Finance Accountant

My NHS Client are recruiting for a Finance Accountant based in Manchester. As a Finance Accountant, the post holder will work as part of a dynamic team in delivering an effective service supporting managers and staff across the Area to

- Support the Finance Manager in monitoring and reporting the monthly financial position for Direct Commissioning Services.
- Identifying financial risks and supporting budget holders to identify courses of action to mitigate risks.
- Provide senior financial advice and support to Level 3 CCGs on all aspects of Co-Commissioning budgets and co-ordinate CCG/NHS England actions as appropriate.
- Responsible for the creation and interrogation of bespoke BI reports and excel templates that are required for internal monitoring and associated CCGs under Co-Commissioning arrangements.
- Represent NHS England GM in dealings with BI working groups, Interpreting and communicating new guidance to Finance team members and providing any relevant feedback where necessary.
- Contribute to the provision of a comprehensive accounting function within the local office
- Ensure financial information is processed timely, accurately and in accordance with procedures to support internal reporting to managers, directors, staff and clinicians.
- Investigate queries accordingly.
- Understand and interpret national and local policy initiatives which impact on the relationship between the LAT and other organisations.
- Work within broad professional policies, acting as a specialist on financial accounting matters within delegated responsibility
- Provide Financial Support to Greater Manchester (GM) and the Direct Commissioning Finance Team by way of Business Intelligence (BI) Report Writing and Interpretation/Communication of Technical Guidance received from the Central Team.

If you are interested in this position then please send through your CV ASAP. If you do not hear from us within 3 working days, then please take this as your application not being progressed this time round, however we will keep your CV on file if we get anything suitable in future. Unfortunately, due to the high volume of responses we are unable to respond to all applications.