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Within the Management Accounts team most duties and responsibilities fall under one of these five main categories: Financial Reporting, Financial Planning, Income and Expenditure, Customer Service, and Management; any additional items particular to the role are listed under Other. For this role, the main duties and responsibilities within the categories are:
1. Financial Reporting (including Month End, Year End and other reporting)
a. The Finance Manager is accountable for month end reporting for their area including:
i. Assurance that all accruals have been completed accurately and on 
time, with any areas of risk identified
ii. Specific assurance that the method of accrual for Secondary 
Commissioning is appropriate and accurate, with any risks identified
iii. Completion of summary Variance Analysis for the month including 
narrative commentary (i.e. words as well as numbers), particularly for 
Secondary Commissioning
iv. Ensuring any Prior Year accruals are utilised appropriately and that 
accurate summaries of remaining balances are available
b. Resolution of queries raised by more junior staff during the accruals process
c. Accountable for the completion of yearend accruals for the area, ensuring appropriate evidence is available
d. Completion of the Flash Forecast or similar for the area e.g. for Secondary Commissioning
e. Other ad-hoc reports as requested by budget holders or as required to deal proactively with issues arising
f. Completion of report on own area, and of any sections for SBU reporting as requested by Finance Business Partner
2. Financial Planning (including budget setting and forecasting)
a. The Finance Manager is responsible for the overall budgets set for their area to include:
i. Assurance that pay and non-pay budgets including Secondary 
Commissioning have been set accurately and appropriately
ii. Resolution of risks and issues as part of the budget setting process, 
highlighting any remaining risks or unresolved issues to the Finance 
Business Partner
iii. Specifically ensuring that all current spend is budgeted for the 
following year or if that is not possible flagging this as an issue
iv. Ensuring budgets are signed off by the relevant operational managers 
and that budget is uploaded to the ledger for the new financial year
b. Forecasting for own area and highlighting any items which will have an effect on the future financial position
c. Proactively reviewing and if possible revising budgets during the year, based on performance
d. Supervision of changes to the ledger in relation to approved changes to 
budget
3. Income and Expenditure Activities (including Workforce)
a. Ensuring that any invoices for income within own area, including Block 
Contracts, Cost and Volume, Non-Contract Income, and any invoices 
whether regular or ad-hoc, are raised in a timely manner; paying particular attention to the cash flow impact of large invoices, and also NHS rules on 
when invoices must be raised by
b. Take a lead role on income Trust-wide including ensuring that all invoices are raised appropriately and in a timely manner; advise on any risks to income; liaise with Accounts Receivable regarding any debts; maintain an Income Register and ensure this is completed accurately but all involved in raising invoices
c. Ensuring the TRAC authorisation is completed promptly for own area (within 
2 working days if routine), advising the Management Accountant as 
appropriate and raising / resolving queries as applicable. This should 
include proactive vacancy management e.g. questioning any unadvertised 
vacancies, supporting the Recruitment at Risk process if necessary for areas of high turnover
d. Ensuring the ESR Payroll system is accurate for the budget (establishment) side, including attendance at Establishment Control meetings, liaison with budget holders, HR Business Partners, and the Workforce Intelligence Team; that other issues are being dealt with by HR
e. Take a lead on particular schemes within the Trust’s Delivering Value 
Programme (or other equivalent savings programme), proactively working 
with senior leaders to drive through change; coming up with ideas from own sphere of knowledge or through review of benchmarking such as the Model Hospital; monitor performance of the programme for own area
4. Customer Service & Support (both internal to department and organisation, and external)
a. Act as first point of contact for senior managers for own area, resolving 
queries, including liaison with other parties including commissioners; 
proactively liaise with senior managers regarding key financial issues
b. Providing training and support to budget holders with the ability to facilitate large groups where necessary
c. Ensuring that responses to the generic email box are being sent promptly and appropriately, assisting with queries where necessary
d. Ensuring all calls and emails are responded to promptly
5. Management
a. May line manage Management Accountant or Senior Management 
Accountant including taking part in recruitment, carrying out supervision, 
appraisal and where necessary any attendance management or disciplinary functions
b. Closely involved in training and supporting other staff, particularly 
Management Accountants
6. Other
a. It is expected that the post holder will meet with budget holders on a regular basis, proactively arranging to discuss financial issues; some can be undertaken by phone or web, but actual visits are also necessary. 
b. Deputises for Finance Business Partner on a regular basis
c. Complex costings and financial modelling, including completion of 
calculations for bids
d. Understands and utilises the shift calculator model and the various external models such as “Keith Hurst”
e. Works within a mini-team of Finance Business Partner, Finance Manager, Management Accountant plus junior support, proactively ensuring that cross cover can always be provided