Band 5 Management Accountant - Bath NHS House
Recruiter: Avon and Wiltshire Mental Health Partnership NHS Trust Job Overview
If you believe in putting patients first and supporting the delivery of sustainable mental health services, then we want to hear from you. We make it our priority to give the best possible care in the right place at the right time to help our clients recover and live their best life. You can help us achieve this by joining our passionate and friendly finance team.
We currently have a vacancy for a highly motivated, pro-active, UK part-qualified accountant to work as a Management Accountant. As a team, we are continuously seeking to improve the quality of financial information provided to our many stakeholders and are looking for a candidate who can help improve our processes. In particular, we need people who can think beyond traditional roles and work with colleagues in other disciplines.
Main Duties of the Job
You will work closely with senior managers and directors within the corporate division, providing day-to-day and strategic advice. In addition, you will prepare month-end accounts, forecasts, and budget setting for the division.
Working for Our Organisation
We are AWP (Avon and Wiltshire Mental Health Partnership NHS Trust) , a diverse organisation with over 5,000 dedicated staff providing inpatient and community-based mental health care. We provide services from a range of locations to approximately 1.8 million people living in Bath and North East Somerset (B&NES), Bristol, North Somerset, South Gloucestershire, Swindon, across the county of Wiltshire, and in parts of Dorset.
Our outstanding people promote mental health and wellbeing. The expertise and resources within AWP are dedicated to a person-centred approach for those who use our services and for all employees. We recognise that happy and fulfilled employees give better care.
At AWP, we actively encourage applicants from all backgrounds; we are particularly keen to encourage applications from people from Black, Asian, and minority ethnic backgrounds, those with disabilities, and from the LGBTQ+ community. We want people to bring their unique blend of experiences, backgrounds, perspectives, and knowledge to AWP, as diversity makes us stronger.
Detailed Job Description and Main Responsibilities
The main requirements of this role are: To support Trust staff with accurate, timely, and appropriate financial and performance information for decision making and performance measurement. To provide accurate and timely budget reports to corporate budget holders and assist them with financial advice and support in the delivery of sustainable financial balance. Investigate complex financial enquiries, providing assistance and advice as required. Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential Criteria
AAT qualified or CCAB part-qualified. Experience
Desirable Criteria
Experience of working in NHS Finance. Management Accounts Experience
Essential Criteria
Demonstrates ability to prepare month-end accounts for a department. Demonstrates experience of setting budgets. Desirable Criteria
Demonstrates experience of forecasting. Communication Skills
Essential Criteria
Demonstrates excellent written communication skills. Demonstrates excellent verbal communication skills. Demonstrates ability to explain financial issues to non-finance staff. Desirable Criteria
Demonstrates experience of dealing with senior managers. IT Skills
Essential Criteria
Demonstrates excellent Excel skills. Self-Motivation
Essential Criteria
Demonstrates ability to be self-motivated. Demonstrates ability to be pro-active. Team Working
Essential Criteria
Demonstrates ability to work as part of a team. We are proud to be fostering a diverse workforce that reflects our communities. A key commitment to this is improving staff representation from Black, Asian, and Minority Ethnic communities, those from the LGBTQ+ communities, people with 'lived-experience' of mental health conditions, and people living with disabilities. We are a 'Disability Confident Employer' offering a guaranteed interview to Disabled applicants who meet the essential criteria. This includes people with a variety of disabilities and neurodivergent conditions (for example, autism, ADHD, sensory, physical, and learning disabilities).
We encourage applications from people who wish to work on a flexible basis, recognising that flexibility may mean a range of different working patterns and hours. We do our utmost to work with our staff to meet their needs and the needs of our service users.
Please apply to join us; we would love to hear from you. Any personal details you supply to us are kept safe in line with the General Data Protection Regulations.
Adverts normally close for application a few minutes before midnight on the
closing date , and we will let you know if we are offering you an interview by email via our recruitment system 'TRAC'. We contact all applicants within 4 weeks after the closing date, so please check your emails regularly once you have submitted your application; you are welcome to contact us via the TRAC system if you have any queries about your application.
