Job summary
- Main area
- Finance
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 3
- Contract
- 23 months (Fixed Term/Secondment)
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 432-HR1577-24
- Employer
- East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Colchester Hospital / Working from home
- Town
- Colchester
- Salary
- £24,071 - £25,674 per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 14/11/2024 23:59
Employer heading
Assistant Management Accountant
NHS AfC: Band 3
We are one of the largest NHS organisation in England. Our scale provides exciting opportunities for development, innovation, research, education and training.
Talk to us about our range of flexible working opportunities, apprenticeships and staff benefits
Equality Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) is at the heart of all we do; and it forms part of the ESNEFT’s core activities. The Trust operates and relies on everyone treating each other with dignity and respect, to receive equitable and fair treatment in the implementation of Policies, Procedures and in its Practices, to foster positive work relationships, and finally to act with integrity as a professional within ESNEFT as well as a representative of the NHS as a whole. The EDI Agenda reflects the Trust values such as Optimistic, Appreciative and Kind. In line with the NHS Long Term Plan, People Plan, People Promise and a Model Employer intrinsic in the Equality Diversity and Inclusion Agenda, we consistently strive to improve, to take the learning into Action for a better ESNEFT.
If you are passionate about patient care and want to develop your skills and knowledge then we are keen to hear from you.
Job overview
We have an exciting opportunity for an enthusiastic, well-motivated individual to join our department.
Working within the Financial Management Team predominately working from home, but with regular site working at Colchester or Ipswich Hospital. You will assist in the provision of management accounting information and assist with financial advice to a number of Service Areas within the Trust.
You must be educated to GCSE level or equivalent. A sound knowledge of Microsoft Excel spreadsheets will be necessary and experience of computerised financial systems would be desirable. In addition, the ability to work to strict deadlines and provide clear and concise financial information and advice to non-financial managers is essential.
This position is well suited to someone keen to develop their management accounting skills within an NHS environment.
We would welcome applications from College / School leavers who have a keen interest within finance. There is also an opportunity to undertake an Accounting Apprenticeship as part of this role.
This position is Fixed Term/Secondment until the 5th October 2026
Main duties of the job
- As part of the Management Accounts team assist in the provision of financial support and advice to Directorates.
- Ensure that all work is completed in line with Trust deadlines.
- Investigate and analyse monthly variances
- Assist in the formulation of annual budgets by using appropriate spreadsheets to calculate pay budgets and correctly input onto the financial system
Working for our organisation
We are ESNEFT and we provide hospital and community health services to almost one million people across east Suffolk and north Essex. Our dedicated staff deliver care from acute hospitals in Colchester and Ipswich, community hospitals, surgeries, community clinics and in patients’ own homes.
We are one of the largest NHS organisations in England, employing more than 12,000 staff.
We pride ourselves on supporting our staff. We offer a wide range of training and development opportunities, as well as flexible working options.
Along with supporting you to achieve your career goals we offer a generous pension scheme, unsocial hours payments (where applicable), 27 days annual leave on commencement (pro rata) and access to a range of NHS discounts. Our Staff Health and Wellbeing programme offer a variety of services.
Our philosophy is that Time Matters to everyone. Across the Trust, we concentrate on improving the things we do and removing those which cause time delays for our staff and patients.
We are investing in our commitment to Time Matters with a partnership with leading electronic patient record (EPR) supplier Epic. This digital transformation will bring what’s widely regarded as the world’s best EPR system to ESNEFT, transforming life in hospital for staff and patients.
If you are passionate about patient care and want to develop your skills and knowledge, then we want to hear from you.
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Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Key Responsibilities:
Manage own workload
- Responsible for maintaining staff list data for all cost centres.
- Responsible for checking payroll data and production of code correction journals.
- Raise all accruals and prepayment journals as appropriate and then be responsible for the input of them onto the financial ledger.
- Be responsible for the raising of invoices to ensure the correct level of income is received to aid the trust cash flow position.
Service Delivery and Improvement
- Ensure the efficient organisation of corporate services within department, making best use of capacity to deliver activity within the terms of the Trust Service Level Agreements (SLAs) and with cost effective utilisation of staff and non-pay resources
- To provide training for non-financial managers, as new budget holders, as and when required with supervision where necessary.
- To regularly review and update appropriate procedures in order to improve the efficiency of the team.
- Contribute to the development of all team practices by adapting and improving systems to enable the team to operate efficiently and meet all trust targets and deadlines.
Financial and Performance Management
- Provide proactive financial and performance management advice to budget holders and managers for a defined portfolio of budgets.
- Production of monthly comparative finance and performance management statements in line with the laid down timetables and investigate variances arising there from.
- Assist with the formulation of annual budgets for a defined budget portfolio.
- Support the Management Accountant to ensure that the Trust budgets are prepared in accordance with the agreed timetable.
- Support the on-going review of the budgetary control process.
- Present and agree all changes, within current budgets, with budget holders, and review where necessary.
- Ensure that budgets are managed in accordance with the Trust’s Standing Financial Instructions, working collaboratively with the Finance lead, taking action where necessary to prevent or address variance in performance, and to incorporate recommendations of internal and external audit
- To support the maintenance and development of computing applications, including the financial information system.
For full details of the responsibilities and duties of this role please see the attached job description.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Educated to GCSE or A Level (incl GCSE Maths and English) or equivalent
Desirable criteria
- Studying for a Full Professional Qualification
- AAT Intermediate level or equivalent experience
Experience
Essential criteria
- Use of computerised systems
Desirable criteria
- Management accounts experience
- Awareness of Current NHS Trust financial regime in relation to Financial Management
Knowledge and Skills
Essential criteria
- The Ability to analyse and interpret basic performance and financial information
- IT skills, particularly with Excel
- The ability to communicate effectively with a varied range of people and professionals
- Good communication skills both written and verbal
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Chris Hillman
- Job title
- Management Accountant
- Email address
- [email protected]
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