Job overview

This vacancy is only open to employees of our ICB system partners: Shropshire Community Health NHS Trust, The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust, Midlands Partnership NHS Foundation Trust, The Robert Jones and Agnes Hunt Orthopaedic Hospital and NHS Shropshire, Telford and Wrekin Integrated Care Board. Please do not apply if you are not an employee of one of the listed organisations as we will be unable to progress your application.

As a member of the Management Accounting team, the postholder will offer a responsive, high quality, customer focused Management Accounting service which actively makes the connection between delivery and achieving the wider Trust aims and objectives, within the most effective use of resources available.

Ensures financial information is processed in accordance with Trust policies and procedures; and investigates complex enquiries providing assistance and advice as required.

In conjunction with the Divisional team and the Senior Management Accountant, to produce annual budgets for the division which contribute to the Trust overall financial framework and the Divisional annual business plan; and producing monthly budgetary reports and variance analysis to explain variances from plan and support budget managers to take corrective actions.

Support the Senior Management Accountant, and senior finance team to continuously improve on systems and processes within the management accounting function to maximise efficiency of the team to give a consistently high quality service to customers.

Please note this vacancy may close early if a high volume of applications is received, we advise you submit your application early to avoid disappointment.

Main duties of the job

· Producing accurate and timely monthly reporting ensuring it represents a true and fair view at any given time.

· Completing the annual budget setting exercise for area of responsibility working with colleagues to ensure realistic budgets are set across the Trust.

· Supporting financial planning activity and business development processes through the maintenance of budgets and forecasts, liaising with managers and external organisations as required.

· Providing detailed advice and guidance to support managers discharge their financial management and stewardship duties effectively.

· Responsibility for the management, supervision, training and development of more junior staff as required.

· Implementing changes to procedures in own areas and which have an impact on other areas for service improvement.

Working for our organisation

Shropshire Community Health NHS Trust provides community-based health services for adults and children in Shropshire, Telford and Wrekin, and some services in surrounding areas too. These range from district nursing, health visiting and running four community hospitals through to providing very specialist community care through talented and dedicated staff.

Patients, carers and the public play a vital role in helping us to develop and improve our services and we are constantly looking for ways to work with local communities, patients and the public to innovate and improve. Have a look at the Have Your Say section of our website to find out how you can feed back your experiences and help us to continually improve.

Shropshire Community Health NHS Trust is an exciting place to work. It offers a wide range of employment opportunities for many people.

Shropshire Community Health NHS Trust positively encourages applications from all areas of the community, regardless of age, gender, ethnicity, disability, sexual orientation or religious beliefs. We are committed to ensuring people who work for the community trust have a good working life - and a good work life/home life balance.