Management Accounts Assistant

Job overview

A Management Accounts Assistant will maintain the Trust’s financial ledgers and assist in providing valued, accurate support and advice to senior finance colleagues.

The post-holder will process accounting information in accordance with the agreed monthly accounting timetable thereby ensuring that department reporting requirements are consistently achieved.

Main duties of the job

To assist in the preparation of annual startpoint budget proposals for Directorate in accordance with the Trust’s budgeting policies.

To generate and circulate standard reports to enable the effective monitoring of actual performance of budget centres against budget.

To provide robust analysis of variances against budget, including the impact of clinical activity where appropriate, and to inform effective management of budgets within the group

To calculate and input budget amendments, income and expenditure accruals and adjustments to the Trust’s general ledger system thereby maintaining the integrity of financial reporting.

To maintain records and controls of approved budgets to provide a clear audit trail of changes both non-recurring and recurring.

To prepare cost estimates in an appropriate form and in a timely manner for use by Managers and other budget holders, which will inform decisions about the efficient use of resources, including the workforce.

To discuss a range of financial and non-financial issues with Managers, Directorate staff, external organisations and non-financially minded personnel, which may require the explanation of semi-complicated and/or contentious points.

To collect data from a variety of sources to investigate, analyse and resolve a range of semi-complex financial and non-financial queries.

To adapt information systems to meet the specifications of others.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please refer to the attached job description and person specification to view the full details for this opportunity at Birmingham Women’s and Children’s NHS Foundation Trust.

When completing your application, please ensure you have evidenced how you meet the job description and person specification to include transferable experience, qualifications, skills along with professional registration details (if applicable).

Occasionally we receive a large number of applications for our roles and when that happens we sometimes bring the closing date forward, so please apply promptly to avoid disappointment.

Applicant requirements

The postholder will have access to vulnerable people in the course of their normal duties and as such this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions.