Description
Surrey and Borders Partnership NHS Foundation Trust are seeking a proactive and detail-focused Management Accountant to join our Financial Management team.
Reporting to a Finance Manager, you will help provide a comprehensive financial management service to operational divisions. You will support accurate month-end processing, management reporting, forecasting and budgetary control, while building effective working relationships with finance colleagues, managers and budget holders.
This is an excellent opportunity for someone with practical finance experience who is looking to develop their management accounting skills in a supportive NHS environment.
Main duties of the job
- Prepare accurate and timely month-end journals and adjustments, including accruals, prepayments, income deferrals and budget transfers.
- Support the production of monthly management accounts, forecasts and financial reports for assigned divisions and cost centres.
- Analyse financial information, investigate variances and provide clear explanations and practical advice to finance and non-finance colleagues.
- Maintain the accuracy and integrity of financial data through cost centre reconciliations, correct coding and appropriate budget allocation.
- Raise sales invoices promptly and accurately, maintain income registers and liaise with Trust colleagues and external organisations to support income recovery.
- Support the Trust's monthly and annual accounts, including responding to information requests from internal and external auditors.
- Work closely with Finance Business Partners, Finance Managers, Financial Accounting colleagues and divisional teams to ensure complete and accurate financial information.
About us
Surrey and Borders Partnership NHS Foundation Trust is the leading provider of mental health, learning disability, neurodevelopmental and drug and alcohol services in Surrey and North East Hampshire. We support people of all ages and are passionate about providing high quality care that is delivered at the right time as close to home as possible to help people recover and stay well.
Benefits
- Competitive salary: £33,677 to £40,996 a year
- Agenda for Change pay scheme
- Band 5
- Permanent, full-time contract
- Free parking
- Excellent health and wellbeing support
- Wide range of staff networks and flexible working
Requirements
- Association of Accounting Technicians full qualification; or Consultative Committee Accountancy Bodies (CCAB) or Chartered Institute of Management Accountants (CIMA) - part qualified; or qualified by significant relevant experience in financial management
- Demonstrable experience in finance
- Experience of calculating and preparing accruals, prepayments and income deferrals, whilst understanding their impact on cost centre monthly budget variances and forecasts
- Experience of analysing and summarising complex financial information, and providing advice and options for resolution of issues arising
- Experience of managing own workload, working to tight and often changing timescales.
- Experience of using Microsoft Office and financial ledger systems