Job summary
The
Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust is looking for a highly motivated CSU
Accountant to join our Management Accounting Team. This is a key role in
providing excellent financial management and leadership skills within the
organisation, working closely with clinical and corporate departments.
We
are looking for an enthusiastic, finance professional who will play a key
role in shaping what our service delivery looks like and making a difference
in the challenging financial environment.
We
need a team player, who is proactive, resilient and driven to succeed, with a
real commitment to work as part of the team taking the finance function forward
and making a difference to our patients.
Expected Shortlisting
Date:
28/10/2024
Planned Interview
Date:
11/11/2024
Main duties of the job
The
primary purpose of the CSU Accountant Job is to provide financial support and
advice to managers and clinicians in a number of business units, in order to
help them deliver their financial responsibilities and achieve sustainable
financial improvement through:
Assisting them in developing plans
to meet savings targets.
Monitoring and reporting on the
results of intended actions.
Communicating the Trusts financial
strategies and policies and how the actions of the business unit impact upon
it.
Providing accurate and timely
financial analysis and information to support their understanding of current
performance and how this can be improved, creating financial models as
appropriate.
Supporting the production and
maintenance of financial forecasts and highlighting associated risks.
Using available business
intelligence and performance data including benchmarking to identify
opportunities for waste reduction and the effective and efficient management
of resources.
The financial assessment of
business cases for service change.
Helping to ensure that the
appropriate financial governance and grip and control mechanisms exist
through the business unit.
About us
Leeds
Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust (LTHT) is one of the largest and busiest acute
hospital trusts in the country currently rated Good by the CQC. Every year,
LTHT provides healthcare and specialist services for people from the city of
Leeds, Yorkshire and the Humber and beyond. We also play an important role in
the training and education of medical, nursing and dental students and are a
centre of world-class research and pioneering new treatments.
Our
vision is to be the best for specialist and integrated care. Our staff helped
to define the values and behaviours that we should work to so that we can
achieve this vision. This has become known as The Leeds Way, and forms the
foundation of our culture, our ethos and how we work every day. These values
are
We
are patient-centred;
We
are fair;
We
are collaborative;
We
are accountable;
We
are empowered.
Our
Trust has a strong track record of financial performance.
Leeds
Teaching Hospitals is committed to our process of redeploying 'at risk'
members of our existing workforce to new roles. As such, all our job adverts
are subject to this policy and we reserve the right to close, delay or remove
adverts while this process is completed. If you do experience a delay in the
shortlisting stage of the recruitment cycle, please bear with us while this
process is completed, and contact the named contact if you have any
questions.
Job description
Job responsibilities
See
attached Job Description for full details
PRINCIPAL
DUTIES & AREAS OF RESPONSIBILITY
Business
planning, business cases and value for money
To
clearly communicate to the business unit management team the Trusts
financial strategy and policies and to provide financial support to managers
in developing and reviewing expenditure, income and activity plans to meet
financial and other targets
Performance
reporting and management
To
provide accurate, timely and comprehensive financial reports for the business
units such as monthly income and expenditure reports, monthly forecast
reports and customised key performance indicators
Providing
on-going budgetary management support to Business Units
To
provide impartial financial advice and information to budget managers,
ensuring key financial concepts, issues and policies are clearly understood
and to clearly communicate to the business unit management team the Trusts
financial strategy and policies
Human
Resources and training
To
provide training on finance and other business issues to finance and
non-finance colleagues and to line manage Finance Officers
Governance
and compliance
To
support management teams in maintaining an appropriate financial control
environment including helping them to implement the recommendations contained
within Internal Audit reports or external best practice
Policy
and service development
To
develop improved ways of reporting financial and other performance
information to managers and clinicians within the business units
Job description
Job responsibilities
See
attached Job Description for full details
PRINCIPAL
DUTIES & AREAS OF RESPONSIBILITY
Business
planning, business cases and value for money
To
clearly communicate to the business unit management team the Trusts
financial strategy and policies and to provide financial support to managers
in developing and reviewing expenditure, income and activity plans to meet
financial and other targets
Performance
reporting and management
To
provide accurate, timely and comprehensive financial reports for the business
units such as monthly income and expenditure reports, monthly forecast
reports and customised key performance indicators
Providing
on-going budgetary management support to Business Units
To
provide impartial financial advice and information to budget managers,
ensuring key financial concepts, issues and policies are clearly understood
and to clearly communicate to the business unit management team the Trusts
financial strategy and policies
Human
Resources and training
To
provide training on finance and other business issues to finance and
non-finance colleagues and to line manage Finance Officers
Governance
and compliance
To
support management teams in maintaining an appropriate financial control
environment including helping them to implement the recommendations contained
within Internal Audit reports or external best practice
Policy
and service development
To
develop improved ways of reporting financial and other performance
information to managers and clinicians within the business units
Person Specification
Experience
Essential
- Knowledge of Microsoft applications including Excel
- Specialist knowledge of finance and accounting practices necessary to monitor and improve operational performance
Desirable
- Experience of working within the NHS
- Staff management experience including recruitment, selection and appraisals
Skills & behaviours
Essential
- Demonstration of effective stakeholder management, with an ongoing commitment to building and maintaining strong and effective partnerships and collaborations
- A customer focus, acknowledging the importance of service quality and the need to add value to customers, monitoring quality and acting upon feedback appropriately
- Good written and communication skills, including interpersonal skills, writing reports, conveying complex and sensitive information to a variety of audiences
- Ability to make sound judgements and decisions involving complex facts and issues
- Good communicator ability to interpret complex professional, sensitive or contentious information to support non-financial managers and clinicians in making effective decisions
- Ability to work independently, interpreting available guidelines
- Ability to plan & manage own time / workload and that of others and balance conflicting unpredictable demands
- Ability to use complex financial information constructively to influence colleagues
Desirable
- Understanding of current NHS policy
Qualifications
Essential
- Part Qualified CCAB
- 5 GCSE Grade 4-9 (old system A*-C) or equivalent, to include Maths and English
Other Criteria
Essential
- Able to fulfil Occupational Health requirements for the post
Person Specification
Experience
Essential
- Knowledge of Microsoft applications including Excel
- Specialist knowledge of finance and accounting practices necessary to monitor and improve operational performance
Desirable
- Experience of working within the NHS
- Staff management experience including recruitment, selection and appraisals
Skills & behaviours
Essential
- Demonstration of effective stakeholder management, with an ongoing commitment to building and maintaining strong and effective partnerships and collaborations
- A customer focus, acknowledging the importance of service quality and the need to add value to customers, monitoring quality and acting upon feedback appropriately
- Good written and communication skills, including interpersonal skills, writing reports, conveying complex and sensitive information to a variety of audiences
- Ability to make sound judgements and decisions involving complex facts and issues
- Good communicator ability to interpret complex professional, sensitive or contentious information to support non-financial managers and clinicians in making effective decisions
- Ability to work independently, interpreting available guidelines
- Ability to plan & manage own time / workload and that of others and balance conflicting unpredictable demands
- Ability to use complex financial information constructively to influence colleagues
Desirable
- Understanding of current NHS policy
Qualifications
Essential
- Part Qualified CCAB
- 5 GCSE Grade 4-9 (old system A*-C) or equivalent, to include Maths and English
Other Criteria
Essential
- Able to fulfil Occupational Health requirements for the post
