Corporate Management Accountant

Job summary

An exciting opportunity has arisen to recruit a ambitious and motivated Corporate Management Accountant to join our successful team within the award winning, Financial Management function at County Durham and Darlington NHS Foundation Trust.

The role is an essential part of our finance team providing financial support to the organisation and trust's subsiduary company while supporting the financial strategy of the department. We are seeking an enthusiastic individual who is passionate about what they do, wants to make a real impact, support high quality patient care, and contribute to the Trusts strong financial leadership.

You will benefit from an inclusive and welcoming environment, ongoing professional development and the flexibility of our agile working approach. We are proud to be the first organisation in the North East to achieve Level 3 accreditation under One NHS Finance, and to hold CIMA Premier Partner, ACCA Approved Employer (Gold) and AAT Employer Scheme status reflecting our commitment to developing our people and building a vibrant, forward-thinking team.

We operate an agile working policy, whereby, the team are based on site for a proportion of the week with the option to work at home for 2 days per week alongside a flexible working policy, enabling flexible start and finish times.

This role is positioned to enable excellent developmental and career progression opportunities

Main duties of the job

This post will sit within a team of 6 and will be required in providing financial management advice, information and support to Corporate and Synchronicity Care Limited (SCL) management teams.

To support the interaction between CDDFT and Synchronicity Care Limited (SCL) from a finance perspective, ensuring agreed tasks are completed in accordance with the set timetable.

To support the provision of a comprehensive financial management and business advice service to the SCL & Corporate Departments to facilitate the Directorates to meet their overall service and business objectives within the resources allocated to them and to ensure corporate finance responsibilities are delivered.

This will include undertaking monthly reporting, providing financial information and advice and budgetary management.

This role requires someone who can work independently, manage competing priorities and build effective relationships with both finance and non finance colleagues. Strong analytical skills, confidence in using Excel and financial systems, and a proactive, solutions focused approach will be essential to success.

Job responsibilities

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You must be able to produce ALL certificates stated essential in the person specification or you will not be able to complete pre-employment checks.

We provide hospital services from two acute sites - Darlington Memorial Hospital and University Hospital of North Durham. We have a centre for planned care in Bishop Auckland and provide care from community hospitals in Chester-le-Street, Shotley Bridge, Barnard Castle, Sedgefield and Weardale as well as over 80 other community based settings and providing care in patients' homes.

We particularly welcome applications from disabled and Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) candidates as BAME and disabled people are currently under-represented.

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