Job summary
Are you someone looking to start a career in one of the UK’s most respected mental health trusts?
Would you like to do a job that makes a difference everyday?
An excellent opportunity has arisen for a highly motivated, enthusiastic and flexible professional to join our finance team as an Assistant Management Accountant working within the Management Accounts function.
As an Assistant Management Accountant, you will be required to assist Accountants with preparing accounts and budgets whilst providing financial support to budget holders and business cases.
Main duties of the job
You will have demonstrable financial experience across a wide range of areas, including management and financial accounting, and be able to confidently apply the principles of double-entry bookkeeping. You need to be comfortable handling and manipulating large datasets accurately and often simultaneously, and ideally your experience will have been gained in a large multi-faceted organisation.
The role is busy and you will often be required to work under pressure and to tight deadlines, so we expect you will be self-motivated, and be able to work independently, as well as working as part of a team.
As a team we support one another to focus on finding solutions to some of the challenges we face and ensure that our work is of a high standard. This role has a wide ranging impact, and is key to the success of the team.
If you are an energetic team player, and feel you have the skills and values to join our friendly, outward looking, proactive team, we look forward to hearing from you.
About us
About Devon Partnership Trust
We provide mental health, learning disability and neurodiversity services, as well as a range of specialist & secure services for the wider south west region & nationally. We are passionate about promoting good mental health & wellbeing. We strive to use the expertise & resources within our organisation, and through our partnerships, to deliver high quality services that are safe & focused on people’s recovery.
We are committed to developing a culture of coproduction, involving patients, families & carers in everything we do.
Our values
We not only recruit based on qualifications & experience – we recruit individuals who possess & demonstrate the behaviours which underpin our Trusts core values. These include such attributes as showing a commitment to quality of care, improving lives of others, giving respect, dignity & compassion. We can bring those values to life in our everyday tasks by giving a smile; making time for people; challenging ourselves & others, & being open to new ideas.
We are committed to being an inclusive employer & applications are encouraged & welcomed from all sections of the community, regardless of any protected characteristics as governed by the Equality Act 2010. Part time & flexible working applications will be considered & supported, where possible. We particularly encourage applicants with lived experience of mental health conditions, neurodiversity or learning disabilities. We are a Disability Confident Leader.
Job description
Job responsibilities
- To support the finance team andoperational managers in provision of data requests, reconciliations and reportsin a timely manner, ensuring financial information is processed in accordancewith procedures and in order to provide information for statutory returns.
- Assist with the maintenance,input, updating and reconciliation of computerised budgetary control systems.This involves developing spreadsheets and databases for specific purposes andundertaking enquiries on several financial based systems. The post requiresusing a computer on a daily basis with speed and accuracy.
- To deputise for financecolleagues at meetings etc. when required.
- Assist in all aspects ofsupplying financial information to key stakeholders including non-financialstaff when requested. This will include variance analysis, analysis of pay andnon-pay, evaluating a range of options, supporting business cases, directorateperformance reporting etc. This will involve providing and receiving complexand contentious information, some of which may be sensitive.
- Meet with relevant stakeholderson an on-going basis advising on the current financial position. This mayinvolve travel between different sites.
- Working as a finance team,adopting a task-based approach to workload, which will be co-ordinated bySenior Accountants and Accountants.
- To ensure every process has anaccurate procedure note that can be interpreted by both finance and non-financecolleagues.
- To provide guidance andinterpretation of the Trusts Financial Procedures, Scheme of Delegation,Standing Orders and Standing Financial Instructions where necessary.
- Manage own time and workload inaccordance with monthly / annual and ad-hoc timetables, ensuring all deadlinesare met on a timely basis.
- To deliver informal training towork colleagues and non-finance staff on a range of subjects related to ownarea and a range of general procedures.
- Contribute to the effectivenessof accounting systems, processes and procedures and make recommendations toreduce costs and enhance value.
- Undertake other duties asagreed with the Accountants, Senior Accountants, Assistant Director of Finance.
- Line management of FinanceAssistants (Bands 2, 3 or 4) where relevant.
- To attend and contribute toboth the wider finance team developments such as attendance of away days, theannual Budget Holders Conference etc. Separately, to contribute to non-financecommunications such as the Budget Holders Newsletter etc.
Person Specification
Communication skills
Essential
- Good communication skills both verbal and written
- Ability to explain finance information to non-finance managers
Desirable
- Regular reliable method of transport and mobility throughout the area
Planning and Organising skills
Essential
- Manage own workload within agreed parameters and deadlines
Desirable
- Regular reliable method of transport and mobility throughout the area
Analytical and Judgement skills
Essential
- Good analytical skills
- Ability to interpret financial information
Desirable
- Logical approach to problem solving
Knowledge
Desirable
- Knowledge of NHS finance
- Knowledge of ledger systems/accounting strategy and budgetary control processes
Qualifications
Essential
- GCSE Maths and English (or equivalent)
- AAT Qualified or equivalent accounting experience
Experience
Essential
- Accounting experience – three years
- IT literate including extensive use of Word and Excel
Desirable
- Line management experience
Employer details
Employer name
Devon Partnership NHS Trust
Address
Wonford House
Dryden Road
Exeter
Devon
EX2 5AF
United Kingdom
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