Trainee Management Accountant - Apprenticeship/Developmental Role

Trainee Management Accountant – Apprenticeship/Developmental Role

Our Trust cares for more than 100,000 patients at any one time across our community health, mental health and learning disability services across Essex and parts of Bedfordshire and Suffolk.

We want you to be part of our journey of transformation, where our patients and their families are at the heart of everything we do and to achieve our vision to be the leading health and wellbeing service in the provision of mental health and community care.

You\’ll be part of a Trust where you will be supported to be your authentic self and be the best you can be, where we will help you to grow, develop and thrive.

The Trust is recognised by the University of Essex and is a top provider of apprenticeships for people looking to be an assistant practitioner, senior health care support worker (CAP). Our trailblazing CAP apprenticeship won a national HSJ Award.

We are also recognised as a Veteran Aware Trust and holder of gold accreditation from the Ministry of Defence Employment Recognition Scheme. Our services are highlighted as an exemplar of good practice, producing the best care for more than 3.500 armed forces veterans in the past seven years.

We have been shortlisted and won national awards. We are an inclusive organisation and Level 3 Disability Confident Leader Trust.

We are constantly innovating and looking for new ways to deliver care, such as using technology to enhance patient care and working with partners to launch new services such as the Basildon Mental Health Urgent Care Department, virtual hospitals and falls response cars.

Join us and you\’ll do the best work of your life – and make a difference to other people\’s lives. What we do together, matters.

Job overview

An exciting opportunity has arisen within the EPUT Finance team for a Trainee Management Accountant. The successful post holder will be required to enrol onto an AAT Accountancy Apprenticeship once the 3 month probation period has been passed and completed.

ROLE SUMMARY

• To assist with the provision of a comprehensive financial management service to clinical and/or corporate managers within one or more directorates. This will involve working closely with budget managers to provide financial management advice and support using information produced by the management accounting team.

• The trainee management accountant is part of a team providing support to one or more Executive Directors. Within this larger team, the trainee management accountant works with either the senior management accountant providing financial management information and advice to a defined group of budget holders.

Main duties of the job

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

• To assist the senior management accountant in the production of monthly budget reports for services within one or more directorates, ensuring that the monthly reporting timetable is achieved, the data within the reports is accurate and correctly takes account of all appropriate accruals and pre-payments. This will include reconciling budget movements, monitoring savings plans, and identifying and investigating variances.

Working for our organisation

EPUT are looking for motivated staff who shares our Trust values of Care, Learn and Empower. In return, EPUT can offer you a range of benefits and development including;

• Season Ticket Loans
• NHS discounts for staff
• Excellent Training facilities and opportunities
• Buying and Selling annual leave scheme
• The opportunity to work bank shifts and expand knowledge and experience in other areas
• Salary Sacrifice schemes including lease cars and Cycle to Work
• Day One Flexible Employer

The Trust supports and actively encourages flexible working for all employees. We offer many options and you are encouraged to ask the recruiting manager what is possible for this role. If appointed, you will have the opportunity to apply for a flexible working request from the first day of your employment

Join our Staff bank

What is Staff Bank?

Our EPUT NHS staff bank is an entity managed by the trust that hires clinical and non-clinical healthcare professionals to take on shifts at our trust hospitals and community settings. Here at EPUT we maintain our own bank of specialist staff to ensure that we are able offer safe and effective care at all times.

All our permanent staff are automatically enrolled onto the staff bank however this does not mean you have to work any additional shifts, but the option is there for you if you wish.

If you are joining our Trust in a fixed term role, please indicate on your New Starter Paperwork that you wish to join our staff bank.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities
• Prepare and input journals to correct coding errors, enter monthly commitments and pre-payments ensuring appropriate supporting information is provided and transactions are correctly authorised

• Prepare and input budget virements ensuring that the trust virement policy and procedures are adhered to.

• To liaise with the purchasing department and ensure all non-stock requisitions are appropriately coded by Management Accounts and promptly returned to purchasing.

