Assistant Accountant Accounts Payable - Exeter, Devon, United Kingdom - Devon Partnership NHS Trust

Description

Our professional responsibility is to reduce the risk of infection to others as far as possible. The Trust will provide advice, guidance and support on vaccinations and access to vaccinations where requested.

Due to an internal promotion, an excellent opportunity has arisen for a highly motivated, enthusiastic and flexible professional to join our finance team as an Assistant Management Accountant working within the Management Accounts function.

As an Assistant Management Accountant within the Management Accounts function, you will be required to assist the Management Accountants and Senior Management Accountants with preparing annual budgets, month end and year end accounts, and providing support to budget holders and business cases as required.

You will have demonstrable financial experience across awide range of areas, including management and financial accounting, and be ableto confidently apply the principles of double-entry book-keeping.

The role is split between providing support to the main Management Accounts team, and to systems projects for the Finance department as a whole.

This role is particularly interesting due to its variednature, and the successful applicant will be expected to be able to adaptefficiently to the project nature of the work.

When supporting systems projects, you will be a key contributor towards the success of the department, through your work to develop and improve data and data reporting processes.

Devon Partnership Trust is one of the UK's most progressive mental health and learning disability trusts, providing services across Devon and Bristol.

To support the finance team and operational Managers in provision of datarequests, reconciliations and reports in a timely manner, ensuring financialinformation is processed in accordance with procedures and in order to provideinformation for statutory returns.

Assist with the maintenance, input, updating and reconciliation ofcomputerised budgetary control systems. This involves developing spreadsheetsand databases for specific purposes and undertaking enquiries on severalfinancial based systems. The post requires using a computer on a daily basiswith speed and accuracy.
To deputise for finance colleagues at meetings etc. Assist in all aspects of supplying financial information to keystakeholders including non-financial staff when requested.

This will includevariance analysis, analysis of pay and non-pay, evaluating a range of options,supporting business cases, directorate performance reporting etc.

Meet with relevant stakeholders on an on-going basis advising on thecurrent financial position. This may involve travel between different sites.
Working as a finance team, adopting a task-based approach to workload,which will be co-ordinated by Senior Accountants and Accountants.
To ensure every process has an accurate procedure note that can beinterpreted by both finance and non-finance colleagues.

To deliver informal training to work colleagues and non-finance staffon a range of subjects related to own area and a range of general procedures.

Contribute to the effectiveness of accounting systems, processes andprocedures and make recommendations to reduce costs and enhance value.
Undertake other duties as agreed with the Accountants, SeniorAccountants, Assistant Director of Finance.
Line management of Finance Assistants(Bands 2, 3 or 4) where relevant.

To attend and contribute to both the wider finance team developmentssuch as attendance of away days, the annual Budget Holders Conference etc.

Separately, to contribute to non-finance communications such as the BudgetHolders Newsletter etc.
Advise managers on financial queries in connection with their performancewhich may be contentious.

Provide support primarily to the finance team which will involve working with all levels of staff across thewider finance team.

Discuss sensitive issues and communicate performance issues relatingto staff.
Analyse and interpret financial queries and analyse detailed data toidentify errors and discrepancies.
Carry out complex financial calculations.
Planning & Organisational Skills

Assist in the provision of financial support to managers in relation totheir core areas as set out above for each assistant accountant.

Assist in the production of the Trusts statutory accounts and ofroutinely reconciled control accounts.
The postholder will occasionally be required to answer queries frompatients/members of the public on general financial issues.
Responsibility for Policy / Service Development
Work with respective Accountants in theproduction of monthly financial reports with the aim of providing accurateyear-end projections.

Support the respective Accountant / Senior Accountants in ensuring thatthe Trusts financial procedures and policies are in place, communicated toother staff and adhered to at all times.

Undertake project work within the team (e.g. business cases, analysingthe cost implications of developments) whether to support the objective ofthe Finance Department or the Directorates.
Work with the finance team on corporate projects designed to improvethe efficiency of the Trust.
Responsibility for Financial and PhysicalResources
Provide guidance to other members of the finance team as appropriate.

Allocate work and day to day management to Finance Assistants (Bands 2,3 or 4), where required, including induction training for staff.

Assist with recruitment, appraisal,discipline, training and delegation of tasks where required.
Input financial data into computerised and paper databases/systems.

On a continuous basis the post-holder is required to review, adapt andcontribute to the design of financial systems to enhance the performance ofthe team and the Trust.

Work within policies and procedures.
GCSE Maths and English (or equivalent)
AAT Qualified or equivalent accounting experience
Knowledge of NHS finance
Knowledge of ledger systems/accounting strategy and budgetary control processes
Accounting experience three years
IT literate including extensive use of Word and Excel
Ability to explain finance information to non-finance managers
Ability to interpret financial information
Planning and Organising skills
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