Job summary
You will be responsible for providing high quality support to the Head of Reporting through the provision of a comprehensive range of management accounting activities.
Main duties of the job
To coordinate own work and liaise with colleagues across Finance to prepare monthly accounts. This will involve maintaining and updating financial systems within set deadlines
To provide support for the Finance Business Partners on all aspects of financial management Proactively contribute to the management of the financial performance of a portfolio of budgets, identifying key financial pressures and appropriate corrective action.
About us
We are Kent and Medway Mental Health NHS Trust. We care for the mental health and wellbeing of people across Kent and Medway and are rated 'Good' by the Care Quality Commission (CQC).
Our teams support children, young people and adults with a wide range of mental health needs. We also provide specialist services, including all-age eating disorder services and neurodevelopmental assessments for children and young people, such as autism and ADHD.
Because we work across the whole county and across hospital and community settings, we can make care more joined up and easier to access for the people we serve.
Our vision is simple: we are here to help communities not just live with mental illness, but live well. It's why we're passionate about working with communities to make mental health care better for everyone. Everything we do is guided by our values: caring, inclusive, curious and confident.
Join us if you share our passion for better mental health care and want to be part of a team that's working well together.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please refer to the attached job description for full details and main responsibilities of the role.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please refer to the attached job description for full details and main responsibilities of the role.
Person Specification
Training, Qualifications and Registration
Essential
Desirable
- Studying for CCAB accountancy qualification
Experience
Essential
- Previous management accounting experience within the NHS.
- Previous experience of monitoring budgets and variance analysis
- Previous experience of data manipulation (with large data sets)
- Understanding of costing and PLICS
- Knowledge of Costing systems, overhead allocations and data reconciliation
Desirable
- Experience of using SBS General Ledger
- Experience in the use of SQL
Knowledge and Skills
Essential
- Sound, demonstrable knowledge of financial and accounting procedures
- Sound numeracy and analytical skills.
- Sound oral, written and verbal communication skills.
- Computer literate with high-level spreadsheet skills
- Able to calculate, manipulate and interpret high volumes of data and present in an intelligent manner
- Good organisational skills and the ability to plan, prioritise and manage own workload
- Good interpersonal skills with the ability to work effectively as part of a team
- oAdvanced user of Microsoft Excel, required to design new and/or improve existing financial monitoring systems.
Desirable
- Knowledge of the organisation's objectives and activities
- Understanding of the NHS agenda and knowledge of NHS financial framework
Person Specification
Training, Qualifications and Registration
Essential
Desirable
- Studying for CCAB accountancy qualification
Experience
Essential
- Previous management accounting experience within the NHS.
- Previous experience of monitoring budgets and variance analysis
- Previous experience of data manipulation (with large data sets)
- Understanding of costing and PLICS
- Knowledge of Costing systems, overhead allocations and data reconciliation
Desirable
- Experience of using SBS General Ledger
- Experience in the use of SQL
Knowledge and Skills
Essential
- Sound, demonstrable knowledge of financial and accounting procedures
- Sound numeracy and analytical skills.
- Sound oral, written and verbal communication skills.
- Computer literate with high-level spreadsheet skills
- Able to calculate, manipulate and interpret high volumes of data and present in an intelligent manner
- Good organisational skills and the ability to plan, prioritise and manage own workload
- Good interpersonal skills with the ability to work effectively as part of a team
- oAdvanced user of Microsoft Excel, required to design new and/or improve existing financial monitoring systems.
Desirable
- Knowledge of the organisation's objectives and activities
- Understanding of the NHS agenda and knowledge of NHS financial framework
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.
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Additional information
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.
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
