Job overview

The Management Accountant provides expert financial support for a defined portfolio of budgets, delivering accurate, timely management information, insightful analysis and robust financial control. The role partners with budget holders to plan, monitor and forecast resources, supports statutory and regulatory requirements, and drives continuous improvement so the ICB can make sound, value for money decisions that improve outcomes for our population.

Please note, this vacancy does not meet the criteria for skilled worker sponsorship and therefore, we are unable to accept applications from candidates that cannot provide documentary evidence of right to work in the United Kingdom.

Main duties of the job

•Ensures that financial information provided to others is accurate, timely and useful.

•Maintains, monitors and develops through the ledger, income and expenditure budgets.

•Produces ad-hoc reports and analysis as required and answers queries promptly and accurately.

•Prepares ad-hoc requests for invoices to be raised and ensures income is recorded accurately.

•Provides information to support the completion of annual financial and other external returns.

•Maintains the budget plan, reconciling it to the ledger in order to accurately illustrate budget movement.

•Assists with the preparation for budgetary meetings and may lead straightforward, routine meetings with budget holders.

•Writes and maintains procedures for own area of responsibility striving to improve them where appropriate.

•Actively supporting the ICB’s financial sustainability and delivery of statutory financial targets.

•Investigates variances on budgets and makes required budget or expenditure adjustments in accordance with established procedures and through engaging with budget holders.

•Assists in preparing information for business plans and for financial performance reporting as required.

Working for our organisation

We are committed to a culture that supports all staff at NHS Kent and Medway to be the best version of themselves.

Our ability to improve outcomes for our population depends on how effectively clinical, operational, financial and strategic professionals work together to make informed commissioning decisions. That’s why our workforce works a minimum of two days-a-week on-site, with the expectation that all one-to-ones are held face-to-face and that colleagues will regularly visit the services we are commissioning to understand more about them.

We believe regular on-site working supports stronger collaboration, faster problem-solving, peer learning, visible leadership and the integration of colleagues into our organisation. We also know that culture is built through shared experiences and day-to-day interactions.

We are a flexible working friendly organisation; we aim to support you to work flexibly in a way that will suit you and us.

We work with staff to agree objectives through regular supervision, annual appraisal and access to training opportunities.

We are committed to equal opportunities and diversity. In order to reflect the diversity of our population, we positively encourage applications from all areas of the community regardless of gender, race, faith, disability, age or sexual orientation.