Job summary
- Main area
- Assistant Management Accountant
- Grade
- Band 4
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time
- Flexible working
- Job ref
- 423-6233950
- Employer
- Airedale NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Airedale General Hospital
- Town
- Steeton
- Salary
- £25,147 - £27,596 pro rata per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 06/05/2024 23:59
Employer heading
Assistant Management Accountant (Band 4)
Band 4
Be part of our future landscape
At Airedale, we are committed to promoting equality, diversity and inclusion. We actively encourage applications irrespective of people’s age, lived experience of living with a disability or long-term conditions, gender, race or ethnicity, religion or belief, sexual orientation, or other personal circumstances.
Increasing our diversity and supporting our organisation to be more inclusive is a key priority here at Airedale and our teams are at the centre of how we work towards this.
We appreciate all people may have diverse and individual needs and we pride ourselves on supporting all people to thrive and flourish at work. We have frameworks in place that support reasonable adjustments and flexible working for colleagues throughout their working lives which starts at recruitment.
These are exciting times for Airedale. We have the once-in-a-career opportunity to be involved in the planning and building of a completely new hospital here on our Steeton site by 2030. By joining us now you’ll be a key part of our journey over the next few years, with the chance to input into a state-of-the-art, modern healthcare facility that will deliver care to our communities for decades to come. We are also on the journey to a new electronic patient record, part of our wider ambition for our digital future – a future that builds on our significant telemedicine and digital care success. Ultimately, what makes Airedale special is our people. Not just our staff, but our volunteers, patients, visitors, and wider population who make up the Airedale family. This is a Trust that sits at the heart of our community, and our communities are very proud of their Trust.
Job overview
An opportunity has arisen to join our team as Assistant Management Accountant . We are looking for a dedicated and highly motivated individual to join the Financial Management team, working with the Medicine, Community and Therapies Financial Management Team, providing a comprehensive financial management and advice service.
The role is part of the Financial Management team, based at Airedale General Hospital. You will work as part of a close-knit finance and information team which provides support to empower Board and Trust leaders to make informed decisions on the future of the Trust.
The post holder will plan their own workload to ensure that monthly and annual deadlines are met to achieve the above working within the policies and procedures set within the department. The role includes a significant amount of non-routine tasks, and often tight and conflicting deadlines, so the post holder will need to be able to adapt to these work situations.
The role will require knowledge of accounting principles, good IT skills as keyboard use is a significant part of the role, an understanding of the internal management arrangements and strong communication skills.
Main duties of the job
The main duties of the Assistant Management Accountant include, but are not limited to:
- Assist the Finance Business Partner with the production of the monthly financial management information for the Medicine, Community and Therapies Division
- Assist in the production and investigation of monthly variance analysis
- Assist in the production of budgets / forecasts for specific areas of reporting
- Assist with the maintenance, input, updating and reconciliation of computerised budgetary control systems
- Provide financial training, advice, and support to ward / department managers in understanding and interpreting financial information
- Carry out complex calculations including those relating to maternity and sick leave
- Assist the Finance Business Partner with the production of ad-hoc financial reports for internal management decision making and external reporting
- Plan and organise processes and procedures to meet current and future needs
- To undertake any other duties appropriate to the role, including working with PLICS, Model Hospital, efficiency plans, Community Staff Data Sets
Working for our organisation
We are always looking for enterprising and innovative approaches to the way we provide our services. We are a national centre for telemedicine and introduced telehealth to the UK offender healthcare sector and also provide the service to patients in their care homes. Community matters to us and we are supported by 400 dedicated volunteers and have strong links with Bradford University, Craven College and Leeds City College to ensure we inspire the workforce of the future.
We want to attract staff who embrace our ‘Right Care’ behaviours of compassion, a commitment to quality of care and working together for patients – we want to make these part of our DNA.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
For further details and full details of the role please see the attached job description and person specification attached.
Person specification
Skills
Essential criteria
- Good written and verbal communication skills, good interpersonal skills
- Methodical approach with an attention to detail and good levels of accuracy
- Ability to work to strict deadlines
- Ability to work as part of a team
- Ability to work using own initiative within defined parameters, and prioritise own work
- Ability to communicate to a wide range of audiences, including delivering training to non-finance colleagues
- Able to provide and receive complex or contentious information which may need to be handled sensitively
- Flexible approach to fulfil duties in an environment with ever changing priorities
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Association of Accounting Technicians – Intermediate level, or equivalent experience
- Currently studying or willing to study towards a professional finance qualification
- Good general education to GCSE standard or equivalent including Maths and English
Desirable criteria
- Association of Accounting Technicians – Technician level, NVQ4 or equivalent experience with a detailed understanding of accounting procedures
Experience
Essential criteria
- Previous experience of working in a busy finance office with an understanding of financial processes, basic accounting principles, and working within organisational policies
- Experience of collating information from a number of sources to contribute to reports
- Experience of working with computerised ledgers & other Financial systems
Desirable criteria
- Previous experience of working within NHS organisation and knowledge of NHS finance
- Experience of working with Oracle
- Experience of working within a management accounts role
Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Knowledge of the NHS Constitution & ‘Understanding the New NHS’
- Demonstrable Excel skills at an advanced level, and experience of applying these in a work environment
- Knowledge of basic accounting concepts and ability to use these in a management accounts role
Right Care Values
Essential criteria
- Honesty & Integrity
- Listening & Communicating
- Leads by Example & Self Aware
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Emma Kaye
- Job title
- Finance Business Partner
- Email address
- [email protected]
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