Swydd wag: Management Accounts Finance Officer, Sheffield Health & Social Care NHS Foundation Trust, Sheffield

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Prif leoliad: Finance
Gradd: NHS AfC: Band 3
Contract: Parhaol
Oriau: Llawnamser - 37.5 awr yr wythnos
Cyfeirnod y swydd: 457-24-6252050

Cyflogwr: Sheffield Health & Social Care NHS Foundation Trust
Math o gyflogwr: NHS
Gwefan: Wardsend
Tref: Sheffield
Cyflog: £22,816 - £24,336 Per annum
Cyfnod cyflog: Yn flynyddol
Yn cau: 31/05/2024 23:59
Dyddiad y cyfweliad: 13/06/2024

Management Accounts Finance Officer

NHS AfC: Band 3

About us

At Sheffield Health and Social Care NHS Foundation Trust we provide a range of mental health, learning disability, substance misuse, primary care and other specialist services designed around the needs of people in our city.

We have a dedicated and skilful team of people caring in Sheffield, which you could become a part of.

Our values are at the heart of everything we do. These are: working together for our service users, respect and kindness, everyone counts, commitment to quality, improving lives.

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Supporting Directorates

Under the guidance of the Assistant Finance Business Partner complete the preparation and calculation of monthly directorate budget reports.

Work to the strict finance reporting timetable for monthly, quarterly and annual financial reports to ensure that all budget, income and expenditure is recognised in the appropriate reporting period.

Liaise with Budget Managers and finance colleagues, to ensure that information contained in budget reports and supporting schedules e.g. variance analysis, staffing, income and expenditure analysis, is both complete and accurate. Provide interpretation and more detailed analysis as required.

To respond to urgent requests for detailed, confidential financial information and advice from budget holders.

Other Financial Responsibilities

Responsible for ensuring that all input documents are complete and accurate in accordance with audit requirements. This involves analysing sensitive and confidential data e.g. payroll, purchase ledger, sales ledger etc. and ensuring they are input into the system to meet the monthly and year end timetables. This also involves assessment and calculation of income and expenditure accruals.

Contribute towards the development of best working practices (procedural and departmental) and cascading this to other members within the Directorate Finance Team and external employees outside the Finance Department as appropriate.

Responsible for downloading and interrogating relevant General Ledger information into other software packages to produce additional management information on a regular basis.

Undertake other routine financial duties for the Divisional Finance department as directed, e.g. clearing error suspense accounts and auctioning central recharges of income and expenditure.

Under the guidance of the Assistant Finance Business Partner, complete the maintenance of registers of regular income, expenditure and pay records, which are essential when assessing and calculating month end accruals.

Demonstrate a proactive approach in liaising with SHSC colleagues and with external organisations to ensure the prompt settlement of accounts.

Identify where changes in Standard Operating Procedures are required and communicate to the Assistant Directorate Finance Business Partner.

Any other duties commensurate with the grade of the post.

Training & Development

To be responsible for keeping the skills and knowledge required for the post up to date, which will ensure that all advice given and decisions made are based on the best and most recent information available.

To provide education and training to non-finance managers/staff within the Directorates and to convey financial concepts clearly and persuasively.

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Training and Qualifications

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Maths & English GCSE grade C or above

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AAT Intermediate level or equivalent

Knowledge and Skills

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Computer literate. Knowledge of Microsoft Office applications (especially excel)
Good verbal and written communication skills
Proactive, creative and flexible approach, able to work on own initiative and take responsibility for delegated areas of responsibility

Experience

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Recent, relevant work experience within a finance/management accounting environment
Demonstrably good IT skills including advanced Excel skill

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Previous NHS finance experience

Knowledge and Skills

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Understanding the need to maintain confidentiality at all times
Ability to work as part of a team
Commitment to openness, honesty, inclusiveness & personal integrity in dealing with others

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Knowledge of, or interest in, key financial performance targets for the NHS and the NHS funding regime.

Other

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Fit our organisational values
Flexibility in relation to working hours, particularly to achieve deadlines, e.g in relation to production of routine financial reporting

We aim to be an organisation that is diverse and inclusive and to meet this aim we welcome applications from people with a wide range of life experience and whose diversity echoes the diversity of Sheffield, that of the people who use our services, and that of the people who may need to use our services but face barriers to access. Please think about your personal values and how these align with our values when you are applying. Find out more about our organisation through our website.

We are a Disability Confident employer level 2 and hope to achieve level 3 this year. We offer a guaranteed interview to disabled applicants who meet all of the essential criteria for a role. When you apply you will have the opportunity to let us know if you require adjustments to be made, please contact us if you are not sure or if you require adjustments to the application process itself.

Our six staff network groups welcome new members, these are:

The Ethnically Diverse Staff Network Group
The Disability Staff Network Group
The Lived Experience Staff Network Group
The Rainbow Staff Network Group
The Staff Carers Staff Network Group
The Women’s Staff Network Group

We know how important flexible working can be to applicants and therefore we encourage you to discuss any working arrangements as part of this process. We will always aim to accommodate requests, wherever possible.

The Trust is committed to safeguarding adults and children and as part of our safe recruitment practice the successful applicant(s) will be subject to a check with the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) if it is deemed appropriate for the role. The cost of the DBS check (currently up to £48.23) must be met by the successful applicant(s).

When applying for this post you will redirected to complete your application in our preferred applicant management system, Trac. If you are successfully offered a role, information will also be transferred into the national NHS Electronic Staff Records system. In addition, in submitting an application, you authorise our Trust to confirm any previous NHS service details via the ESR IAT process should you be appointed.

Please note, all communication regarding your application will be made via email, please ensure you check your junk/spam folders as emails are sometimes filtered there.