About this role
Job summary
An opportunity has arisen for the role of Deputy Management Accountant, playing a key role in managing and reporting the financial position of the organisation. We are looking to recruit a motivated and an enthusiastic individual who is ready to develop their career in an acute healthcare provider with strong track record of delivering five star quality care for its patients.
The postholder will provide expert financial advice to operational colleagues and play a key role in providing an effective financial management and reporting service. They will support and work closely with the Senior Financial Management team to generate, analyse and report financial information to stakeholders internal and external to the Trust.
The successful candidate will have completed or be working towards a CCAB or CIMA qualification, with financial management experience in a large organisation and knowledge of the NHS finance regime. They will have excellent I.T. and communication skills and experience of managing and developing staff. They will have demonstrated the ability to deliver timely and accurate financial reporting.
Please be aware that we may close a vacancy earlier than stated, should a sufficient number of applications be received. You are therefore advised to apply at your earliest convenience.
Main duties of the job
The Deputy Management Accountant's main duties will be to:
Provide expert financial advice and oversight of financial management for their areas of responsibility Contribute to the month end reporting process, ensuring timely and accurate reporting of the monthly financial position both internally and externally to the organisation. Monitor financial performance against agreed budgets, analysing and reporting on variances and assisting in formulating corrective actions. Assist with co-ordinating the budget setting and forecasting processes. Ensure the provision of high quality financial reporting to budget holders and other non-finance managers in order to support delivery of the Trust's strategic, corporate and financial objectives, including delivery of Cost Improvement Programme (CIP) efficiencies. Establish and maintain strong working relationships to enable effective working. The post holder will be expected to liaise with both internal departments and external bodies. Manage and develop staff
About us
Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust serves a population of over 600,000 with a workforce of over 10,500 dedicated and skilled staff across 21 sites.
Our services:
Acute Care
Providing emergency and maternity services at Whiston, Southport and Ormskirk hospitals, and medical and surgical specialties across all our sites.
Primary Care
Providing primary care services at Marshalls Cross Medical Centre situated in St Helens Hospital.
Community Services
Providing adult community services for St Helens and a wheelchair service in Chorley, South Ribble, and West Lancashire. Our inpatient unit at Newton Community Hospital is where patients needing acute hospital beds can continue rehabilitation. We also provide urgent care at our Urgent Treatment Centre located in St Helens town centre.
Specialist Regional Services
We provide the Mersey Regional Burns & Plastic Surgery Unit at Whiston Hospital and the Spinal Injuries Unit at Southport Hospital to more than 4 million people across the whole of Merseyside, West Lancashire, Cheshire, Isle of Man and North Wales.
Achievements:
Rated Outstanding by CQC Inspection August 2018 Top 100 places to work in the NHS (NHS Employers & Health Service Journal) National Preceptorship Accreditation (2023) for Nursing & AHP Preceptorship Programme.
Job description Job responsibilities
KEY DUTIES
Corporate Governance
To establish and maintain strong working relationships with both key internal and external individuals to ensure effective working. The post holder will be expected to liaise with both internal departments and external bodies. To ensure the provision of high quality financial advice to budget holders and other non-finance managers to enable the delivery of the Trusts strategic, corporate financial objectives. To monitor financial performance against agreed budgets; analysing, reporting on variations and assisting in formulating corrective actions. Proactively support the delivery of targets by sharing good practice, identifying areas for improvement and agreeing and monitoring action plans. To take the lead on ensuring accurate financial information is maintained for all budgets relating to the Care Group. To ensure that external financial monitoring returns and reports are prepared and submitted in a timely and accurate manner and are analysed and interpreted where necessary. To attend the relevant divisional and specialty business meetings on behalf of Financial Management and provide relevant financial support, advice and information. To maintain the integrity of the financial ledger and other financial systems to ensure that compliance with audit requirements is adhered to. To contribute to the formulation of the annual budget setting for the Trust and ensure pressures are reported and monitored. To promote effective financial management and financial control amongst the divisional management teams. To provide appropriate advice and support with the divisional structure to ensure all efforts are made to achieve financial stability, including the review and monitoring of establishment information. To evaluate and monitor saving schemes including maintenance of detailed working papers to ensure accurate records are kept and all adjustments and transactions are processed appropriately. ADMINISTRATIVE RESPONSIBILITIES
To provide training to non-financial managers within the Trust on all matters relating to budgetary control and financial management, including effective use of information systems/reports. To accurately cost development and other operational change proposals as requested by divisional teams. To contribute to the annual reference cost process as and when necessary providing support to the cost accountant. LINE MANAGEMENT/SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITIES
Responsible for the production and monitoring of timely and accurate financial information and reporting to strict deadlines, enabling the proactive management of budgets by budget holders. To contribute to the development of financial management information and communicate ideas and suggestions for departmental improvements to the Senior Management Accountant and Head of Financial Management. To allocate work to staff members within the department and provide training within own areas of work enabling them to develop in accordance with their KSF outline. Deputise for the Senior Management Accountant as required.
Person Specification
Qualifications Essential
Completed/working towards a CCAB/CIMA qualification
Knowledge and Experience Essential
Significant financial management experience Experience within a finance function of a large organisation Experience of income and expenditure budgets Staff Management skills Knowledge of accountancy policies and procedures
Desirable
NHS Finance experience Experience of contract monitoring and reporting
Skills Essential
Ability to analyse, investigate and interpret financial information and queries Ability to report and present financial information to both finance and non-finance individuals (internal and external) Well organised, able to prioritise own workload to deliver to tight deadlines The ability to manage conflicting priorities
Other Essential
Strong IT skills and experience using Microsoft Office suite
Disclosure and Barring Service Check This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Certificate of Sponsorship Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Employer details Employer name Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust
Address Knowsley Community College
Stockbridge Lane
Huyton
L36 3SD
United Kingdom
Employer's website https://www.merseywestlancs.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)