Job summary PREVIOUS APPLICANTS NEED NOT APPLY We are looking for a talented and motivated Senior Management Accountant to join the Financial Management and Planning team for a number of our directorates (Corporate and Clinical directorates). The Senior Management Accountant will be part of the senior management team (Finance) within the directorate and will help ensure the consistent achievement of financial performance and outcome targets that support the delivery of high-quality patient care. You will be expected to work in a way that facilitates collaborative partnerships to achieve the Trusts strategic vision. The successful candidate will be expected to make an active contribution to the running of the finance function, generating service improvement ideas and deputising as and when required for the Senior Finance Manager. You will be a strong communicator and will be able to work with non-finance staff to present complex financial information in ways which will ensure engagement and understanding We support flexibility to work remotely for part of the working week. Join our team at Oxleas, recognised as the Trust of the Year Award winner. Experience a workplace where integrity, passion for patient care and excellence are not just values but recognised achievements. Be part of an organisation that prioritises trust, fostering a positive and reputable environment for our employees. We invite you to contribute to our on-going success. Main duties of the job • Ensure that finance and business information is intelligent, accurate and timely and produced in accordance with Trust procedures and timetables. This will be achieved both through completion of own work and through the co-ordination of the work of colleagues in the finance department. • Provide highly complex financial advice and information to one or more directorates by the investigation, analysis, manipulation and presentation of data from integrated finance and information systems. • Provide highly complex strategic financial and business advice to managers, budget holders and other staff across the Trust. Communicate complex verbal and graphical financial and business presentations to large groups of non-finance/business staff and ensure that potentially contentious information is clearly communicated. This will include conveying financial concepts in a clear and persuasive way. • Analyse highly complex problems relating to business cases and make judgements on financial and business decisions relating to the allocation of finances. About us Oxleas offers a wide range of NHS healthcare services to people in community and secure environment settings. Our services include community health care such as district nursing and speech and language therapy, care for people with learning disabilities and mental health care such as psychiatry, nursing and therapies. Our multidisciplinary teams look after people of all ages and we work in close partnership with other parts of the NHS, local councils and the voluntary sector and through our new provider collaboratives. Our 4,300 members of staff work in many different settings including hospitals, clinics, prisons, secure hospitals, childrens centres, schools and peoples homes.We have over 125 sites in a variety of locations in the South of England. In London we operate within the Boroughs of Bexley, Bromley Greenwich and into Kent. We manage hospital sites including Queen Marys Hospital, Sidcup and Memorial Hospital, Woolwich, as well as the Bracton Centre, our medium secure unit for people with mental health needs. We are the largest NHS provider of prison health services providing healthcare to prisons within Devon, Dorset, Bristol, Wiltshire and Gloucestershire, Kent and South London. We are proud of the care we provide and our people. Our purpose is to improve lives by providing the best possible care to our patients and their families. This is strengthened by our new values: • Were Kind • Were Fair • We Listen • We Care Job description Job responsibilities For further information please refer to the details on the attached Job Description: • Provide comprehensive financial and business advice to one or more directorates. • Act as the key link person between the directorates and the finance department as required. • Produce monthly income and expenditure accounts in accordance with the timetable. • Prepare monthly and annual budget reports for the directorate and for the Director of Finance. • Monitor budget performance and suggest service improvements where appropriate. • Provide substantial input to the preparation of departmental budgets; prepare plans for both financial and manpower aspects of service provision. • Monitor achievement of cost improvement plans Person Specification Qualification and Knowledge Essential • Experience • Qualification • Knowledge