Essential

• High standard of general education (to A-Level or equivalent)
• GCSE Level C or above in Maths and English
• Qualified full member of AAT or equivalent and actively studying for CCAB or CIMA qualification or equivalent experience

Essential

• Significant Financial Management experience
• Experience within a finance function of a large organisation
• Experience of providing training and support to others in own specialist area
• Evidence of planning and organising tasks required to achieve a specific outcome within a specified timeframe without direction from line manager
• Experience of analysing, interpreting and presenting complex data and producing robust forecasts
• Highly computer literate including MS Word, Excel, able to extract data, create and manipulate complex spreadsheets

Desirable

• Substantial NHS Finance experience working in a provider or commissioning NHS organisation in a relevant role
• Experience of the Oracle General Ledger System including Business Intelligence
• Experience of providing financial and /or business advice to clinical and / or budget holders

Essential

• Good standard of communication skills including the ability to effectively communicate complex financial information to non-finance managers
• Acts professionally in all dealings with colleagues and in liaising with external bodies; must be able to adapt style appropriately to deal diplomatically with senior personnel
• Good standard of written communications
• To be able to carry out business ensuring all accounting treatments are adhering to Generally Agreed Accounting Principles (GAAP) and International Accounting Standards (IAS)
• Excellent problem solving and analytical skills to identify weaknesses in the feeder systems to the General Ledger and management accounting processes and implement improvements
• Well organised, able to plan and prioritise own workload
• Good negotiating and influencing skills
• Ability to work under pressure and to meet tight deadlines
• Ability to support change
• Ability to manage conflicting priorities
• Ability to produce high quality financial information to managers and budget holders
• Ability to understand and interpret detailed financial information
• Excellent electronic records management

Essential

• Ability to work effectively as a team player and the ability to work under own initiative.
• Demonstrate drive and enthusiasm
• Be willing to learn new skills and develop knowledge: committed to own and others continued professional development
• Concentration required for effectively multi-tasking, analysing data, writing detailed reports etc.
• The post holder has to be able to work successfully under pressure of time and resources
• The ability to get on with others and build good relationships with a wide variety of individuals both internal and external to the organisation
• Standard keyboard skills
• Occasional requirement to move office equipment
• Regular requirement for long periods of concentration are required for when exploring reports for accuracy
• Frequent interruptions in the form of telephone enquiries, Microsoft Teams calls and support required from colleagues
• Requirement to deal with difficult discussions concerning budgets
• Frequent requirement to travel independently across sites
• Requirement to use VDU equipment for a majority of the working day