Management Accounts Assistant - Southend-on-Sea

Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust is now one of the largest trusts in the country, serving a population of 1.2 million people comprising acute hospital sites at Broomfield in Chelmsford, Basildon and Southend.

We are a well-led, high-performing and innovative organisation determined to provide the best health care services for our local population and working in the best interests of the people we serve.

Job overview

We are looking for a Management Accounts Assistant to join our busy but friendly finance team.

You will be required to deliver complex financial information on a regular basis and will often have to manage difficult situations with budget holders where they need to change expectations about what is deliverable.

You will liaise with and manage output from Financial Services daily. Communication is across the whole Trust with customers (budget holders), with the other finance teams, with managers in internal departments (e.g. HR) and with Clinical Directorates. Externally the post holder will liaise with auditors, suppliers, other NHS Trusts and CCGs on a regular basis

So if this sounds like the right role for you apply today.

Main duties of the job

If successful some of your duties will be:

Preparing, calculating, planning and monitoring complex information (using Excel spreadsheets and other Microsoft programs), ensuring the accurate input of data and coding of transactions.

Planning, overseeing and coordinating the production of complex monthly financial reports to an agreed timetable.

Providing complex financial information and analysis, producing reports and ensuring that all systems and processes are up to date and accurate in order to assist with the various year-end accounting activities.

Attend meetings in support of the Financial Management Reporting team as required.

Working for our organisation

With a workforce of approximately 15,000 staff, we can now do more and go further in delivering health services to our local communities.

Our ambition is to deliver excellent local and specialist services, to improve the health and wellbeing of our patients, and provide a vibrant place for staff to develop, innovate and build careers.

Patients will experience improved care as well as fewer delays and cancellations. We are able to provide more once-in-a-lifetime specialist care region-wide. With our new trust size will come more opportunities for development, research, networking and innovation.

We aim to make the most of our skills and experiences so we can become the best we can be. As one organisation we will recruit the finest and retain more specialist staff due to more employment opportunities across our Trust.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

For more information of this interesting role, please see attached job description.

We look forward to receiving your application.

Person specification

Qualifications

• Good level of general education i.e. GSCE Maths and English Grade C+
• AAT Level 3

• AAT Level 4

Experience

• Demonstrable Finance Experience with detailed knowledge of reconciliations, double entry booking keeping, financial systems including budgeting processes etc.

• NHS Finance Experience

Please be aware as per the new Immigration guidelines we cannot sponsor candidates with a salary (full time or pro Rata) under the current minimum threshold.