Senior Management Accountant

Job responsibilities

Please see attached job description and person specification for further information regarding the role and the essential and desirable criteria required to be met by applicants.

Please note, due to changes implemented by the Government to the UK immigration policy, individuals who require a Health and Care Visa or a Skilled Worker Visa may no longer be eligible for sponsorship where the UKVI salary threshold is not met or if the occupation is not included in the updated Immigration Salary List (ISL). Applicants must check their eligibility to be employed in any role they are interested in applying for, prior to completing an application for employment.Any applicants who do not meet the eligibility criteria will not be progressed.

If you are applying under the Disability Confident Scheme or Armed Forces Covenant and you meet all the essential criteria for a post, you will be guaranteed an interview.

Relocation assistance may be available for successful applicants moving to the region for certain posts. Please see our Policy for eligible vacancies.

Please ensure that you document evidence of meeting all the essential criteria in the supporting information.

If sufficient response is received this post could be closed earlier than the specified closing date, please apply as soon as possible to ensure that your application is considered.

Important Information

Candidates who have been successfully shortlisted for interview will be asked via an email notification to log on to their Trac account to select an interview time. This will usually be within 2 weeks of the closing date.

For candidates applying using a Hotmail account or have strict firewall settings please ensure the following:

• Junk Mail is checked regularly

Disclosure and Barring Service:

On 28 November 2020, the new Disclosure and Barring Service filtering rules will come into effect.

The changes mean that:

• youth cautions, reprimands and final warnings will no longer be subject to automatic disclosure
• the multiple conviction rule has been removed, meaning that if an individual has more than one conviction, regardless of offence type or time passed, each conviction will be considered against the remaining rules individually, rather than being automatically disclosed.

If you are unsure about whether you need to disclose certain criminal record information, free confidential advice may be sought from one of the charity bodies listed below. These bodies can advise you on what you are legally required to declare and may also be able to advise you on how you can disclose criminal record information to a prospective employer and your legal rights when doing so.

Nacro Tel: 0300 123 1999, or email: helpline@nacro.org.uk

Unlock Tel: 01634 247350, email advice@unlock.org.uk or complete the online form on the Unlock website

The Trust is committed to safeguarding adults and children therefore if the post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (ROA) 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (as amended) the successful candidate(s) will be subject to a criminal records check with the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS). The cost of the DBS must be met by the successful candidate(s) through salary deduction. DBS charges are as follows if applicable to the post:

Standard Check: £18 + Administration cost of £3.85 = £21.85. Deducted at £6.85 from 1st month salary and £5 deducted from salary over following 3 months.

Enhanced Check: £38 + administration cost of £3.90 = £41.90. Deducted at £11.90 from 1st month salary and £10 deducted from salary over following 3 months.

As part of the one of the largest employers in the UK NCIC future employees will have also access to the following benefits.

A lease car may be available for this position; further details will be provided upon appointment if applicable.

27-day holiday scheme rising to 33 after 10 years

Flexible working Scheme

Excellent opportunities for development

Competitive NHS Pension scheme

Access to NHS discounts with retailers and leisure companies

EAP (Employee Assistance Programme) a free, confidential counselling and information service to assist with personal or work-related problems

These schemes are subject to availability

Qualifications

Essential

• CCAB, CIMA qualification (full member of a Professional Accounting Institute), or demonstrable, evidenced experience of successfully performing a substantially similar role.
• Evidence of ongoing Continuous Professional Development

Experience

Essential

• Developing, managing and co-ordinating the work and systems needed to financially manage a large annual budget.
• Significant experience in preparing management accounts in a medium to large organisation and associated tasks to ensure accuracy of the figures:
• Budget setting and management
• Financial analysis
• Experience of constraining senior budget holders over financial issues, persuading them to a certain course of action
• Working effectively in a team and on own initiative
• Preparing detailed written reports
• Developing and delivering formal, complex financial presentations to large groups of non finance managers conveying concepts clearly and persuasively
• Working with and advising senior members of staff
• Preparation of business cases
• Experience of year end processes
• Working effectively and constructively with a range of staff disciplines
• Staff management

Desirable

• NHS experience with responsibility for substantial finance functions.

Knowledge

Essential

• Highly developed specialist knowledge of financial management in a healthcare/commercial environment
• Excellent knowledge of general ledger and budgetary systems
• Advanced IT and spreadsheet skills
• Understanding of costing methodologies
• Continuing professional development with portfolio
• Detailed extensive, expert knowledge of accounting concepts
• Understanding of internal financial control systems
• Current accounting standards and their interpretation and application

Skills & Aptitudes

Essential

• High degree of accuracy and analytical skills.
• Self motivated, proactive and flexible.
• Excellent communication and influencing skills in order to explain complex and potentially controversial financial issues and procedures and to convey financial information to both a finance and non-finance audience.
• Ability to analyse, interpret and present complex data (both quantitative and qualitative)
• Manage conflicting demands from within and outside the finance department.
• Make judgements on financial decisions and financial risk where there is no precedent
• Willingness to challenge senior managers and budget holders where adverse performance is not being satisfactorily addressed.
• Work as a team member
• Use initiative appropriately
• Prioritise self and workload to meet deadlines
• Deal with departmental staff, other staff, managers and patients with tact and diplomacy
• Analyse, manipulate and present highly complex information using a range of analytical and IT skills
• Concentrate for long periods of time on data input and complex analytical tasks
• Frequently switch between tasks as priorities and deadlines change

Personal Circumstances

Essential

• Act in a diplomatic and professional manner at all times.
• Ability to work flexibly to meet the needs of the service

Other Requirements

Essential

• Must be able to travel independently of public transport to enable attendance at meetings throughout Cumbria and occasionally out of area.
• Act in ways that support equality and value diversity
• Flexible approach to working hours when there are heavy workloads

Desirable

• Driving licence

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).

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).