Management Accounting Assistant

To oversee and maintain spreadsheets and records to assist the Directorate Accountants in ensuring that income and expenditure isrecorded accurately. To discuss routine queries with internal managers and external bodies where necessary. Financial information and reportsare produced in a timely and accurate manner. Queries are dealt with in a timely and professional manner.- To take a lead role in analysing income and expenditure, identifying variances, investigating where necessary and reporting to theDirectorate Accountants. High quality information is provided to Directorate Accountants for review.- To reconcile the control accounts on a monthly basis and maintain appropriate documentation on file. All control accounts are fullyreconciled and signed off in line with the agreed timetable for completion.- To ensure that budget reconciliations are completed on a monthly basis, and that appropriate documentation and analyses are kept on file.All Budget Reconciliations are fully reconciled and signed off in line with the agreed timetable for completion.- To develop a detailed understanding of the General Ledger, to be able to use the system to ensure that data is input and informationaccessed where necessary. Confident working knowledge of Oracle General Ledger.- To develop a detailed understanding of the recharge system, assist the Directorate Accountants in setting recharge budgets and oversee themonthly input of recharge information between Directorates. To be able to respond to queries from the budget holders regarding there rechargesand resolve queries from other Trusts. To complete all necessary work in respect of recharge systems in line with the agreed timetable, torespond to all queries effectively.- To raise ad hoc requests for invoices to be raised and to ensure the income is recorded Invoices are raised within the agreed timetable- To assist in the Annual budget setting process for Directorates, develop an awareness of the Business Planning process and support theDirectorate Accountants in producing financial information relating to it. Recognition from Directorate Accountants of support provided.- To produce the budget information in Excel format from the General Ledger system on a monthly basis, ensuring that all data is reconciledand updated prior to being sent to the Directorates. Financial information is produced to a high level of quality in terms of presentation, withinagreed timescales.- Assist in the provision of reference cost and financial flows information. Develop sufficient knowledge and provide support when required.- Contribute to the smooth and efficient functioning of the finance function by performing ad hoc duties as and when required especially toensure the fulfilment of any statutory financial information requirements To be responsive and flexible when required- Provide financial information to, or answer queries from the Directorates when requested in a timely manner and when requested, attendmeetings in the absence of the Divisional Accounting Assistant. Directorates are satisfied with responses received.- Assist the Directorate Accountant where necessary in the provision of information and costs relating to specialist contracts. Developsufficient knowledge and provide support when required.- Assist the Directorate Accountants in calculating and monitoring costs of projects. Develop sufficient knowledge and provide support whenrequired- Support the training process when required, both in terms of finance and non-finance staff. Favourable feedback where training is undertaken.