Management Accountant
Barts Health is one of the largest NHS trusts in the country, and one of Britain’s leading healthcare providers.
The Barts Health group of NHS hospitals is entering an exciting new era on our improvement journey to becoming an outstanding organisation with a world-class clinical reputation. Having lifted ourselves out of special measures, we now have the impetus and breathing space to chart a fresh course in which we are continually striving to improve all our services for patients.
Our vision is to be a high-performing group of NHS hospitals, renowned for excellence and innovation, and providing safe and compassionate care to our patients in east London and beyond. That means being a provider of excellent patient safety, known for delivering consistently high standards of harm-free care and always caring for patients in the right place at the right time.It also means being an outstanding place to work, in which our WeCare values and behaviours are visible to all and guide us in how we work together.
Barts Health supports the Pregnancy Loss Pledge and commits to supporting their staff through the distress of miscarriage.
Job overview
Management Accountant - Band 5
Barts Health NHS Trust is one of Britain’s leading healthcare providers and the largest Trust in the NHS with a turnover of approximately £1.5 billion and 16,000 employees, serving a population of 2.5m in East London and beyond.
We offer a full portfolio of services and are home to some of Britain’s leading specialist centres including cancer, cardiac, trauma and emergency care, including the London air ambulance. We also have one of the UK’s busiest children’s hospitals, internationally renowned surgical facilities and the new Heart Centre.The vision is to create a world-class health organisation with an international reputation for excellence in patient care, research and education.
An opportunity has arisen for an enthusiastic and motivated individual to join the finance team. We are looking for a driven individual who is self-motivated, pro-active with excellent planning and Organisational skills. The post holder is required to have excellent verbal and written communication skills.Applicants must be committed to pursuing a CCAB Qualification.
You will be working at Canary Wharf and cross site at Whips Cross Hospital.
Main duties of the job
The post holder will support the Finance Manager and their deputy as well as service area teams, demonstrating accounting and business knowledge, analytical support and clear presentation of highly complex or contentious financial and business information to clinical and non-clinical colleagues.They will constructively and positively challenge all aspects of service area financial and business performance and financial management processes to ensure efficiency and effectiveness.
Through a team of accountants the post holder is required to produce monthly budget statements and financial reports for agreement with the HoF for presentation at service area board meetings and to feed into the Trust’s position for internal and external corporate reporting.
This is an excellent opportunity to join a finance team within a large, specialist and complex organisation with great opportunities for learning and development.
Working for our organisation
Barts Health is one of the largest NHS trusts in the country, and one of Britain’s leading healthcare providers.
The Barts Health group of NHS hospitals is entering an exciting new era on our improvement journey to becoming an outstanding organisation with a world-class clinical reputation. Having lifted ourselves out of special measures, we now have the impetus and breathing space to chart a fresh course in which we are continually striving to improve all our services for patients.
Our vision is to be a high-performing group of NHS hospitals, renowned for excellence and innovation, and providing safe and compassionate care to our patients in east London and beyond. That means being a provider of excellent patient safety, known for delivering consistently high standards of harm-free care and always caring for patients in the right place at the right time.It also means being an outstanding place to work, in which our WeCare values and behaviours are visible to all and guide us in how we work together.
We strive to live by our WeCare values and are committed to promoting inclusion, where every staff member has a sense of belonging. We value our differences and fully advocate, cultivate and support an inclusive working environment.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
For further information please contact:
Aftekhar Khan by email ([email protected])
The full job description provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role, and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience, and knowledge required. For both documents, please view the attachment/s below.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria- Educated to degree level or equivalent in experience
- SEE APPENDIX 1 for further clarification on which papers MUST be completed before applying for this role
- Willingness to work towards a CCAB qualification.
- Part-qualified CCAB or CIMA
Experience
Essential criteria- Experience of financial management using accounting principles
- Use of finance systems
- Experience of reconciliations, reporting, and monitoring processes while maintaining accurate and detailed records
- Experience working in financial management month end reporting
Knowledge
Essential criteria- Up to date knowledge of NHS Developments and Finance policicies
- Related knowledge about NHS funding and regulations (NHSI, NHSE, ICS, Local Authority)
Skills
Essential criteria- Able to produce financial statements and reports and ensure the Trust strict financial timetables are adhered to
- Highly competent in working with computerised financial systems and Microsoft Office (especially Excell and Outlook)
- Able to work with non-finance managers, act as 1st point of contact for budget control and management
- Explain and interpret financial information to non-finance managers
- Excellent numberical, written and verbal skills
- Excellent interpersonal and team player skills
- To have absolute confidence to produce monthly financial statements and reports and ensure the Trust strice financial timetables are adhered to
- Confident to work with and manipulate complex data for findings and useful information which inform decision making
- Act as 1st point of contact for budget control and management. Able to question, review and challenge non-financial managers
- Ability to produce narrative reports highlighting key financial issues
Other
Essential criteria- Ability to work under pressure and meet conflicting deadlines
- Evidence of a commitment to personal development
- Professional pro-active attitude and self-motivated
- Professional pro-active attitude and self-motivated
We aim to create an equitable working environment where every individual can fulfil their potential.
As an Equal Opportunities Employer we actively support applications from individuals’ who apply under the Guaranteed Interview Scheme and will process your application as appropriate.
We reserve the right to expire vacancies prior to the advertised closing date once a sufficient number of applications has been received and we regret that we are unable to provide notification if your application is unsuccessful.
After applying via NHS Jobs, your submitted application will be imported into our preferred Third party recruitment system. All subsequent information regarding your application will be generated from apps.trac.jobs.
By applying for this post you are agreeing to Barts Heath NHS Trust transferring the information contained in this application to its preferred applicant management system. If you are offered a job, information will also be transferred into the national NHS Electronic Staff Records system.
Barts Health is committed to safeguarding the welfare of children and to child protection. The Trust aims to ensure as far as is possible that anyone, paid or unpaid, who seeks to work in our organisation and who gains access to children, is safe to do so.As such, you may be required to undertake a Disclosure and Barring Check as part of the recruitment process if appointed to a post with direct access to children or vulnerable adults.