Associate Care Group Accountant

Job responsibilities

An exciting opportunity has arisen to recruit a suitably experienced and motivated Associate Care Group Accountants to join our successful, award winning Financial Management function at County Durham and Darlington NHS Foundation Trust.

We are One NHS Finance, Towards Excellence Level 2 accredited as well as an ACCA approved employer, CIMA premier partner and a member of the AAT Employer Scheme.

These roles are a key part of our finance team providing financial support and guidance to the organisation and supporting the financial strategy of the department. We are seeking enthusiastic individuals who are passionate about what they do in order to support delivering the best care for patients

Qualifications

Essential

• CCAB Professional Accountancy Qualification or passed finalist or significant equivalent NHS Financial Management Experience

Desirable

• CCAB Professional Accountancy Qualification or passed finalist.
• Clear Plan of working towards CCAB Professional Accountancy Qualification or evidence of continued professional development

Experience

Essential

• Experience of working within a finance function
• Experience of using computerised finance systems; General Ledger & report writing software.
• Experience of Microsoft Office software applications

Desirable

• Experience of working within NHS finance
• Knowledge / experience of recruitment, appraisal, delegation, training, staff discipline and relevant HR policies and procedures
• Experience of using Oracle General Ledger and Discoverer

Special Skills and Knowledge

Essential

• Communication & Relationship Skills
• Able to advise finance and non-finance managers on matters relating to their own area, providing detailed advice and guidance;
• Ability to communicate and negotiate will staff at all levels within and outside of the Trust
• Understands, and can effectively convey current financial concepts clearly and persuasively.
• Analytical & Judgement Skills
• Ability to produce and analyse business cases, including the development and appraisal of options, to optimise the allocation of resources.
• Planning & Organisation Skills
• Ability to plan and manage the workload of own team, to ensure workload is delivered to a high quality within deadlines.
• Governance and Risk Management
• Advises others on compliance with the Corporate Governance Manual (e.g. SFIs, Schemes of Delegation) and applies the principles of accountability, transparency, integrity and the public good to all activities within own area.
• Supervises others in their compliance with financial policies and procedures.
• Applies knowledge of the regulatory framework for risk management and advises the organisation on issues relating to financial risk, measuring, assessing and reporting on responses, controls and required actions.
• Customer focused Business Advice
• Has a wider awareness of the organisation and its position in the marketplace and uses this to challenge processes and data in order to make improvements.
• Identifies and implements opportunities to improve efficiency and effectiveness of service provided within own role and own team/area of finance.
• Actively seeks feedback from customers and stakeholders in order to constantly improve
• Mental & Physical Attributes
• Excellent organisational skills
• Capable of working independently
• Able to work under pressure and deliver high quality work within challenging deadlines
• Interpersonal Skills
• Clear and effective communication and presentation skills.
• Good people management skills team working, motivation & delegation.
• Good influencing, analytical and negotiation skills
• Good written communication skills
• NHS Finance Knowledge
• Knowledge and understanding of current NHS funding regime
• Knowledge and understanding of current NHS financial developments and initiatives, such as Service Line Reporting and Patient Level Costing
• Information Technology
• Manipulates data within software to obtain management information
• Is able to programme software to create information in a new format (e.g. complex structures of linked spread sheets/databases) suitable for accounting purposes and for use by others.

Special Requirements

Essential

• A commitment to the continuous development of the finance department to be innovative and to constantly seek new ways of working / improving performance.
• Able to travel throughout the Trust Area.

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

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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).