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Belmont Recruitment are currently looking for an experienced NHS Management Accountant to join a NHS Trust based in London on an initial 3 month temporary contract. This is a full-time role working 37.5 hours per week, Monday to Friday.

Education / Qualifications

* Educated to degree level or equivalent.

* The post holder must be actively studying towards a CCAB (or CIMA) qualification or be able to demonstrate that they are qualified by experience.

Experience

* Relevant experience in a management accounting department.

* Knowledge of NHS Finance & Organisational structures, including an understanding of clinical activity and how it is coded and recorded.

* Experience of financial forecasting and budget setting.

Knowledge

* Thorough experience of financial management gained within a complex environment, budgetary control, forecasting and management information processes.

* Able to create complex spreadsheets and databases to manipulate complex financial data, often using several systems simultaneously. Use advanced spreadsheet functions (e.g. pivot table, sumif & vlookup).

Skills/abilities

* Ability to plan and organise own workload and meet deadlines, which will involve balancing competing priorities within a fluctuating and demanding workload.

* Ability to work on own initiative with minimal supervision.

* Ability to analyse, investigate and resolve queries independently and take appropriate decisions within broad departmental procedures and external guidelines.

* Confident user of IT e.g. Microsoft Office, integrated financial ledger system, databases, with accurate output.

* Ability to concentrate, occasionally for prolonged periods. Ability to deal effectively with frequent interruptions.

* Ability to interpret highly complex external guidance and implement locally.

* Ability to present and communicate in writing and verbally with all levels of staff and external contacts, often in situations, which are complex and potentially contentious.

* Excellent verbal reasoning.

* Ability to write reports.

* Ability to influence and negotiate with others.

* Ability to lead and motivate staff.

Personal qualities

* Committed to Continuing Professional Development.

* Evidence of negotiating and influencing ability.

* Able to work under pressure and to plan and prioritise workload effectively.

* Professional and reputation for integrity.

* Flexible and supportive work colleague.

* Tenacity and resilience.

* Makes demands of self and others.

If this role would be of interest to you, please apply with an up to date CV as soon as possible