Operational Accountant

This is an exciting opportunity for an outstanding finance professional to join a growing and evolving Management Accounts team. We have a Operational Accountant post that will be pivotal in supporting Livewell Southwest with accurate and timely financial reporting, analysis and advice.

You will be joining a busy Management Accounts team playing a key role in.

• Helping to support workforce planning going forward.
• Helping to report on vacancy information to aide operational plans
• Reporting accurate financial information to senior operational teams
• Contribute towards and be an active member of a team of highly respected colleagues

If you have the motivation and enthusiasm to work within a large busy Management Accounts function to support Livewell Southwest to make a real difference to the delivery of health care services across Devon, then we are looking forward to hearing from you.

This is an exciting with exciting development opportunities in the team.

We support flexibility in working arrangements, including both the location and hours and are happy to discuss options that suit your work / life balance and any reasonable adaptions.

We operate a hybrid working arrangement, the finance team are required on sight on Wednesdays.

To ensure accuracy to the senior finance team and senior managers of the organisation on the current operational locality finance position.

To ensure budgets are accurate and affordable to deliver service. Ensuring establishments are correct on the ledger and payroll systems.

Meet with budget holders to review budgets and understand any significant variances. The postholder will need to be able to report these to senior finance staff.

Aide with development of organisational cost improvement plans.

Develop budget holder training packs and be a key partner in developing training.

Assist in vacancy approval process.

This role may not be eligible for sponsorship under the Skilled Worker route; please refer to the Direct Gov website for more information with regards to eligibility.

Please note that Livewell may close the job advertisement earlier than the specified deadline if a high number of applications are submitted. Therefore, we recommend you submit your application at the earliest opportunity.

All Livewell staff are expected to be able and willing to work across a 7-day service.

Livewell Southwest is an independent, award-winning social enterprise delivering integrated health and social care services across

Plymouth, South Hams, and West Devon, with specialist services in parts of Devon and Cornwall. Our teams work in community hospitals, GP practices, sports centres, and health hubs.

As an organisation with a strong social conscience we are guided by our values,kindness, respect, inclusivity, ambition, responsibility, and collaboration. We focus on transforming services to ensure sustainability, while empowering staff and those we serve.

We involve the people we care for, along with their families and carers, inshaping the care they receive, striving to deliver the right care at the righttime and place. Centering our work on individual needs helps people lead healthy, independent lives.

We prioritise employees' development, offering protected CPD time, training pathways, leadership programs, and funding for qualifications like the Care Certificate and Nurse Training Scholarships. Our induction and preceptorship programs ensure a smooth transition into our organisation.

Livewell Southwest values diversity and encourages applications from all sections of the community, including those with armed forces experience, lived experience of mental health, neuro-diverse conditions and learning disabilities. If you need assistance or reasonable adjustments during the application process, contact the Recruiting Manager listed in the job advert.

JOB PURPOSE

To ensure accurate and reliable monthly finance position and summaries to the senior finance team, finance position for inclusion in executive reports, including understanding and reporting on investments / variances within services.

This role will need to work with service managers todevelop Cost Improvement…