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Recruiter: Avon and Wiltshire Mental Health Partnership NHS Trust Job Overview
If you believe in putting patients first and supporting the delivery of sustainable mental health services, then we want to hear from you. We make it our priority to give the best possible care in the right place at the right time to help our clients recover and live their best life. You can help us achieve this by joining our passionate and friendly finance team.
We currently have a vacancy for a highly motivated, pro-active, UK part-qualified accountant to work as a Management Accountant. As a team, we are continuously seeking to improve the quality of financial information provided to our many stakeholders and are looking for a candidate who can help improve our processes. In particular, we need people who can think beyond traditional roles and work with colleagues in other disciplines.
Main Duties of the Job
You will work closely with senior managers and directors within the corporate division, providing day-to-day and strategic advice. In addition, you will prepare month-end accounts, forecasts, and budget setting for the division.
Working for Our Organisation
We are AWP (Avon and Wiltshire Mental Health Partnership NHS Trust) , a diverse organisation with over 5,000 dedicated staff providing inpatient and community-based mental health care. We provide services from a range of locations to approximately 1.8 million people living in Bath and North East Somerset (B&NES), Bristol, North Somerset, South Gloucestershire, Swindon, across the county of Wiltshire, and in parts of Dorset.
Our outstanding people promote mental health and wellbeing. The expertise and resources within AWP are dedicated to a person-centred approach for those who use our services and for all employees. We recognise that happy and fulfilled employees give better care.
At AWP, we actively encourage applicants from all backgrounds; we are particularly keen to encourage applications from people from Black, Asian, and minority ethnic backgrounds, those with disabilities, and from the LGBTQ+ community. We want people to bring their unique blend of experiences, backgrounds, perspectives, and knowledge to AWP, as diversity makes us stronger.
Detailed Job Description and Main Responsibilities
The main requirements of this role are: To support Trust staff with accurate, timely, and appropriate financial and performance information for decision making and performance measurement. To provide accurate and timely budget reports to corporate budget holders and assist them with financial advice and support in the delivery of sustainable financial balance. Investigate complex financial enquiries, providing assistance and advice as required. Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential Criteria
AAT qualified or CCAB part-qualified. Experience
Desirable Criteria
Experience of working in NHS Finance. Management Accounts Experience
Essential Criteria
Demonstrates ability to prepare month-end accounts for a department. Demonstrates experience of setting budgets. Desirable Criteria
Demonstrates experience of forecasting. Communication Skills
Essential Criteria
Demonstrates excellent written communication skills. Demonstrates excellent verbal communication skills. Demonstrates ability to explain financial issues to non-finance staff. Desirable Criteria
Demonstrates experience of dealing with senior managers. IT Skills
Essential Criteria
Demonstrates excellent Excel skills. Self-Motivation
Essential Criteria
Demonstrates ability to be self-motivated. Demonstrates ability to be pro-active. Team Working
Essential Criteria
Demonstrates ability to work as part of a team. We are proud to be fostering a diverse workforce that reflects our communities. A key commitment to this is improving staff representation from Black, Asian, and Minority Ethnic communities, those from the LGBTQ+ communities, people with 'lived-experience' of mental health conditions, and people living with disabilities. We are a 'Disability Confident Employer' offering a guaranteed interview to Disabled applicants who meet the essential criteria. This includes people with a variety of disabilities and neurodivergent conditions (for example, autism, ADHD, sensory, physical, and learning disabilities).
We encourage applications from people who wish to work on a flexible basis, recognising that flexibility may mean a range of different working patterns and hours. We do our utmost to work with our staff to meet their needs and the needs of our service users.
Please apply to join us; we would love to hear from you. Any personal details you supply to us are kept safe in line with the General Data Protection Regulations.
Adverts normally close for application a few minutes before midnight on the
closing date , and we will let you know if we are offering you an interview by email via our recruitment system 'TRAC'. We contact all applicants within 4 weeks after the closing date, so please check your emails regularly once you have submitted your application; you are welcome to contact us via the TRAC system if you have any queries about your application.
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