Description
Operational
1. The post holder will contribute to the monthly reporting process, by ensuring that all accruals, invoices and budget adjustments are completed within the agreed reporting timetable, collaborating with colleagues in the financial management department. All core input documents will be prepared in accordance with recommended practice for backing documents and descriptions etc.
2. To assist in the interpretation of monthly budget statements, working with the Business Partners to identify areas of variance from plan and undertaking any relevant work to support this process. Develop additional reports to adequately describe the movements
3. To provide relevant, timely and accurate advice to budget managers and to meet with budget managers as required by the Business Partner, discussing with non-financial managers, particularly ward manager's areas of variance from plan and ways of doing things differently to achieve better financial results. Learning from areas of good practice and sharing it with other less well performing areas. It is likely that there will be areas on contention; the management accountant must work with the manager to persuade them of the best financial outcome.
4. To provide cross cover with the other management accountants in the team as and when required.
5. To complete on a monthly basis a reconciliation between whole time equivalents (wte's) shown in the Finance Report and that shown in the Human Resources Report, liaising with Human Resources to ensure the reports agree or the difference is no more than a very small tolerance of 3 wte's.
6. To provide support to the Business Partner with monthly forecasting and budget setting, providing further analysis as required
7. To provide support in the preparation of the Trust annual accounts and interim accounting processes as and when required. Ensuring that the necessary reports are maintained from year to year and that they are updated to take accountant of any new legislation or guidance.
8. To ensure regularly occurring corrections are corrected at source rather than the correction being repeated month after month. This may necessitate negotiation with external departments eg payroll or Human resources and sometimes with agencies external to the organisation eg sales ledger invoices.
9. To develop and understanding of the complexities of how income and expenditure relate and the impact of operational changes on both.
10. To ensure that relevant invoices are raised in a timely manner with appropriate backing documents and to maintain an up-to-date log in the income register.
11. To contribute to the work of the Finance Directorate as a whole.
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