Management AccountantNHS

Job summary

You will make healthcare better for our patients by supporting with company with our accountant finical management, adhering to best practice. Maintaining a high level of professionalism and technical standard of work, whilst being a Team player.

Main duties of the job

You will prepare monthly management accounts, profit and loss statements, balance sheet reconciliations, and variance analysis. Assist in compiling annual budgets and updating periodic financial forecasts and take ownership of accounting and finance policies and recommend adjustments where required.

Job description

Key Responsibilities:

• Monthly Reporting: Prepare monthly management accounts, profit and loss statements, balance sheet reconciliations, and variance analysis.
• Budgeting and Forecasting: Assist in compiling annual budgets and updating periodic financial forecasts.
• Business Partnering: Work with non-financial managers and various departments to explain financial performance and support decision-making.
• Identify areas for cost reduction, monitor expenditure against budgets, and evaluate financial risks.
• Process Improvement: Develop and oversee internal financial systems, controls, and accounting procedures.
• Coordinate payroll through our third party payroll provider.
• Ensure all payments to employees, suppliers, HMRC, pension providers are processed with sufficient time to be released by a Director before they are due.
• Assist the finance coordinator where necessary with contractual data reporting.

Governance and Compliance:

• Ensure internal controls are being adhered to at all times.
• Take ownership of accounting and finance policies and recommend adjustments where required.
• Participate in company audits form financial auditors, CQC auditors, Accreditation auditors, internal audits and any other types of audits conducted.
• Ensure the finance department is fully compliant with GDPR.
• Provide input to the companies anti-money laundering and anti-bribery policies and practices.

Regulatory and Performance Reporting

• Reporting on the current state of finances, business activity, and risk management to regulatory bodies.
• Ethics and conduct standards: Codes of conduct or ethics are there for employees to adhere to. These standards tend to measure a lot more than what is legally necessary and contribute towards a climate of ethics within the organisation.
• As required, attend or participate as a member of other committees, groups or workshops as required

People Management

• Directly Manage the Finance Coordinator
• Work with Senior Leadership Team to provide performance against budgets, outline variances and raise any issues within their departments
• Participate in the annual appraisal process as a line report and as a line manager.
• Promote and maintain good client relations and the good reputation of Diagnostic World by ensuring audit work is undertaken with integrity competence, objectivity and confidentiality

About us

Diagnostic World are a leading provider of NHS and Private healthcare with services delivered from Community Diagnostic Centres, Community Health Centres and within our fleet of mobile and relocatable units. Within our service offering, we provide General and Musculoskeletal Ultrasound and Echocardiography to patients across the Midlands & South-East on a referred and self-referred basis.