Management Accountant - Stockton-on-Tees
If you share our passion then apply for this opportunity and help us make our patients’ experience the best it can possibly be.
With a budget of around £365m, three hospitals and 5,500 staff, North Tees and Hartlepool NHS Foundation Trust provides hospital-based services to the population of Hartlepool, Stockton on Tees and parts of East Durham and Sedgefield as well as community, therapeutic and screening to a wider population across Durham and Teesside.
Job overview
*advert may close early once sufficient number of applications is reached*
Are you an AAT part-qualified accounting technician with experience in financial management looking for a fresh and exciting new challenge?
We have an exciting opportunity in our newly restructured, award winning Financial Management team supporting a £365m turnover high performing Foundation Trust. To deliver our strategy, we are looking for a Management Accountant to support the delivery of our monthly management accounts across one of our clinical Care Groups.
You will be a key part of the finance team providing financial stewardship to the organisation and supporting the achievement of the finance team vision.
We are seeking applications from individuals who have the drive, passion and ability to make a difference. If you believe you can offer this then we would like to hear from you.
Main duties of the job
An Excellent opportunity is available to support the Financial Management team reporting to the Deputy Finance Business Partner.
The post holder, with support of the team, will be responsible for Care Group budgets and providing support to budget holders to ensure information and data is accurate and up to date.
Responsible for ensuring accuracy within the General Ledger and associated financial systems in order to improve the level of services (quality, relevance, accuracy and timeliness of information) and increased efficiency to allow the Care Group to manage their budgets and deliver the FT financial regime.
Working for our organisation
At North Tees & Hartlepool NHS Foundation Trust our main priority is, and always will be, to provide safe and high quality care to our patients every day; the kind of care we would want for ourselves and our loved ones.
We want our organisation to be the best place to work with the right staff, in the right roles, at the right time, to ensure we deliver exceptional patient care and experience.
We will support staff through providing an inclusive and supportive workplace with health and well-being initiatives, staff benefits and opportunities for personal and professional development. Staff recognition is very important to us; as well as performance reviews and appraisals, we recognise staff through Star and Team of the month, colleague recognition – a note of thanks, Managers Awards, Shining Stars and Service Awards.
We actively encourage staff involvement with staff networking events and staff survey
“Together we are North Tees & Hartlepool”
Detailed job description and main responsibilities- In conjunction with the Deputy FBP maintaining and developing the range and scope of Care Group budget reports, Directorate summaries and accompanying reports and analysis for the Care Group. Ensuring accuracy, quality and that reports are available in accordance with the reporting timetable and within accepted professional standards.
- To be responsible for the preparation and completion of journals, budget amendments etc, on a monthly basis.
- Assist in maintaining the budgeting system to produce annual staff budgets, reconciliation of all budgets, and the inputting of all budgets into the General Ledger.
- Assist in maintaining and developing the General Ledger system, report writing using Oracle Discoverer and other analysis packages.
- Supporting and advising the Deputy FBP and Care Group in the following areas:
- Investigation of budget variances in relation to income, pay, non pay and recharges, and taking appropriate action where necessary.
- Produce activity statistics to link with financial information for the production of performance management data for discussion with operational management.
- Liaise with HR and Payroll to maintain the integrity of the systems.
- Attend regular meetings with operational management to inform them of the financial position and address any queries raised.
- To look and advise on opportunities to contain costs increase income and identify cost improvements.
- Vetting of requisitions in the Cardea system under protocols decided by the Deputy FBP.
- Provide information and support in the production of reference costs and annual accounts.
- Maintaining accurate and up to date establishment records to discuss these with operational management to ensure pay expenditure remains within budgeted establishment.
- Ensuring all work and contact with third parties is to professional standards, and that full regard is given to confidentiality.
- Other ad hoc duties as and when requested by the Deputy FBP or by managers within Finance.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria- AAT Part- Qualified and minimum of 2 years’ experience in financial management.
- AAT Qualified
- NHS experience
Skills
Essential criteria- Good computer skills with experience of Microsoft office particularly MS Excel. Ability to input into and interrogate the finance general ledger to obtain standard and ad hoc reports, provide working papers and audit trails and understand documentation for month end. Ability to provide and receive complex financial information to/from financial and non-financial staff orally, in writing or electronically in a professional manner. Ability to work under pressure and flexibly to deal with changing priorities and tight deadlines. Must have excellent prioritisation and organisational skills. Must possess good analytical skills Must have excellent verbal and written communication skills. Ability to raise invoices, record and monitor income and understand aged debt and follow up actions required. Knowledge of calculating and analysing budget statements and variances.
