Management Accountant

Job description

Job responsibilities

Creating budgetary reports from financial information systems, distributing these to budget-holders if required, and meeting with them to discuss performance.

To be able to perform the following duties competently by the required deadlines: -

Prepare and/ or input expenditure and pre-payment/ accrual journals

Prepare and/ or input internal transfer journals to support improved management information e.g. internal recharges, coding transfers.

Prepare and/ or input budget journals

Ensuring that all income and expenditure is correctly accounted for in an accurate & timely basis including recharges to and from other organisations, (e.g. prudence and accruals concepts).

Monitoring performance against budget including variance analysis.

To respond to requests for information and queries from budget holders in a timely and professional manner, including the production of supplementary analysis using spreadsheets, ad-hoc reports from the financial systems and relevant advice on interpreting information.

To ensure that all staff change and recruitment requests are processed promptly and with due care and attention.

To ensure all staff are recorded and reported on the correct financial codes (subjectively and against correct budget/cost centre).

To ensure the establishment records are updated and reconciled against payroll information on a regular basis.

To reconcile actual and budgeted whole time equivalent (WTE) values between the establishment list and budget statements.

To ensure that financial and manpower information is prepared and reconciled in time to meet the financial reporting timetable.

To provide input into the forecasting template

To meet with budget-holders as required.

To be able to provide informal training to budget-holders on financial issues.

To provide on the job training, in own areas of responsibility, to other staff as necessary.

To contribute towards the production of information for inclusion in the Trusts Annual Statutory Accounts, in accordance with professional Accounting Standards and NHS guidelines, and in line with the National timetable.

To ensure that appropriate working papers are prepared for provision to the External Auditors.

Person Specification

EDUCATION/ QUALIFICATIONS

Essential

• AAT Qualified OR commencing CCAB qualification (post-graduate, professional accountancy qualification - minimum entry requirement is degree level) OR equivalent relevant experience

SKILLS & ABILITIES

Essential

• Sound spreadsheet skills/data manipulation
• Sound word processing skills
• Ability to communicate, formally and informally, written and verbally, with both finance and non-finance staff
• Ability to work to strict deadlines often with competing demands on time
• Ability to interpret complex technical written guidance and procedures

Desirable

• High level of analytical skills and ability to interpret and explain results to both finance and non-finance staff.

KNOWLEDGE & EXPERIENCE

Essential

• Understanding of equal opportunities and diversity.
• Knowledge of and ability to maintain integrity of financial data in General Ledger systems.

Desirable

• Understanding of NHS financial regime and Professional Accounting Standards
• Awareness of Payment by Results guidance.
• Budgeting & Financial Planning
• Ability to create reports from a variety of financial systems

PERSONAL QUALITIES

Essential

• Ability to meet challenging deadlines
• Ability to plan own work, in line with agreed objectives.

Desirable

• Interpersonal skills suitable for liaison with wide range of healthcare professionals

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

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).

Employer details

Employer name

Whittington Hospital NHS Trust

Address

Whittington Hospital NHS Trust

Highgate Wing, Dartmouth Park Hill, London N19 5JG

London

N19 5JG

Employer's website

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