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Senior Accountant - New Hospital Programme at NHS England
London, United Kingdom
Job Descrption
The New Hospital Programme (NHP) Finance Directorate supports and enables the delivery of NHP's strategic objectives by ensuring that NHP's finances are managed appropriately in the short, medium and long-term, ensuring there are robust controls in place to manage risk, proactive stakeholder engagement and effective financial management (including ownership of workstream budgets and agreeing capital envelopes).
This is an exciting opportunity to join the New Hospital Programme Finance Strategy & Operations team. We are a rapidly growing and supportive team looking for a high performing, adaptable finance professional who can establish themselves quickly.
The postholder will be working closely with the Finance Business Partnering team and other workstreams within the programme across NHS England and the Department of Health & Social Care
Main duties of the job
As a Senior Accountant you will work as part of the Finance Operations team to deliver an exceptional service... to senior leaders across the Programme ensuring that NHP lives within its annual budget and delivers value for money. You will:
Provide specialist financial support & guidance to Directors in managing their delegated budgets and improve financial competence across NHP through learning activities and proactive engagement
Present, interpret, and explain complex and technical financial information and concepts in a clear and concise format, tailoring for finance and non-finance audiences
Completion of the Month end management accounts process, including related analysis and your portfolios, you will lead the Directorate on business planning exercises ensuring resource requirements align to the programme's strategy and milestones
Actively participate in the development of the Finance Operations team in supporting the delivery of NHP's strategic objectives by ensuring that NHP's finances are managed appropriately in the short and medium term with robust controls in place to discharge responsibilities and ensure compliance with Managing Public Money and other relevant standards and guidance.
Deputise for the Financial Controller as required, including at formal governance meetings
About us
The NHS England board have set out the top-level purpose for the new organisation to lead the NHS in England to deliver high-quality services for all, which will inform the detailed design work and we will achieve this purpose by:
1. Enabling local systems and providers to improve the health of their people and patients and reduce health inequalities.
2. Making the NHS a great place to work, where our people can make a difference and achieve their potential.
3. Working collaboratively to ensure our healthcare workforce has the right knowledge, skills, values and behaviours to deliver accessible, compassionate care
4. Optimising the use of digital technology, research, and innovation
5. Delivering value for money.
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Colleagues with a contractual office base are expected to spend, on average, at least 40% of their time working in-person.
Staff recruited from outside the NHS will usually be appointed at the bottom of the pay band.
Job description
Job responsibilities
More information abut the role can be found in the attached job description and person specification.
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Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
6. The Post holder must be a minimum of AAT qualified, or CCAB or international equivalent part qualified
Knowledge and experience
Essential
7. Demonstrable specialist knowledge in a relevant discipline
8. Experience of monitoring budgets and business planning processes.
Skills Capabilities and Aptitudes
Essential
9. Clear communicator with excellent written and presentation skills; capable of constructing and delivering clear ideas and concepts concisely and accurately to a diverse and varied range of audiences consisting of internal and external stakeholders.
10. Demonstrated capabilities to manage own workload and make informed decisions in the absence of required information, working to tight and often changing timescales.
11. Numerate and able to understand complex financial issues combined with deep analytical skills.
Values and behaviours
Essential
12. Works well with others, is positive and helpful, listens, involves, respects and learns from the contribution of others.
13. Consistently looks to improve what they do, look for successful tried and tested ways of working, and also seeks out innovation
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