Job overview

It is an exciting time to be joining London North West University Hospitals and our Finance department. 
LNWH is a large- multi-site Trust which has close to a £1bn turnover, supporting the communities of Harrow, Brent and Ealing.                                        The Finance Department comprises over 120 members of staff, comprising Financial Accounts, Management Accounts, Income and Contracting, and Transformation and Strategic Finance. We have a history of supporting staff personal development and as part of the NW London Academy and Talent Board, we have an established training scheme to support accountants who are embarking and continuing with academic study. 

Our Finance Department is at the Centre of key Trust and Sector-wide initiatives and developments, which have included the establishment of an Elective Orthopaedic Centre, the acquisition of Robotics for Surgery, and the creation of a Community Diagnostics Centre with a build of over £25m.  

We are looking to appoint a Senior Management Accountant to join our Management Accounts team. The post holder will be providing a proactive management accounting service to one of the Trust’s divisions.  They will be responsible for a clinical or non-clinical portfolio where they will be  responsible for the accurate management accounting and reporting to support the service and finance department.

Main duties of the job

The post holder will support all aspects of financial management including liaising with budget holders, maintenance of monthly reporting ,assisting with forecasts  and budget setting.    The Senior Management Accountant will be expected to produce monthly budget statements from the ledger in accordance with the Trust reporting timetables and high quality financial reports and analyses, including non-financial data that identifies and explains directorate variances and trends. They will be expected to be a financial expert for the areas they are responsible, advising non-financial colleagues with business cases, long term planning and complex financial analysis to support operational decision making. They will be able to act autonomously. They should be able to provide financial advice and management accounting support to a number of budget holders.  The Senior Management Accountant will be working as part of a team responsible for supporting a number of Directorates, by delivering a high quality and timely financial management service to all budget holders. The post holder will also be expected to support the Senior Finance Manager as required including forecasting, costing, budget setting and income/expenditure analysis.

Working for our organisation

London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust (LNWH) cares for the people of Brent, Ealing, Harrow and beyond.

Our team of more than 8,200 clinical and support staff serve a diverse population of almost one million people.

We run major acute services at:

• Northwick Park Hospital: home to one of the busiest emergency departments (A&E) in the country. The hospital provides a full range of services including the country’s top-rated hyper-acute stroke unit and one of only three hyper-acute rehabilitation units in the UK
• St Mark’s Hospital: an internationally renowned specialist centre for bowel disease
• Ealing Hospital: a busy district general hospital providing a range of clinical services, as well as 24/7 emergency department and urgent care centre, and specialist care at Meadow House Hospice
• Central Middlesex Hospital: our planned care site, hosting a range of surgical and outpatient services and collocated with an urgent care centre.  

We are a university teaching NHS trust, in recognition of the important role we play in training clinicians of the future and bringing the benefits of research to the public.