Financial Accountant

Requirements the employer expects applicants to meet.

• Skills

  Proven ability to prioritise and delegate in a demanding environment and to tight deadlines

• Skills

  Strong analytical, financial reporting, and presentation skills with the ability to present complex issues clearly and concisely

• Skills

  The desire to accept ownership and accountability, whilst getting things done well and meeting challenging goals

• Skills

  The ability to think ahead and decide on courses of action, ensuring that the resources required to implement the action will be available, and scheduling work required to achieve an end result

• Skills

  Skills for managing people ensuring they perform to a high standard and meet team objectives and deadlines.

• Skills

  Ability to demonstrate initiative and analyse areas of work to identify those which would benefit from continuous improvement.

• Skills

  Able to interpret guidelines and implement appropriate changes to working practices.

• Skills

  Strong IT skills particularly spreadsheets

• Skills

  Prepared to challenge and be challenged.

• Skills

  Ability to work flexibly to meet the needs of the service depending on monthly, quarterly and annual cycles.

• Experience

  Experience of producing annual accounts in accordance with International Financial Reporting Standards [IFRS] and statutory requirements.

• Experience

  Able to ensure target dates are adhered to through organisation of own workload.

• Experience

  Demonstrate excellent communication skills, and be able to communicate both verbally and in writing complex, technical, sensitive or contentious financial information, to Finance Managers and Committees.

• Experience

  In depth knowledge of financial and accounting procedures.

• Experience

  Significant experience of capital accounting using a capital asset system including provision of working papers for statutory accounts.

• Experience

  Through significant experience, demonstrate excellent Financial Analysis and Interpretation skills including an ability interpret complex data and provide summarized information to a range of users.

• Experience

  Expert analytical and reasoning skills supported by attention to detail and the ability manage and manipulate vast quantities of data

• Experience

  Demonstrable experience of liaising with Internal and External Auditors.

• Experience

  Experience of managing, motivating and developing staff

• Communication

  Excellent interpersonal skills

• Communication

  The ability to work co-operatively and flexibly with others, both within and outside the organisation, demonstrating an understanding of effective team working and partnerships

• Communication

  Good communication skills, written and verbal, with ability to demonstrate fluency, clarity and effectiveness at all levels.

• Communication

  Ability to represent Finance at internal meetings

• Communication

  Ability to explain complex financial terminology to both finance and non-finance colleagues

• Specific requirements

  Able to perform the duties of the post with reasonable aids and adaptations

• Specific requirements

  Proactive, flexible, enthusiastic, confident and highly motivated individual who demonstrates a commitment to Trust objectives and the NHS as a whole

• Qualifications and knowledge

  Educated to degree level in a relevant subject (e.g. accountancy or financial discipline) or equivalent knowledge and experience.

• Qualifications and knowledge

  Professional CCAB Accountant qualification finalist/part qualified

• Qualifications and knowledge

  Up-to-date knowledge and experience of financial reporting Standards.

• Personal and people development

  The ability to originate, introduce and be open to, new practices, concepts, ideas and change and to continuously improve.

• Personal and people development

  Be able to manage time effectively, prioritise and deliver to agreed deadlines

• Personal and people development

  Be prepared to constructively question and challenge the performance of team members, and other stakeholders

• Personal and people development

  Frequent requirement for concentration when inputting data, checking and reconciling information, making calculations and when answering queries from staff, audit and managers

• Personal and people development

  Often required to switch tasks at short notice.

• Personal and people development

  Frequent requirement for prolonged concentration when analysing complex data and preparing reports

• Personal and people development

  Leads by example and instils a team approach to workload.