Job summary
HCRG Care Group is a leading national provider of health and social care services. We are committed to making a positive difference in communities by delivering high-quality, effective, and sustainable care. Were seeking a motivated and detail-oriented Management Accountant to join our team on a fixed-term contract, supporting the financial performance of two key Business Units within our organisation.
As a Management Accountant, you will play a vital role within ourfinance team, delivering impactful financial analysis, supporting decision-making, and enhancing the performance of the business units. Working closely with a diverse team, youll serve as the first point of contact for financial support for operational teams and senior stakeholders, providing insights and analysis to drive performance, manage costs, and support financial reporting.
If you're ready to make a meaningful impact within a collaborative team and are passionate about using your financial expertise to support high-quality care services, we would love to hear from you. Join us in making a positive difference in communities.
This roles offers hybrid working between Homeworking and County Hall, Chelmsford.
This role is a Fixed-Term position until July 2025, andrequires a driving license and access to a car for work purposes
Main duties of the job
- Provide proactive and reactive financial analysis to support business performance.
- Improve and standardise financial reporting across the organisation.
- Conduct ad hoc financial analysis for key stakeholders.
- Support monthly service and business unit performance reviews.
- Manage and monitor workforce spend against budget.
- Act as the main financial contact for operational teams, with regular site visits.
- Assist Group Finance with accurate and timely financial reporting.
- Coach non-financial staff on understanding financial results.
- Maintain procedural notes for cross-team support.
- Collaborate with the Finance Control Team on revenue, cash flow, and compliance.
Please see attached job description for a full list of responsibilities
About us
About the Company
We change lives by transforming health and care.
Established in 2006, we are one of the UKs leading independent providers of community health and care services, working with health and care commissioners and communities to transform services with a focus on experience, efficiency and improved outcomes. We deliver and transform adult and children community health services, primary care services including urgent care, sexual health, dermatology and MSK services as well as adult social care and wellbeing services.Across England, we support communities of many millions and directly help more than half a million people each year - guided by our simple values: we care, we think, we do.
Were committed to equal opportunities and welcome applications from a broad, diverse range of people who want to join our team. Were a Disability Confident Committed company, so we work to provide facilities, work environment adjustments and technical solutions to be as inclusive of everyone.
While it doesnt happen often, sometimes a role is very popular, and well need to close it earlier than the date weve shown here. If youre keen to join our team, wed love to hear from you so please apply as soon as you can.
To find out more about HCRG Care Group, please visit https://www.hcrgcaregroup.com/about-us-2
Job description
Job responsibilities
The Ideal Candidate
To succeed in this role, candidates should meet the following essential and desirable criteria, demonstrating both technical expertise and strong interpersonal skills:
Essential
Technical
- Minimum AAT qualified with extensive experience in a similar role
- Experience of accounts preparation from TB to final accounts
- Advanced Microsoft Excel user
- Fully IT literate, able to adopt new systems with ease
- Driving license and access to car
Capabilities
- Positive attitude and ability to work in a team
- Ability to prioritise and work under pressure of tight deadlines
- Ability to work in a dynamic reporting environment and adapt to change
- Confidence to challenge operational management when appropriate
- Ability to build strong relationships with site based operational contacts
- Must be able to clearly explain/interpret complex financial issue to non-financial operational contacts
Desirable
- Relevant systems experience (Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central, Proactis, iTrent)
- NHS/Care sector experience
Please see attached Job Description for full Personal Specification.
Package Description
As a Management Accountant at HCRG Care Group, you will play a pivotal role in our Finance team.In addition to this impactful position, you will have access to a range of exclusive rewards and benefits, including:
- Salary of between £40,000 - £45,000 with group pension
- Membership of My Reward Hub, giving you access to discounts on every day purchases like grocery shopping as well as cashback and voucher offers for treats for you and those special to you
- Access to your wages as you earn them to help cover lifes emergencies and avoid overdraft fees or high interest rates
- Online and face to face help with your mental and physical wellbeing from healthy recipes and activity challenges through to post trauma support, legal, debt and life management help, as well career coaching and counselling
- Access to eLearning, bespoke career pathways and opportunities for continuing professional development through our Outstanding learning and development team, The Learning Enterprise
- An open, just culture where youre encouraged to have and implement ideas which can help us deliver our purpose: changing lives through transforming health and care backed up by at least £100,000 of ringfenced innovation funding each year
- The pride of working for an organisation committed to the highest clinical and quality standards: with a majority of our rated services holding good or outstanding ratings from the Care Quality Commission
Job description
Job responsibilities
The Ideal Candidate
To succeed in this role, candidates should meet the following essential and desirable criteria, demonstrating both technical expertise and strong interpersonal skills:
Essential
Technical
- Minimum AAT qualified with extensive experience in a similar role
- Experience of accounts preparation from TB to final accounts
- Advanced Microsoft Excel user
- Fully IT literate, able to adopt new systems with ease
- Driving license and access to car
Capabilities
- Positive attitude and ability to work in a team
- Ability to prioritise and work under pressure of tight deadlines
- Ability to work in a dynamic reporting environment and adapt to change
- Confidence to challenge operational management when appropriate
- Ability to build strong relationships with site based operational contacts
- Must be able to clearly explain/interpret complex financial issue to non-financial operational contacts
Desirable
- Relevant systems experience (Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central, Proactis, iTrent)
- NHS/Care sector experience
Please see attached Job Description for full Personal Specification.
Package Description
As a Management Accountant at HCRG Care Group, you will play a pivotal role in our Finance team.In addition to this impactful position, you will have access to a range of exclusive rewards and benefits, including:
- Salary of between £40,000 - £45,000 with group pension
- Membership of My Reward Hub, giving you access to discounts on every day purchases like grocery shopping as well as cashback and voucher offers for treats for you and those special to you
- Access to your wages as you earn them to help cover lifes emergencies and avoid overdraft fees or high interest rates
- Online and face to face help with your mental and physical wellbeing from healthy recipes and activity challenges through to post trauma support, legal, debt and life management help, as well career coaching and counselling
- Access to eLearning, bespoke career pathways and opportunities for continuing professional development through our Outstanding learning and development team, The Learning Enterprise
- An open, just culture where youre encouraged to have and implement ideas which can help us deliver our purpose: changing lives through transforming health and care backed up by at least £100,000 of ringfenced innovation funding each year
- The pride of working for an organisation committed to the highest clinical and quality standards: with a majority of our rated services holding good or outstanding ratings from the Care Quality Commission
Person Specification
General Requirements
Essential
- Click Apply for this job above to view the Job Description on our career site
Desirable
- Click Apply for this job above to view the Job Description on our career site
Person Specification
General Requirements
Essential
- Click Apply for this job above to view the Job Description on our career site
Desirable
- Click Apply for this job above to view the Job Description on our career site
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.
