East and North Hertfordshire NHS Trust Hiring for Trainee Management Accountant Job at Stevenage, England Full Time

The Management Accounts/Business Partnering team are recruiting for an ambitious, motivated and enthusiastic individual as a Trainee Management Accountant to support our department and our key operational and clinical stakeholders to help deliver the best care for our patients.

This post will provide excellent experience to someone who is looking to progress or train in a career within a progressive NHS Finance Department.

You will need to work to ensure tight deadlines are met, whilst maintaining a high-quality approach. You must possess excellent written and verbal communication skills and ideally already have some accounting knowledge or experience, possibly through studying AAT or by having a relevant degree. We will offer you support towards studying for a CCAB qualification and excellent career progression. The right candidate will be offered objectives towards achieving a Band 5 Management Accountant role.

Please note that this advert may close early based on the number of applications.

To provide full and comprehensive support to the Senior Finance Manager and Deputy Finance Manager, in the provision of accurate and timely financial reporting and advice to a number of clinical specialties, through the application of appropriate accounting policies and business experience.

To communicate with senior managers, Clinicians, budget holders, other Finance staff and external customers, by MS Teams, face to face, email or telephone as appropriate.

You will need to build effective relationships and communicate complex financial information to support stakeholders in making key decisions. The individual will need to also have excellent analytical skills and be able to manipulate large amounts of data, work diligently and accurately, and be able to draw inferences and present findings from analysis of financial and non-financial information.

East and North Herts NHS Trust have an attractive study package for those looking to continue their professional accountancy studies, which include the provision of study leave and financial support for exams.

At East and North Hertfordshire NHS Trust, we are proud of the range of general and specialist services we provide and our 6,000 or so dedicated staff ensure our patients get the best care. Our ability to be flexible and innovative in the way in which we work and deliver our services to our catchment has never been more important than it is now.

We run the following hospitals:

• The Lister Hospital, Stevenage
• New Queen Elizabeth II (New QEII), Welwyn Garden City
• Hertford County, Hertford
• Mount Vernon Cancer Centre (MVCC), Northwood

We have ambitious plans to become an outstanding, patient-led Trust where dedicated staff provide high-quality, compassionate care to our patients. We continue to undergo significant transformation and our staff and patients are at the heart of delivering this ambitious agenda.

In the paragraphs above you have read an overview about the role we would like to offer and general information about main duties of the post holder. Please see attached – job description which describes in full details the duties, responsibilities and reporting relationships of the advertising role.

Main role requirements are below but for the full details please refer to the attached person specification.

• A level or equivalent.
• Previous experience in a financial environment, or relevant studies.
• Ability to apply accounting knowledge and demonstrate analytical skills.
• Understanding of management accounting issues to include budgetary control.
• Good communication skills, both written and oral.
• Able to work as a member of a team and to perform effectively under pressure to meet deadlines.