Band 6 Senior Management Accountant

This is a six-month bank assignment in the finance team of Berkshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust, supplied through NHS Professionals. The work centres on keeping monthly income and expenditure accurate, handling income collection and debt recovery, and acting as the first point of contact for service managers on financial matters. The post is a weekday role of 37.5 hours, Monday to Friday, and includes training service managers on Trust financial policy.

Three years of management accounting experience, including two years producing monthly reports, is required.

• Build collaborative working relationships and efficient processes with service managers and finance colleagues, responding to queries promptly
• Act as lead point of contact for service managers on all financial issues
• Train service managers on Trust policy, processes and compliance with Standing Financial Instructions
• Ensure the accuracy and integrity of monthly financial transactions and data, in line with accounting procedures and Standing Financial Instructions
• Ensure all income and expenditure, including internal recharges, is accounted for on a timely basis
• Support service managers to put service level agreements and contracts in place before services are delivered
• Collect income due and raise invoices in line with service level and contractual arrangements
• Monitor invoice payments and support credit control and recovery of overdue debt
• Support prompt resolution of income and expenditure accruals
• Review and improve processes that post source transactions incorrectly, to reduce transfer journals
• Run designated ad hoc processes, such as lease car applications and allocation of consolidated invoices

• At least 3 years management accounting experience, including dealing with service managers or customers
• At least 2 years of that providing monthly financial reports and management information

• Ability to build strong collaborative relationships with customers and finance colleagues
• Competent IT literacy, with experience of finance systems and reporting tools
• Good data analysis skills, identifying and using information from a range of sources
• Ability to analyse sensitive data and communicate it clearly to colleagues at all levels
• Ability to manage and prioritise own workload to meet deadlines
• Ability to work autonomously and set own priorities

• Understanding of the NHS operating environment, including NHS organisation and regulatory structure

• Access to learning and development opportunities for career progression
• Flexible shifts and committed shifts
• Wellbeing resources
• Paid annual leave
• Access to over 50 partner NHS Trusts, with choice of where and how to work