Directorate Management Accountant

Directorate Management Accountant Overview

At Bedfordshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, we are dedicated to fostering an inclusive workplace and take pride in our supportive team environment. As a level 3 accredited One NHS Finance employer, we value our diverse workforce, and our finance professionals play a crucial role in addressing the financial challenges we face. We are excited to announce an opening for a dynamic and enthusiastic individual to join our Financial Management team as a Band 6 Directorate Management Accountant.

This position involves providing financial advice and management accounting support to various service lines within the Trust. The ideal candidate will possess NHS Finance experience and be either professionally qualified or working towards qualification. Strong personal attributes, including excellent communication skills and the ability to work collaboratively, are essential. The successful applicant will be self-motivated, energetic, and eager to contribute to service improvement through their skills.

Main Responsibilities

• Produce timely and accurate financial statements for directorates on a monthly basis.
• Support budget holders in managing their financial positions to help the Trust achieve its financial targets.
• Provide complex and sensitive financial information, requiring negotiation and persuasion skills.
• Assist in negotiations with NHS and external organizations regarding cost and service issues.
• Report the financial position of directorates to the Finance Manager for timely aggregation of the Trust’s financial status.
• Contribute to the directorate’s procurement strategy to minimize costs.
• Analyze complex financial trends and forecast expenditures, using initiative to make appropriate assumptions.
• Assist senior financial managers and clinicians with financial decision-making and risk mitigation through in-depth analysis.
• Prepare annual budgets for service planning and support budget holders during the budget-setting process.
• Monitor and control budgetary changes throughout the year and propose changes to control procedures affecting team members.
• Provide ad hoc support to the Finance Manager, Director of Finance, and other team members on cross-departmental projects.
• Coordinate the work of other staff members, allocate tasks, and deliver training to junior staff.

Qualifications and Experience

• Essential: Graduate or equivalent experience; part-qualified CCAB/CIMA or equivalent experience.
• Desirable: CCAB/CIMA qualified.
• Essential: Management accounting experience, including income and expenditure accounting and reporting.
• Essential: Experience in forecasting and analyzing financial trends.
• Desirable: Management accounts experience in an NHS provider and the ability to build effective working relationships with senior leaders.

Personal Skills

• Essential: Strong written and verbal communication skills; ability to explain financial information to non-finance professionals.
• Essential: Ability to prioritize both predictable and unpredictable workloads.
• Desirable: Good report writing skills and proficiency in Access database.

Other Skills

• Essential: Ability to plan, manage, and prioritize workloads effectively.
• Essential: Computer literacy with good spreadsheet skills and knowledge of general ledger systems.

This role is subject to a Disclosure and Barring Service Check, and all new staff will undergo a probationary period of six months. Travel between hospital sites may be required.

For further inquiries about this position, please contact Finance Manager Mohammed Furkaan at [email protected] or call 01234355122.

Degree Requirement: Not Specified

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