Management Accounts Assistant

Responsibilities

To provide an effective, high quality Financial Management service to managers and clinicians. Provide monthly financial management reports, provide support and advice for managers, undertake financial analyses and investigate queries. Ensure that all relevant financial procedures and guidance are adhered to.

In conjunction with Management Accountants provide accurate and timely financial information to non-financial managers, incorporating both financial and non-financial data. Responsible for producing draft budget statements for review by Finance Manager.

To maintain and update information in the finance systems, including the calculation of accruals and prepayments, reviewing interfaces from other systems such as payroll and NHS Supplies and the calculation of recharge invoices.

To calculate pay costs for both existing staff establishments and proposed developments. Work with managers to ensure that non-pay budgets reflect the current activity within relevant service areas.

To organise and undertake monthly meetings with budget holders where appropriate, to review the financial statements and associated reports. Ensure that variances are highlighted to budget managers, where necessary advising on the causes.

To help ensure the full commitment of expenditure within the relevant accounting periods and to assist in the month end financial reporting process.

To act independently and show initiative under the supervision of the Deputy Head of Finance.

To provide administrative support to the Management Accounts team as well as the Deputy Chief Finance Officer.

To assist in the sending out of budget statements and nominal rolls as required by the financial reporting timetable.

The Walton Centre NHS Foundation Trust is the only NHS trust to hold dual accreditation for the Investors in People. We invest in people and we invest in wellbeing standards and have been awarded Gold status for both. The Walton Centre is a leader in the treatment and care of neurology and neurosurgery, placing the patient and their family at the heart of everything we do.

As the only specialist hospital trust in the UK dedicated to providing comprehensive neurology, neurosurgery, spinal and pain management services we are proud to be rated as an Outstanding Trust by the Care Quality Commission (CQC), and champion change throughout the field of neuroscience. Originally formed in 1992, the Trust received Foundation Trust status in 2009.

With around 1,450 staff, The Walton Centre treats more than 127,000 outpatients and 18,000 inpatients each year. We have leading specialists and incredibly dedicated staff delivering excellent clinical outcomes for brain, spinal and neurological care nationally and internationally. Teams across our site in Fazakerley, Liverpool, offer a world‑class service in diagnosing and treating injuries and illnesses affecting the brain, spine and peripheral nerves and muscles, and in supporting people suffering from a wide range of long‑term neurological conditions.