Job Vacancy Details
Senior Management Accountant
Foundation Trust
Sussex
Permanent
Updated August 20, 2008
An excellent opportunity for someone looking to develop their accounting and management skills in a diverse and exciting role working within one of the NHS's highest performing Trusts
• Leads a team providing high quality financial management information to the Trust's managers and other stakeholders, to allow them to make sound business decisions for their areas of responsibility.
- • Production of monthly income and expenditure reports
- • Developing appropriate non financial indicators to support understanding of the financial position
- • Calculating forecasts based on robust financial and non financial information and influencing the operational managers on their use of resources
- • Provide Budget Holders and Directors with information on service profitability and work with managers and clinicians to improve their service line position.
- • Communicate the importance of direct, indirect and overhead costs to the profitability of a service line.
• Works with the Commissioning and Contracts and Debtors teams to ensure that the Trust successfully translates all chargeable activity into cash, including negotiating with the Primary Care Trusts on cost and service issues to ensure payment is made
• Works with the Finance Director and Head of Finance to ensure that the Trust has a sustainable and deliverable Strategic Financial Plan and Annual Business Plan.
- • Identifying the financial impacts of cost pressures, savings schemes and income generation opportunities
- • Modelling and appraising the impact of different scenarios
- • Risk assessing plans
• Ensures that the Trust's financial position is accurately reported in accordance with Financial Reporting Standards and other statutory requirements and to be part of the IFRS project team, looking at the impact of the implementation of IFRS to the NHS from 2009.
Who we're looking for
• The successful candidate will preferably be CCAB qualified, or working towards.
• You will have a strong ability at communicating financial information to non-finance professionals at all levels.
• You will have an ability to lead and mentor a small team.
• Experience of working in the NHS is not essential, but an interest is key.
About our client
Queen Victoria NHSFT stands out from all of the other NHS Trusts in Sussex in that as a Foundation Trust it operates independently - allowing it more freedoms to retain and reinvest its surpluses and to make decisions about its strategic direction. As such, we are considering applications from outside of the NHS, searching for a dynamic individual who can turn their hand to areas outside of financial reporting such as business development and income generation.
What's on offer
Up to £38,352 (Band 7) with a generous holiday and pension scheme is available for the right candidate.
Michael Page Contact
For further info, apply or phone on +44 (0) 1273 201201.
Job Ref: 12994401
Your application will be sent to Richard Collins.
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