Senior Accountant

The post holder will be responsible to the Assistant Director of Financial Management for the provision of specialist business and financial information and advice to individual service directors, senior operational managers, clinicians and budget managers within the relevant Directorates.

The post holder will be responsible for and lead on the financial management advice and monitoring to a number of Directorates in the achievement of financial balance whilst meeting all other key commitments. This will specifically include the reporting and evaluation of financial performance and associated non-financial indicators, evaluation and monitoring of plans for change or improvement and design of processes to evaluate and solve complex problems issues in relation to financial reporting, business cases and financial forecast and costings to support business decisions.

The post holder will assist the Assistant Director of Financial Management with the production of the corporate Financial Strategy, the Financial Plan, saving/contingency/recovery plans, the annual budget setting process, the production of monthly financial performance information, monthly reporting of financial performance to the HSCB and the Trust Board/CMT all within an agreed timetable. The post holder will be responsible and lead all financial plans for their Directorates which will support data and information for the overall corporate financial planning as outlines above.

The post holder will assist the Assistant Director of Financial Management in the maintenance of the corporate financial systems including the budgetary control system to include data storage and reporting, reconciliations, controls, procedures and governance and be specifically responsible for their Directorates information within the systems.

The post holder will be required to work closely with a number of stakeholders both internal and external across the public, private and voluntary sectors.

The post holder will be responsible for and the line manager for their Financial Management Team that provides a range of Financial Management services to their Directorates.

The post holder will deputise for the Assistant Director of Financial Management as and when required, including representation at regional, internal and external meetings.

• Maintaining effective financial control within allocated Directorates and the services provided within that Directorate including inputting into the Trust’s Financial Strategy and Financial Plan, financial performance monitoring and...
• ...the development of savings plans.
• Providing finance information and support to the accountability review process including monitoring in-year financial performance and forecast against the Trust’s overall Financial Plan.
• Forecasting information for their Directorates to support completing the mid-year financial assessment.

• A minimum of 2 years' post qualifying experience in a senior management.
• A minimum of 2 years’ experience of having manged teams of staff and be able to demonstrate a proven track record of achieving results through others.
• Meeting a full range of key targets with evidence of having made significant improvements.
• Worked with a diverse range of stakeholders, both internal and external to the organisation, to achieve successful outcomes for a minimum of 2 years.
• Successfully demonstrated high level people management, governance, leadership and organisational skills for a minimum of 2 years.
• Full membership of one of the five professional accounting institutes within the CCAB, or CIMA.
• Hold a current full driving licence which is valid for use in the UK and have access to a car on appointment.
• This criteria will be waived in the case of applicants whose disability prohibits driving but who have access to a form of transport approved by the Trust which will permit them to carry out the duties of the post.

Location:

Administration Offices, Gransha