An exciting opportunity has arisen at Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust for an ambitious and enthusiastic individual to join our dynamic finance team as a Management Accountant.
In this role, you will provide financial management support to the Families, Anaesthetics, Critical Care and Theatres (FACT) Clinical Group, ensuring robust financial practices are effectively embedded and providing financial support to strategic decision-making.
This role will provide opportunities to work directly with senior leadership teams across the organisation to support major programmes of change; examples include leading financial insights into the development of business cases, supporting the identification and progression of the Clinical Group’s Cost Improvement Programme, and working closely with clinical and operational teams to improve performance.
Applicants are required to be either a CCAB passed finalist or fully qualified.
To ensure financial information is processed in accordance with established procedures, in order to provide monthly reports, through completion of own work and through liaison with other colleagues within the Team & the NCA.
The post holder will be required to communicate with colleagues, managers and staff within the NCA and external organisations, including other NHS providers commissioners & the local authority.
To investigate complex financial enquiries, providing assistance and advice as required.
Responsible for producing relevant, timely and accurate reports to budget holders within the CSU; including identifying trends, the reasons for variances from forecasted income & expenditure & options to improve the position and providing reliable predictions for the year.
Assisting with the assessment of the full financial implications of proposals and their affordability within the overall resources identified.
To supervise the day to day activities of the budget managers, budget officers and other junior members of staff within the Team as required by the Deputy Business Accountant.
To assist in the interpretation and/or implementation of new regulations and guidance where appropriate.
To undertake ad-hoc tasks from time to time as directed by the Deputy Business Accountant.
The Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust (NCA) provides hospital and integrated health and social care services to over one million people living across Greater Manchester. Our 20,000 colleagues care for people in hospital and in the community, working across Bury, Rochdale, Oldham and Salford, to save and improve lives.
As a large NHS trust we are committed to enhancing the health of our local population by delivering consistently high standards of care and working closely with local authorities and key partners. We believe in our power and potential to make a difference and we’re always looking for people who demonstrate our three core values - care , appreciate and inspire – to join our team.
In return, we can offer you a job role with purpose and flexibility. The size and scale of the NCA means we can provide more challenge and opportunities so your career can always be moving in the right direction. By joining us you can also access a competitive benefits package, including, a fantastic annual leave allowance, flexible working opportunities and protected hours for health and wellbeing activities, helping you to achieve more personal downtime and a better work-life balance.
Learn more about us in our Candidate Information Pack.
To read more information about the advertised role, and the main job duties/responsibilities please open the Job Description and Person Specification located under the supporting documents heading. You can also read more information about working at the Northern Care Alliance within the attached Candidate Information Pack or by visiting our careers website: www.careers.northerncarealliance.nhs.uk
