Provide specialist management advice, support, and information to managers at all levels within the directorate and service area.
Responsible for analysing, investigating, and providing financial management advice, identifying financial trends to support strategic forecasting and operational expenditure obtained from the analysis of financial data.
Ensure the production of integrated, efficient, effective, accurate and timely Management Accounting information for all Managers, to enable the organisation to operate effectively and to make valid decisions about its future directions.
Main duties of the job
Work with and aid the Management Accountant in the management of financial processes for the service area.
Analyse and maintain the budgets for delegated service areas, analysing and monitoring monthly spend and forecast expenditure including Risks and Opportunities.
Develop and maintain strong links to the Directorate and services within PTHB with an aim to enhance financial information flow some of which will be of a highly sensitive and contentious nature.
First point of contact with service teams and external contractor services for PTHB finance issues for all services supported.
Work co-operatively in supporting all directorates with financial information, advice and assistance and generally support teams to ensure that the portfolio of tasks/projects is planned, managed, and delivered effectively for primary and secondary care.
The ability to speak Welsh is desirable for this post; Welsh and/or English speakers are equally welcome to apply.
Job responsibilities
Provide advice and guidance to the service teams on financial matters prior to/after investigation and analysis of financial information.
Responsible for meeting budget holders to discuss budget performance on a regular basis.
Liaise with internal and external auditors, providing them with appropriate support and information to enable them to undertake their reviews, and to implement any agreed recommendations.
Monitor and forecast expenditure trends/budgetary performance monthly, identifying significant variances for budget holders and advising them appropriately.
Maintenance of complex reconciliations and analyses of financial systems and financial information taken from internal and external sources such as spreadsheets and data bases as per the departments processes.
Prepare the month end closedown for areas of responsibility including calculation of accruals and prepayments and the maintenance of forecasts in the systems, to be agreed with budget holders and the Management Accountant.
Provision of accurate and timely information in line with Freedom of Information subject to approval by the Management Accountant and Assistant Director of Finance (financial Planning).
Person Specification
* Educated to graduate degree level in relevant subject (e.g. Accountancy or financial discipline) or AAT qualified, with equivalent level of experience of working at a similar level within finance
* Management Accounting experience
* Significant experience of budgetary management
* IT skills in the use of MS Office applications (Word and Excel)
* Studying for a CCAB qualification
* Significant experience of, and exposure to NHS Financial Management Accounting systems
Experience
* Work independently with minimal day‑to‑day supervision
* Work on own initiative, organise and prioritise own and others' workloads to changing and often tight deadlines
* Manage time to allow the progression and completion of multiple ongoing tasks
* Self‑motivated with ability to work on own initiative
* Some ability to speak, read and/or write Welsh, or an eagerness to learn
Other
* Flexible approach to workload
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
£40,559 to £48,841 a year per annum pro rata
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