Management Accountant in Walsall

Working as part of a team, the post holder will assist in completing the monthly management accounting processes. The post holder will provide financial support and advice to specified departments, including advising a range of budget holders, e.g., Department Heads.

The Management Accountant will be part of a finance team responsible for financial advice, financial information, and other financial input (e.g., business planning, service level agreements, costing, and market testing) to a range of clinical and support services. In addition, they will assist in specific Trust-wide projects where the work cannot be divided into separate teams due to the necessity for a single and consistent output and approach.

To undertake, delegate and supervise tasks as part of the monthly management accounting cycle, within specified criteria and deadlines.

• Ensure procedure notes for junior staff are clearly documented and revised on a timely basis, and that correct accounting treatment is understood and applied.
• Interrogate all financial ledgers and Payroll systems and use, design and format spreadsheets and databases in order to analyse, interpret and present information.
• Take responsibility for preparing monthly budget reports, ensuring all jobs are complete and reports are as up to date and accurate as possible.
• Prepare variance analysis and investigate variances on budget reports and take corrective action where necessary.
• Present detailed variance analysis to the Deputy Divisional Business Accountant.
• Meet with budget holders on a monthly basis to explain and discuss the financial position.
• Appraise the Deputy Divisional Business Accountant of any concerns/issues regarding financial objectives being met.
• Contribute to the ongoing training and support to budget holders in understanding and making the best use of their budget reports.
• Advise budget holders on a wide range of financial issues, including identifying cost improvement targets, income generation, costing of rebased establishments, and financial management.
• Ensure that all financial proposals have been accurately costed, and that the department is aware of the full implications of the proposals.
• Prepare year-end financial forecasts for Departmental budgets incorporating all known and potential financial issues.
• Discuss and agree resultant figures with budget holders and Senior Management Accountant/Deputy Divisional Business Accountant.
• Contribute towards the annual Trust business planning and budget setting process.
• Investigate and respond to complex ad-hoc queries, both internally and externally, in an appropriate format and in a timely and accurate manner.
• Responsibility for specific projects within the team, or department wide, as directed by Senior Management Accountant/Deputy Divisional Business Accountant.
• Provision of detailed pay and non-pay costing information.
• Deal with ad-hoc financial coding queries and amendments.
• Responsibility for ensuring the team year-end control account codes are fully reconciled and have supporting information.
• Support the Management Accountancy Assistant where required.

Essential Qualifications:

• AAT
• GCSE maths
• GCSE English
• Professional Accounting qualification

Experience:

• Previous experience of working in a finance role and using financial ledger packages.
• Computer literacy, with competent use of Excel spreadsheets.
• Ability to work to own initiative on a regular basis and prioritise workloads.
• NHS Experience
• Ability to work flexibly in order to meet deadlines.

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 to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications.