Job summary
- Main area
- Finance
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 7
- Contract
- Fixed term: 12 months (Maternity Cover)
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 990-SE-6615898-E
- Employer
- NHS England
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Premier House
- Town
- Reading
- Salary
- £46,148 - £52,809 per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 29/09/2024 23:59
Employer heading
Accounting Manager
NHS AfC: Band 7
Our Organisation
The NHS is building a culture that is positive, compassionate and inclusive – and we all have our part to play.
As employers we are committed to protecting and promoting the physical and mental health and wellbeing of all our colleagues. This underpins our values as set out in the NHS Constitution and supports us to be an Employer of Choice, while helping our colleagues to deliver high quality services for our patients and communities.
As a flexible employer, we want to support you to work in a way that is best for the NHS, our patients and you. Talk to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement whether that’s a job share, part time, hybrid working or another flexible pattern. In addition, although the role advertised may have a ‘home’ office base indicated, we remain committed to supporting flexibility around workplace locations. If it works for the service, we will do our best to make it work for you.
Job overview
Please note that the reason for the Fixed Term of this contract is to cover Maternity leave.
The Accounting Manager is primarily a management accounting role within the South East Region Financial reporting and Analysis team. The role requires preparation of the monthly management accounts and Budget management support for the WT&E, Finance, PHE and Corporate office Directorates within the region.
Main duties of the job
- uploading journals into Oracle including - Coding corrections, Accruals, budgets and forecasts
- Updating Running cost Trackers for individual cost centres in liaison with the relevant Budget managers to ensure Budgetary control is maintained - Actual spend, forecast spend, Employee details - both pay and non-pay - flagging any variances to Budget managers and to Finance line managers in a timely manner.
- Supporting Budget managers to manage staff vacancies and approving budget availability for recruitment via the regional Establishment control processes.
- Following the month end timetable and ensuring deadlines are met
- Answering Budget holder queries including p/order and invoices raised on the Oracle system.
- Managing the quarterly WT&E Education funding agreement process to ensure accurate and timely payments to NHS Trusts/FTs by working in collaboration with the national WT&E team.
- Holding monthly Budget holder meetings to present and run through the Running cost trackers and use this intelligence to keep the trackers up to date and relevant.
- Other Ad-hoc/Data cleanse/Data collection or analysis as requested by the Senior Finance Manager or Deputy Director of Finance to support the Regional finance team.
- Support the Regional finance team with the implementation and changeover from Oracle ISFE1 to Oracle ISFE2 leading up to and during "go live" on 1st April 24.
Working for our organisation
The NHS England board have set out the top-level purpose for the new organisation to lead the NHS in England to deliver high-quality services for all, which will inform the detailed design work and we will achieve this purpose by:
- Enabling local systems and providers to improve the health of their people and patients and reduce health inequalities.
- Making the NHS a great place to work, where our people can make a difference and achieve their potential.
- Working collaboratively to ensure our healthcare workforce has the right knowledge, skills, values and behaviours to deliver accessible, compassionate care
- Optimising the use of digital technology, research, and innovation
- Delivering value for money.
If you would like to know more or require further information, please visit https://www.england.nhs.uk/.
Colleagues with a contractual office base are expected to spend, on average, at least 40% of their time working in-person.
Staff recruited from outside the NHS will usually be appointed at the bottom of the pay band.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Applicants from within the NHS will be offered on a secondment basis only, agreement should be obtained from their employer prior to submitting the application.
You can find further details about the job, in the attached Job Description and other supporting documents.
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Secondments
Applicants from within the NHS will be offered on a secondment basis only, agreement should be obtained from their employer prior to submitting the application.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Working towards a CCAB qualification or equivalent Accounting qualification
Skills
Essential criteria
- Intermediate Excel skills
- Ability to work under pressure to tight deadlines and prioritise own workload across a range of responsibilities
Qualifications, Experience, Skills
Essential criteria
- At least 2 years experience of working within a finance environment, working in a complex area
- Experience and knowledge of NHS Finance
- Experience of working within Oracle accounting system
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Naomi Wyatt
- Job title
- Senior Finance Manager
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 07900715260
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