- Ability to input into and interrogate the finance general ledger to obtain standard and ad hoc reports, provide working papers and audit trails and understand documentation for month end.
- Ability to provide and receive complex financial information to/from financial and non-financial staff orally, in writing or electronically in a professional manner
- Ability to work under pressure and flexibly to deal with changing priorities and tight deadlines
- Must have excellent prioritisation and organisational skills.
- Knowledge of Oracle Cloud
- Knowledge of Standing Financial Instructions, standing orders and schemes of delegation.
- Knowledge of Payment by results
- Knowledge of calculating and processing tax, NI, superannuation and VAT.
- Knowledge of the management, monitoring and reporting of service agreements.
**Please note - Once sufficient applications have been received this vacancy may close early**
Please check your email address on a regular basis as applicants invited to attend an interview will be notified via this method.
As part of our recruitment process, you will be required to undertake pre-employment screening: Disclosure and Barring Scheme (previously Criminal Records Bureau)
Where a post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 it may be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Scheme to check for any previous criminal convictions. Should you require a copy of the Trust's Disclosure and Barring Service Policy, please contact a member of the recruitment team on 01642 624023.
It is the policy of North Tees and Hartlepool NHS Foundation Trust that all successful candidates who are new to the Trust who require DBS clearance for the post they have been offered, are required to pay the cost for their DBS certificate.The method of payment for this is via salary deduction from your first month's pay on commencement with the Trust.
Please note the essential qualifications required for the post outlined within the Person Specification. You are required to hold and provide evidence of the necessary qualifications for the post at interview should you be shortlisted.
For any new employees commencing employment with North Tees and Hartlepool NHS Foundation Trust , you will be subject to satisfactory completion of a 6 month probationary period. Please note that internal applications and individuals that are appointed to fixed term appointments of less than 6 months duration are exempt from the probationary period (unless you are an internal applicant currently part way through a probationary period or a bank member of staff).
As part of our pre-employment screening process, all applicants are required to provide references covering their last three years employment history. Applicants are requested to ensure e-mail addresses for all referees are included on their application form.Personal references are not acceptable.
If the hours advertised for the post are up to full time (37.5 hours per week), applications are still welcomed from individuals who may be seeking to work less than full-time hours and all requests will be considered in line with the post being appointed to for the successful applicant.
North Tees & Hartlepool NHS Foundation Trust operates a No Smoking Policy.
If you experience any technical difficulties applying for this post please contact a member of our recruitment team on 01642 624023 quoting the vacancy reference.
Equal Opportunities
The details in the Monitoring Information section of your application will be used for monitoring our recruitment process and will not be seen by the interview panel. The information you give will be treated in the strictest confidence. To meet its commitment to promoting equality of opportunity, the Trust’s policy is that individuals will be recruited, trained and promoted according to ability and job requirements only.As such we welcome your application irrespective of your gender, race, disability, colour, ethnic or national origin, and nationality, and marital status, responsibility for dependants, religion, trade union activity and age.
Disability
The Trust gives full and fair consideration to applications for employment received from disabled people. We are a “Positive about Disabled People” employer, and we hold the ‘two ticks’ Disability Symbol, which is a recognition given by Jobcentre Plus to employers who have agreed to meet five commitments regarding the recruitment, employment, retention and career development of disabled people.If you have a disability, which makes it difficult for you to complete our application form, please do not hesitate to contact the recruitment team on 01642 624023.
Armed Forces Covenant
As a supporter of the Armed Forces and an employer of Reservists, North Tees and Hartlepool NHS Foundation Trust are proud to be a signatory of the Armed Forces Covenant, which is a promise by the nation to ensure that those who serve or who have served in the UK Armed Forces (and their families) are treated fairly.
We recognise that reservists and veterans bring a variety of transferable skills and qualities to our workplace, developed through their military careers. Our commitment to supporting the Armed Forces Community has been recognised through the Armed Forces Covenant as a Silver Employer.
What does this mean?
We proactively demonstrate our forces-friendly credentials within our recruitment and selection processes, by having a Guaranteed Interview Scheme for those indicated as part of the Armed Forces Community. We engage with our local and regional Career Transition Partnership representatives and are a member of Step Into Health.We employ veterans and reservists from differing branches of the Armed Forces and actively promote our positive policies for the Armed Forces Community, including our Special Leave policy. We advocate support for defence people issues, including facilitating easier access to Healthcare Services for our patients within the AF Community.
We have supported employees through Reservist training, through additional leave for their training and ongoing support under our Special Leave policy.