Job summary
- Main area
- Finance
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 3
- Contract
- Bank: 8 weeks
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week (8.30am -5pm)
- Job ref
- 418-FIN0593-EH
- Employer
- Bedfordshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Luton & Dunstable Hospital
- Town
- Luton
- Salary
- £13.13 per hour
- Salary period
- Hourly
- Closing
- 06/07/2025 23:59
Employer heading
Assistant Management Accountant
NHS AfC: Band 3
Job overview
An opportunity has arisen at Bedfordshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust for a Band 3 Assistant Management accountant to join our bank team. This is an exciting opportunity for anyone looking for a finance career working within the NHS. They will be passionate about NHS Finance. The post holder still support the management account team with project work and general finance tasks.
The successful candidate will be dynamic, energetic, enthusiastic and well-motivated and will work within the Management Accounts team. The successful candidate will have the ability to work on their own initiative, under the guidance of the Finance Manager, and as part of a team. Excellent communication skills and a sound knowledge of Microsoft Excel and computerised accounting systems are required. In addition, they will have the ability to work to strict deadlines and provide clear and concise financial information. We are committed to developing our staff.
Main duties of the job
The post-holder will work within the projects team of Management Accounts and work in Finance projects to improve processes and efficiency. The post-holder will also provide ad hoc support to other members of the finance team as required.
Working for our organisation
Bedfordshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust provides hospital services to a growing population of around 700,000 people living across Bedfordshire and the surrounding areas across two busy hospital sites in Bedford and Luton. Both hospital sites offer key services such as A&E, Obstetrics-led Maternity and Paediatrics. You will be joining a friendly, high performing Trust committed to ensuring the health and wellbeing of staff. As one of the largest NHS Trusts in our region you will have access to a programme of high quality training and development to help you grow your career. The Trust continues to be committed to delivering the best patient care using the best clinical knowledge and technology available.
Our values
We not only recruit based on qualifications and experience - we recruit individuals who demonstrate the behaviours which underpin our Trusts core values. We achieve this by using values based recruitment. We are dedicated to making our recruitment practices as inclusive as possible for everyone, we are committed to promoting equality and diversity, and creating a culture that values differences.
Please note that vacancies may close prior to the advertised closing date when sufficient number of applications have been received. All new staff will be subject to a probationary period covering first 6 months in post. Travel between hospital sites may be required. Please review all documents attached to ensure you familiarize yourself with all requirements of the job
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
The purpose of the post is to support the Directorate Accountants in providing information to the Finance Managers and Budget Holders ensuring that the Trust meets both its financial and performance targets
To provide admin and clerical support to the Income team within the Finance Department and to undertake general administration duties as required.
MAIN DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:
To help produce timely and accurate financial statements for Directorates on a monthly basis through the calculation and posting of accruals and prepayments.
To support budget holders in managing their financial position such that the Trust is able to achieve its financial targets. This will include providing complex and sensitive information, and will require skills of negotiation and persuasion
Support directorate accountants with variance analysis
Deal with queries from budget holders and other member of the finance team.
To provide reports of the Directorates financial position to the Directorate Accountants to allow aggregation of the Trust’s financial position on a timely monthly basis.
To analyse financial trends involving many streams of data and forecast financial expenditure.
Raise invoices to other organisations for ad hoc/regular services provided.
To help prepare annual Directorate budgets for service planning, supporting budget holders through the budget setting process.
To monitor & control budgetary changes throughout the year for relevant Directorate.
To act independently and show initiative under the supervision of Directorate Accountants
To work alongside the project team to deliver Finance projects.
To provide ad hoc support to Directorate Accountants, Finance Managers, Director of Finance & other team members as required.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Good standard of education (to A Level) or equivalent
Experience
Essential criteria
- Experience Experience of accounting systems and processes Management accounting in an NHS setting
Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Good written, presentational and verbal communication skills
- Knowledge of Excel spreadsheets, Word and General ledger systems
- Ability to plan and organise own work in order to be efficient and effective
- Ability to work under pressure to tight deadlines whilst maintaining accuracy
- Concentration and high work quality under pressure
- Ability to work as part of a team
- Ability to work independently and show initiative
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
The postholder will have access to vulnerable people in the course of their normal duties and as such this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Alison Upton
- Job title
- Finance Manager
- Email address
- [email protected]
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