• Reconciliation and clearance of suspense accounts.

• Responsible for the maintenance of up to date budget managers lists.

• Accompany the senior management accountant to regular meetings with budget holders to discuss financial performance and to understand the reasons for any variances.

• Assist with the annual budget setting process, which will include costing an approved staffing establishment and maintaining budget working papers.

• Raise invoices for directorate income correctly and regularly. Provide appropriate and clear supporting information for charges.

• Understand and comply with key financial procedures and policies including Trust Standing Orders, Standing Financial Instructions and purchasing procedures

• Contribute to the production of the Trust Annual Accounts, completing working papers, analysis and returns as directed.

Person specification

Qualifications, Knowledge, Skills & Experience
Essential criteria

• GCSEs (or equivalent) in English and Maths Grade C/4 or above
• Committed to studying towards an accountancy qualification, e.g. Association of Accounting Technicians (AAT

Desirable criteria

• Proficient in use of IT software including spreadsheets, word processing and email

Skills/Experience
Essential criteria

• Able to work as part of a team and contribute to the achievement of team objectives
• Good communication skills
• Able to build good working relationships

Desirable criteria

• Excellent keyboard skills

Personal Qualities
Essential criteria

• Able and willing to learn new skills

Desirable criteria

• Current driving licence – Ability to travel across sites and across Trust boundaries to attend meetings, etc.

Important note: please ensure that as part of your application, you include professional references with business contact information covering your last three years of employment history. We are unable to accept personal or character references.

As a newly appointed employee, you are responsible for incurring the cost of your initial DBS check relevant to your post; the amount will be deducted from your first salary with the Trust.

Our Trust is an Equal Opportunities Employer. We particularly welcome applications from people with experience of using mental health services. We also hold the Disability two tick symbol and have made the pledge to commit to employing more people with learning disabilities, we encourage people with a disability to apply. If you require this application form in another format i.e. Braille or audio tape etc, please contact the Recruitment Department on 01375 364513 or email [email protected] and we can arrange for this to be dispatched to you.

The Trust has the right to expire vacancies prior to the closing date if they so wish. The Trust makes every attempt to contact all applicants and we strongly advise that you check the email account which is registered with NHS Jobs regularly, we would advise however due to the high number of applications we receive that if you have not heard from us within three weeks of the closing date your application has been unsuccessful on this occasion.

We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults, and expect all staff to undertake this commitment. Applicants will be subject to robust safer recruitment processes.

Important Notice: Recently the Health and Social Care Act 2008 (Regulated Activities) (Amendment) (Coronavirus) Regulations 2021 (the Regulations) which amended on 22 July 2021 and come into force on 11 November 2021 that anyone directly employed to work in a Care Home or who are required as part of their role to be deployed to a CQC registered care home are required to have had both their COVID vaccinations, unless they are exempt. This is therefore a requirement of this role and will form part of our pre-employment checks.

Please note – staff who are formally at risk within the organisation will be given priority in securing alternative employment. Should it come to light that a post being advertised by the Trust is considered \’suitable alternative employment\’ to an individual who is at risk, the recruiting manager will be advised and the post will be withdrawn from NHS Jobs.

Use of Artificial Intelligence (AI)

Applications for this role should be written by the applicant. If artificial intelligence (AI) programmes are used then the application may be rejected due to this document being an important part of the assessment process. This does not prevent applicants seeking appropriate support with applications should they need to for the purposes of any declared disability.

Employer certification / accreditation badges
Documents to download

• Job Description ( PDF , 696.5 KB )
• Person Specification ( PDF , 592.3 KB )
• EPUT Pledge – Step into Health ( PDF , 211.0 KB )
• Candidate Privacy Policy ( PDF , 336.6 KB )
• Right to Work Information ( PDF , 293.6 KB )
• Employer Recognition Scheme – Gold Award ( PDF , 27.7 KB )
• Trust Vision and Values ( PDF , 168.9 KB )
• Values of the NHS Pension ( PDF , 151.3 KB )

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