Business Accountant - #149143

Job Summary

An opportunity has arisen in the NCA Finance Team for a 12-month Business Accountant role supporting a clinical division. This is a vital role in the senior management team and is key to progressing a number of high profile strategic objectives.

This is a 12-month fixed term role to cover maternity leave for the existing postholder. Secondments would also be considered.

The finance team has 4 members of staff who undertake a finance business partnering role, working closely alongside the operational and clinical teams to aid effective decision-making.

This is an excellent opportunity for anyone looking for the next step in their career or anyone interested in diversifying their current experience in other areas of finance.

The post holder will support the organisation’s aims and objectives by ensuring a high quality finance service is delivered to the division to allow for continuous improvement. The successful candidate will be flexible and responsive to change.

Main duties of the job

The role involves working closely with colleagues, both in finance and the organisation as a whole. The post holder will support the finance department in the process of meeting its objectives. This includes the preparation of budgetary and reporting systems, and implementing procedures that enable effective financial management and efficient use of resources.

This is a pivotal role to contribute to helping the organisation to ensure it maintains its high quality of clinical services whilst identifying ways in which to safely reduce costs.

You will be proactive and highly motivated with strong IT skills, competent in the use of Microsoft Office and computerised ledger systems.

You will require a good understanding of the accounting function and should be able to plan your workload in order to meet both strict and conflicting deadlines.

You will be a CCAB qualified accountant with post qualification management experience.

About Us

The Northern Care Alliance (NCA) is one of the largest NHS organisations in the country. Launched in April 2017, the NCA serves over one million people across Greater Manchester and employs over 19,000 healthcare professionals across Bury, Rochdale, Salford and Oldham. The sheer size, scale and potential of our combined service is huge. At the NCA, we can offer groupwide, flexible multi-site opportunities, as part of our connected, integrated and engaged team. We believe in saving and improving lives and are passionate about driving forward significant improvements to the provision of safe, high-quality integrated health and social care to our local community. If you share our vision, take your place with us.

Job Description

Job responsibilities

To read more information about the advertised role, and the main job duties/responsibilities please open the Job Description and Person Specification located under the supporting documents heading. You can also read more information about working at the Northern Care Alliance within the attached Candidate Information Pack or by visiting our careers website: www.careers.northerncarealliance.nhs.uk

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• CCAB
• Evidence of CPD
  
  

Experience

Essential

• Experience including providing financial support and advise to managers of complex services / in a complex organisation, contribution to productivity and efficiency initiatives, use of SLR / PLICS data to drive change.
  
  

Desirable

• NHS experience
  
  

Skills

Essential

• Evidence of excellent written communication skills
• Evidence of ability to work as a team member and to lead a team
• Ability to build effective working relationships
• Evidence of ability to negotiate with a variety of staff members to reach an agreed goal
• Evidence of being motivated and proactive
• Evidence of flexible working practices to meet service needs
• Evidence of ability to organise work independently and adapt to changing priorities using own initiative
• Evidence of ability to problem solve and produce solutions
  
  

Desirable

• Supporting the development of Divisional CIP
  
  

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

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