Job summary
Employer heading
Assistant Management Accountant
Band 4
Do you have the ambition and vision to deliver the Best of Care by the Best People?
Here at Medway, we pride ourselves on working together as one to ensure that our shared vision of Better, Best, Brilliant is achieved
Our Trust is a great choice for people who want to develop their career in an ambitious and dynamic environment; our employees are able to choose the coverage and supplemental benefits that best fit their needs and those of their families. This includes the promotion of flexible working opportunities across the Trust, we are able to give our employees flexibility on where, when and the hours they work.
Our culture and values are what drives Medway NHS Foundation Trust and is the heartbeat of who we are as an organisation. It is important that you understand and to refer to our values when you are completing your application and always reflect our values throughout your employment with the Trust.
Job overview
Assistant Management Accountant
Division: Corporate
Care Group: Finance
Band: 4
Salary: £25,147 - £27,596 per annum/pro rata
We are recruiting for a Assistant Management Accountant who shares our ambition and vision to deliver the Best of Care by the Best People and has the drive to take us forward, by ensuring that the Trust continues to be the first choice for patients and our staff.
Main duties of the job
To provide support to the Assistant Finance Business Partners to deliver a high standard of financial management service. This will include processing journals, maintaining expenditure schedules, updating establishments and answering queries from budget holders. This will include some work within Directorate areas as well as project based work within the Management Accounts team to improve both the internal processes and external reporting.
Our values are Bold, Every Person Counts, Sharing and Open and Together. It is important that you understand and to refer to our values when completing your application and always reflect our values throughout your employment with the Trust.
We are committed to endorsing diversity, multiculturalism, and inclusion; our policies / procedures ensure that all applicants are treated fairly at every stage of the recruitment process.
To contribute to our exciting future and become part of our team, apply today.
Working for our organisation
Here at Medway, we pride ourselves on working together as one to ensure that our shared vision of Better, Best, Brilliant is achieved. Our culture and values are what drives the Trust and is the heartbeat of who we are as an organisation.
Our Trust is a great choice for people who want to develop their career in an ambitious environment.
Would you like to work flexibly? In the NHS, we are reminded every day of how important life is. As a flexible working friendly organisation, we want to be sure that you can work in a way that is best for us, for our patients and for you. Speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement which will not mean sacrificing time for personal interests or family commitments. We aim to support you to work flexibly in a way that will suit you and us.
All of our substantive & fixed term employees can enjoy a range of staff benefits, a gym, an active health and wellbeing programme, an on-site nursery and a cycle to work scheme.
We are taking positive action to ensure that we can attract, recruit and retain the best talent and would welcome more applicants from under – represented groups to support the Trusts commitment to a diverse, inclusive and an employer of choice workforce.
All staff at Medway comply the Trust’s and the Kent and Medway Safeguarding Board’s policies on safeguarding children, young people and vulnerable adults.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Provide management accounts support as part of the Finance Business Partnering team on the production of month end reports, establishment updates and report distribution.
Create and input standard monthly journals relating to prepayments, maintenance contracts and income register.
Ensure all data required is received in accordance with the monthly timetable and manipulated into a suitable format prior to data entry onto the finance system.
The post holder will support in the delivery of effective financial management for all Directorates within the Trust.
The post holder will supply advice and assistance with enquiries, processing and interpreting high volume financial data and assisting in the production and investigation of budgetary control information.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- To hold or be studying/prepared to study the AAT qualification as a minimum
Knowledge
Desirable criteria
- NHS systems and practice
- Accounting practices
Experience
Essential criteria
- Experience of working with systems in the finance department of a large multi-disciplinary organisation
- Experience in management accounting and financial systems
Desirable criteria
- Intermediate spreadsheet skills are desirable however training to upskill from a basic level can and will be provided
Skills
Essential criteria
- Ability to undertake a wide range of competing activities and present results within very strict deadlines
- Well-developed numeracy, analytical and interpretative skills
Values Based Question
Essential criteria
- Give an example of a time where you have demonstrated a ‘can do’ attitude (including the situation you were in) and the outcome
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Dan Thompson
- Job title
- Finance Business Partner
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01634 976412
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