Management Accounting Clerk

We have the following opportunity within Financial management as a Management Accounting Assistant.

The post holder will provide support to the Management Accounting Assistant in the delivery of financial and statutory obligations of the Trusts Financial Management function. Responsibility for supporting the production of financial information and providing support to a group of clinical and departmental budget holders. To be a key member of the Trust's Finance Department and contribute to the delivery of its overall objectives.

They will be a member of the finance team, providing financial information to clinical and non-clinical colleagues. They will support the development of robust financial processes to ensure efficiency and effectiveness., Working with the Management Accounting Assistant, the post holder will develop and produce information to support accurate and timely monthly performance reports for presentation at service meetings and to feed into the Trusts position for internal and external corporate reporting.

To achieve this, the post holder will be expected to work with finance colleagues, clinicians and budget holders to produce financial information to enable informed decision making on business processes and plans, which improve and enhance the overall productivity of the Trust.

The post holder will produce information to support the development of robust financial forecasts. They will support the annual planning process and associated work streams.

They will deputise for the Management Accounting Assistant as and when necessary., To assist in the production of the monthly financial position of the Directorates in accordance with agreed timescales for the Directorate Accountants to report to the Assistant Head of Finance. Financial information and reports are produced in a timely and accurate manner. Queries are dealt with in a timely and professional manner.

To work as part of a team in delivering financial information for the Directorates and the Directorate Accountant as and when required. Accurate financial information provided to Directorate Accountants for review.

To maintain spreadsheets and records to assist the Directorate Accountants in ensuring that income and expenditure is recorded accurately. Financial information and reports are produced in a timely and accurate manner. Queries are dealt with in a timely and professional manner.

To assist in analysing income and expenditure, identifying variances, investigating where necessary and reporting to the Directorate Accountants. High quality information is provided to Directorate Accountants for review.

To assist in the reconciliation of control accounts on a monthly basis and maintain appropriate documentation on file. All control accounts are fully reconciled and signed off in line with the agreed timetable for completion

To assist the Directorate Accountants in administering the process of recharges and the maintenance of recharge budgets. To support Directorate Accountant in line with the agreed timetable, to respond to all queries effectively.

To raise ad hoc requests for invoices to be raised and to ensure the income is recorded. Invoices are raised within the agreed timetable. To assist in the Annual budget setting process for Directorates. Recognition from Directorate Accountants of support provided.

Assist in the provision of costing information. Accurate and timely information provided when required.

To produce the budget statements in Excel format from the General Ledger system on a monthly basis, ensuring that all data is reconciled and updated prior to being sent to the Directorates. Statements are produced to a high level of quality in terms of presentation, within agreed timescales.

Contribute to the smooth and efficient functioning of the finance function by performing ad hoc duties as and when required especially to ensure the fulfilment of any statutory financial information requirements. To be responsive and flexible when required.

Provide financial information to, or answer queries from the Directorates when requested in a timely manner. Directorates are satisfied with responses received., The Trust is committed to promoting a healthy work-life balance and achieve fair, equitable and consistent practice. We welcome flexible working requests and will consider a variety of flexible working arrangements from day one of your employment. Not all roles are suitable for every flexible working opportunity all of the time. Flexible working options may include reduced hours, compressed hours, fixed shifts, time back in lieu and home working.

The Trust is committed to promoting equality and diversity; we value the contribution of individual talent, skills, knowledge and experience and aim for a workforce demography representative of the local community. We encourage applicants from the following groups that are currently under-represented in our workforce black, Asian and minority ethnic, lesbian, gay, bisexual and Transgender (LGBTQ+), disabled, male and age 16-24.

Trust policy requires that the cost of submitting & processing the successful applicant/s DBS application be recovered via salary deduction following start in post. The amount of £18+£5 (standard disclosure) or £38+£5 (enhanced disclosure) will be deducted from salary, in manageable monthly instalments for up to 3 months following commencement of employment. Bank posts require upfront payment.

From April 2017, Skilled visa applicants and their adult dependant(s) will be required to provide a criminal record certificate from each country they have lived in consecutively for 12 months or more in the past ten years.

Applicants requiring sponsorship may wish to determine the likelihood of obtaining sponsorship for this position by assessing themselves against the criteria on the gov.uk website - https://www.gov.uk/check-uk-visa.

This organisation has a zero-tolerance approach to the abuse of children, young people and vulnerable adults. All staff must ensure they adhere to the organisations safeguarding children and adults' policy and comply with the Local Safeguarding Children and Adult Board procedures.

Staff should be mindful of their responsibility to safeguard children and adults in any activity performed on behalf of the organisation in line with the requirements of statutory guidance and legislation.

All employees (and volunteers)are expected maintain their safeguarding knowledge and skills by completing mandatory safeguarding training which includes understanding and recognising the signs of abuse and neglect and taking appropriate action.

As an organisation, we have adopted the Merseyside Domestic abuse workplace scheme which supports our staff who are experiencing Domestic Abuse /any forms of sexual violence.

• GCSE Maths or equivalent, AAT or equivalent, Possess a high degree of numeracy and accuracy and the ability to work with spreadsheets to provide high quality financial information


• Demonstrable ability to work with Microsoft Office particularly Excel, Access and Word., Demonstrable ability to organize their own work and demonstrate initiative required to ensure that all tasks are completed.


• Good communication in order to work effectively, confidently liaising with staff within the department, Trust and other Trusts.


• Demonstrates high level of commitment to personal and professional development.
  
  Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust was created on 1 October 2019 following the merger of two adult acute Trusts, Aintree University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust and the Royal Liverpool and Broadgreen University Hospitals NHS Trust.


The merger provides an opportunity to reconfigure services in a way that provides the best healthcare services to the city and improves the quality of care and health outcomes that patients experience.

The Trust runs Aintree University Hospital, Broadgreen Hospital, Liverpool University Dental Hospital and the Royal Liverpool University Hospital.

It serves a core population of around 630,000 people across Merseyside as well as providing a range of highly specialist services to a catchment area of more than two million people in the North West region and beyond.