Accountant Financial Management

2 months ago


County Durham, United Kingdom Sellick Partnership Full time

**Essential Requirements**:

- A good level of education in a numerate
- Professional accountancy qualification or equivalent knowledge, experience and
- Substantial experience in the finance department of a complex
- Able to work autonomously to agreed objectives whilst given the freedom to instigate changes, whilst working within broad occupational policies, acting without reference to manager
- In depth specialist and practical knowledge and in particular budgetary control techniques
- A good working knowledge of financial computer
- Ability to make judgements involving highly complex facts and
- Must have staff management experience and the ability to plan and organise a range of complex activities and programmes.
- Able to communicate complex, sensitive or contentious information to a range of different audiences using a range of different communication methods.
- Flexible approach required to fulfil the duties in an environment with ever changing and/or conflicting priorities.
- Evidence of participation in Continuing Professional Development (CPD).

**1 Job Purpose**:

- To ensure delivery of a high quality financial management service
- To work closely with senior Trust Corporate and/or Directorate Management, providing timely and accurate information and advice to facilitate the effective monitoring and management of the Trust's financial position and to support the decision making process.
- To play a significant role in the formulation of the Trust's annual
- To ensure that financial controls are maintained within Corporate Governance

**2 Knowledge Training and Experience**:

- Substantial experience in the finance department of a complex organisation, including staff management/supervisory responsibilities is essential.
- Demonstrable experience in management accounting is essential, including the ability to provide detailed guidance and advice to finance and non-finance mangers within own area.
- Previous public sector finance experience at a senior level would be
- Requires in depth specialist knowledge in financial and accounting procedures and in particular budgetary control techniques.
- PC skills are required, especially in the use of financial computer packages and Microsoft Office. ECDL would be desirable.
- Evidence of Continuing Professional Development (CPD) is

**3 Skills** **Communication**
- The post holder will require the ability to communicate within a range of settings from contentious information communicated on a one to one basis to presentations of highly complex information to medium sized This will be through a range of different media,including verbally, written reports, PowerPoint presentations to various Groups and Teams, etc.
- The post requires excellent relationship skills to enable complex information to be shared and a course of action to be agreed with group members and/or

**Analytical and Judgemental Skills required for the post**:

- These skills are required where there are highly complex facts or situations, which require the analysis, interpretation and comparison of a range of options. Examples include:

- Analysis of financial data, investigation and resolution of financial queries o

Analysis of non-financial data to support financial reports

**Planning and Organisational skills required for the post**:

- Good planning and organisation skills are
- Must possess management and decision making skills, have the ability to delegate tasks and motivate staff.
- Responsible for the planning and organisation of the delivery and performance of a high quality financial management service to a designated range of budget holders throughout the Trust.

**4 Key result areas** **Patient / Client care**
- Incidental contact only anticipated

**Policy and Service Development**:

- Expected to continually review working practices and procedures in order to propose changes to standard procedures in own and other areas whilst remaining within statutory guidelines and legislation.

**Financial and Physical Resources**:

- Responsible for the production of detailed Directorate and/or Departmental pay and non-pay expenditure and non-patient care income budgets.

**Human Resources** _Management_
- Responsible for full line management of the Directorate Reporting team including:

- Managing their performance, including undertaking/monitoring all appraisals within the team
- Managing the recruitment and selection of team members o Providing career and personal development advice
- Managing workload
- Managing sickness absence, disciplinary and any grievance matters
- Education_
- Provision of day-to-day training across the Directorate reporting team. Provide finance training for Trust staff across a wide range of disciplines.
- Leadership_
- Requirement to lead on specific Trust-wide financial



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