The Management Accounts Officer is responsible for assisting the Senior Management Accounts Officer and Deputy Financial Management Accountant to maintain specific Directorate budgets. The post holder will be responsible for ensuring that the Directorate budgets which they are responsible for are maintained to a high standard through robust and regular communication with budget holders.

Main duties of the job

Key objectives:

o Plan own work to ensure deadlines are met.

o Communicate with all staff groups within the finance function. The post holder will be required to communicate with and maintain effective working relationships with staff from all disciplines, providing and receiving highly contentious, complex and confidential financial information.

o Ensure that the reporting of month end information is available with pre-determined deadlines, ensuring high quality information. Be the key contact for budget holders, providing robust information and advice. Provide information to the Senior Management Accounts Officer and Deputy Financial Management Accountant as requested.

o Produce information relating to the Directorate budgets, and provide advice to the appropriate budget holders.

o Work within a customer focused culture with a particular emphasis on providing clear and timely information to non-finance managers.

o Continually review work procedures and make changes to improve the information provided to Budget Holders.

o The post holder will need to be competent in the use of spreadsheets, databases and word processing software.

About us

MFT is one of the largest NHS Trust In England with a turnover of �2.6bn & is on a different scale than most other NHS Trusts. We're creating an exceptional integrated health & social care system for the 1 million patients who rely on our services every year.

Bringing together 10 hospitals & community services from across Manchester, Trafford & beyond, we champion collaborative working & transformation, encouraging our 28,000 workforce to pursue their most ambitious goals. We set standards that other Trusts seek to emulate so you'll benefit from a scale of opportunity that is nothing short of extraordinary.

We've also created a digitally enabled organisation to improve clinical quality, patient & staff experience, operational effectiveness & driving research, and innovation through the introduction of Hive our Electronic Patient Record system which launched in September 2022.

We're proud to be a major academic Research Centre & Education provider, providing you with a robust infrastructure to encourage and facilitate high-quality research programmes. What's more, we're excited to be embarking on our Green Plan which sets out how MFT continues to play its part in making healthcare more sustainable.

At MFT, we create and foster a culture of inclusion and belonging, provide equal opportunities for career development that are fair, open, and transparent, protecting your health and wellbeing and shaping the future of our organisation together.

Job description

Job responsibilities

To find out more about the key responsibilities and the specific skills and experience youll need, take a look at the Job Description & Person Specification attachments under the Supporting Documents heading. So that youre even more equipped to make an informed decision to apply to us, youll need to take time to read the Candidate Essentials Guide that sits with the Job Description and Person Specification. This document provides you with details about the Trust, our benefits and outlines how we care for you as you care for others. Most importantly, it also contains critical information youll need to be aware of before you submit an application form.

Diversity Matters

MFT is committed to promoting equality of opportunity, celebrating and valuing diversity and eliminating any form of unlawful discrimination across our workforce, ensuring our people are truly representative of the communities we serve. All individuals regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex and sexual orientation are encouraged to apply for this post. As an inclusive employer, we are here to support you. If you have any special requirements to help you with your application, email our team at resourcing@mft.nhs.uk.

Were looking forward to hearing from you!

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• oProfessional qualification to certificate level, NVQ Level 5, or AAT Member. Alternatively equivalent job related knowledge and experience.

Knowledge

Essential

• oKnowledge of financial management and budgetary management

Desirable

• oWorking knowledge of Integra Financial Ledger System

Training & Experience

Essential

• oManagement accounts experience, including production of income and expenditure budget statements.
• oDetailed understanding of software packages used and an ability to identify and fix problems.

Desirable

• oExperience of working in a financial management role within an NHS Trust.

Skills & Abilities

Essential

• oStrong IT skills and a thorough knowledge of the Microsoft Office suite with excellent skills in Excel.
• oGood communication, interpersonal and influencing skills with the ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships.
• oAbility to interpret, compare and analyse complex financial information and problems.

Desirable

• oUnderstanding of current issues in the NHS and the effect these have on the organisation.
• oIdentify and take responsibility for own development.
• oAwareness of the need to put the customer first.

Attributes

Essential

• oAbility to meet deadlines.
• oAttention to detail.
• oProven ability to work well as part of a team.

Other

Essential

• oAbility to work independently
• oCapacity to handle many projects simultaneously

Employer details

Employer name

Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Nowgen Centre

29 Grafton Street

Manchester

M13 9WU

Any attachments will be accessible after you click to apply.

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