Senior Management Accountant - Richmond

at  Kingston Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

Performance Management and Delivery 1. To generate and produce monthly divisional management accounts and financial reports in accordance with the Trusts agreed timetables and departmental policies and procedures. 2. To investigate variances from plan by interrogating the Trusts financial systems, to summarise and report on these in monthly reports to prepare for Finance Business Partners.
To ensure that effective monitoring processes are maintained to minimise variances. To support the Budget Holders by analysing trends and identifying potential and actual variances through enhanced reporting techniques. 3. Responsible for preparation of backing and input to the finance system of journals, (standard & reversing, financial and workforce stats), budget virements and invoicing (recharges to and from NHS and non NHS organisations) to ensure the completeness and accuracy of the clusters, departments, services and divisions financial statements.
4. Respond to budget holder queries directly and on behalf of senior members of the team relating to investigating transactions, validate payroll and gaining information for invoices to be raised when required. Give appropriate and timely Responses through email, phone or in meetings. 5.
To prepare and maintain the staffs registers from the payroll data and information and verify these to planned establishment and pay costs, liasing with People analytics team to ensure triangulation of data. 6. To assist the Finance Business Partners with detailed costings for proposed Divisional developments, restructure, bids or business cases. 7.
To assist the Finance Business Partners with production of monthly reports for designated cluster (services or departments) to show key financial performance indicators with appropriate narrative to an agreed standard format. 8. To ensure that a customer focused service of the highest possible standard is delivered to the Trust including resolving queries from Budget Holders and Managers, in a timely manner with minimum supervision. 9.
Support communication between budget holders and other departments within finance and with procurement by encouraging budget holders and managers to follow processes and procedures in place. 10. Investigate answers to queries outside of immediate finance area, obtaining and using data sources from across finance and other corporate functions to support variance analysis and answers to queries or challenges to budget holders being made by senior members of the team. 11.
Complete budget setting tasks as directed by Finance Business Partners or Divisional Head of Finance 12. To contribute and pro-actively put forward suggestions for improvement and development of the financial ledgers, feeder and information systems used for monthly reporting. Planning and Service Development 13. Communicate with third parties regarding validation of invoices raised to and received from them to ensure prompt processing by both parties.
14. Ensure that you understand and are able to explain to other the Trusts Standing Orders, Standing Financial Instructions and procurement rules. Developing Capability and Capacity 15. To plan workload to ensure weekly, monthly, quarterly and annual financial timetables are met.
16. Recommend improvements and changes to working practices and processes within the Finance Department. 17. Continuously improves and develop the finance team customer focused service to the divisions, ensuring that at all times the team is striving to achieve the highest levels of performance for customer service.
18. Provider supervision and support for management accountants in your team. 19. Ensure that financial/non-financial information produced meets the individual and changing needs of its recipients.
20. To work with income and contracting team to align income and activity data with your own systems. General 21. Undertake any other duties commensurate with the role as directed by the Finance Business Partners, Divisional Head of Finance or Associate Director of Financial Management.
This will encompass cover for other management accountants, routine trust wide tasks and ad hoc projects. Financial 22. Access to confidential financial systems and processes throughout the Trust. Education and Training/Self-Development 23.
Prepared to work towards a professional accountancy qualification. 24. Identify own training and development needs and undertake appropriate training/education as required. 25.
Participate in an annual individual performance review process where objectives will be agreed, performance monitored and personal development needs discussed. 26. To attend/complete online where applicable all statutory and mandatory training as and when required to do so. 27.
Act responsibly in respect of colleague’s health, safety and welfare following safe work practices and complying with the Trust’s Health and Safety Policies. 28. Will consider the most effective way to promote equality of opportunity and good working relationships in employment and service delivery and can take actions which support and promote this agenda. 29.
Adhere to all Trust Policies as applicable. This job description is not intended to limit the scope and extent of the job to be undertaken and will be subject to review and alteration as necessary, following discussion with the post holder

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