Assistant Management Accountant in Crawley

Band 5 NHS AFC £31,049 - £37,796 per annum
Based at Crawley HQ (with travel across the Trust)
An exciting opportunity to join a busy NHS Ambulance Service in our Finance Team as an Assistant Management Accountant to provide specialist finance and business advice, guidance and support to a range of Operations Managers and clinicians, assisting the Finance team in delivering a robust operational and financial management whilst improving cost effectiveness.

Please note we advise that you put forward your application as soon as possible, if we receive a high number of applications for this role, we will close the role early. Note: This vacancy is only open to employees of Sussex ICB, Surrey and Heartlands ICB, and Secamb. Applications from outside these organisations will not be considered.

The post holder will ensure the provision of an accurate and timely finance and management accounting information service to senior Finance managers. Provision of a finance information service to budget holders and maintenance of the Trust's budgetary systems. The post holder will be responsible for assisting the Finance Business Associates in providing financial support to the senior Finance team and budget holders to achieve financial control and effective budget management and to facilitate the delivery of the Trust's financial targets.

• Certificate level of recognised CCAB body or equivalent (eg: AAT Qualified) or educated to degree level in a relevant specialism
• Working with either Surrey ICB or Surrey and Heartlands ICB or Secamb
• Sound, demonstrable knowledge of financial and accounting procedures.

Why Work At South East Coast Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust? We offer:

• A minimum 27 days' holiday each year, increasing with service.
• Opportunity to join the NHS Pension Scheme
• Personal and professional development and training opportunities.
• Salary Sacrifice schemes for cars or push bikes
• Access to occupational health and counselling services.
• Access to NHS discounts, offering NHS employees a range of money-saving deals.

Ensuring accurate and timely monthly management accounting information is produced and clearly reported, with the key income and expenditure variances appropriately analysed and presented in a user-friendly manner so that the senior Finance team can effectively evaluate financial performance. Preparation of clear and accurate journal entries and workings which fully explain the reason for the journal. The identification of accruals and prepayments, adjusting via journals into the computerised ledger system and the investigation of variances and discrepancies, making appropriate budget, expenditure or income adjustments via journals. This will involve close liaison with budget holders (including monthly meetings) and a detailed understanding of the functioning of clinical and non-clinical services within the Trust. Maintenance of accurate working papers which provide clear backing for the monthly results. Discuss forecasting with the Budget Holder to emphasise on the over/under spend and where CIP can be taken off. Movement of Budgets, preparation of costing to be included in Budget virements for example CCP Budget realignment costed. Provide the required information for the annual statutory reporting process in compliance with the timetable, regulations and accounting standards and ensuring the completeness and accuracy of input.

Qualifications/ Training

• Certificate level of recognised CCAB body or equivalent (eg: AAT Qualified) or educated to degree level in a relevant specialism
• Studying for Diploma Qualification level of CCAB Accountancy body.

• Sound, demonstrable knowledge of financial and accounting procedures.
• Specialist knowledge of NHS financial frameworks relevant to the role.

• Previous experience of monitoring budgets and variance analysis
• Previous experience of data manipulation (with large data sets)
• Previous experience of working within the NHS, preferably within an NHS Foundation Trust

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.