Assistant Management Accountant

Job summary

Assistant Management Accountant

• Band 5 NHS AFC £32,073 - £39,043 per annum
• Full time - 37.5hrs per week (Fixed term 1 year)
• Based at Crawley HQ (with travel across the Trust)

An exciting opportunity to join a busy NHS Ambulance Service in our Finance Team as an Assistant Management Accountant to provide specialist finance and business advice, guidance and support to a range of Operations Managers and clinicians, assisting the Finance team in delivering a robust operational and financial management whilst improving cost effectiveness.

Please note we advise that you put forward your application as soon as possible, if we receive a high number of applications for this role, we will close the role early.

Main duties of the job

The post holder will ensure the provision of an accurate and timely finance and management accounting information service to senior Finance managers. Provision of a finance information service to budget holders and maintenance of the Trust's budgetary systems.

The post holder will be responsible for assisting the Finance Business Associates in providing financial support to the senior Finance team and budget holders to achieve financial control and effective budget management and to facilitate the delivery of the Trust's financial targets.

Essential Criteria:

• CCAB/CIMA part qualified, minimum certificate level or AAT qualified or educated to degree level in a relevant specialism
• Evidence of continuing professional development
• Knowledge and experience of accounting, financial management, business partnering, services / service line management, forecasting, costing, pricing, analysing, preparing working papers, reporting and adherence to accounting standards

About us

Why Work At South East Coast Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust?

We offer:

• A minimum 27 days' holiday each year, increasing with service.
• Opportunity to join the NHS Pension Scheme
• Personal and professional development and training opportunities.
• Salary Sacrifice schemes for cars or push bikes
• Access to occupational health and counselling services.
• Access to NHS discounts, offering NHS employees a range of money-saving deals.

Job responsibilities

Ensuring accurate and timely monthly management accounting information is produced and clearly reported, with the key income and expenditure variances appropriately analysed and presented in a user-friendly manner so that the senior Finance team can effectively evaluate financial performance.

Preparation of clear and accurate journal entries and workings which fully explain the reason for the journal. The identification of accruals and prepayments, adjusting via journals into the computerised ledger system and the investigation of variances and discrepancies, making appropriate budget, expenditure or income adjustments via journals. This will involve close liaison with budget holders (including monthly meetings) and a detailed understanding of the functioning of clinical and non-clinical services within the Trust.

Maintenance of accurate working papers which provide clear backing for the monthly results. Discuss forecasting with the Budget Holder to emphasise on the over/under spend and where CIP can be taken off. Movement of Budgets, preparation of costing to be included in Budget virements for example CCP Budget realignment costed.

Provide the required information for the annual statutory reporting process in compliance with the timetable, regulations and accounting standards and ensuring the completeness and accuracy of input

Person specification

Qualifications/ Training

Essential

• Certificate level of recognised CCAB body or equivalent (eg: AAT Qualified) or educated to degree level in a relevant specialism

Desirable

• Studying for Diploma Qualification level of CCAB Accountancy body.

Knowledge

Essential

• Sound, demonstrable knowledge of financial and accounting procedures.

Desirable

• Specialist knowledge of NHS financial frameworks relevant to the role

Experience

Essential

• Previous experience of monitoring budgets and variance analysis
• Previous experience of data manipulation (with large data sets)

Desirable

• Previous experience of working within the NHS, preferably within an NHS Foundation Trust