Accounting Manager (Non-Stocked)

Job Title: Accounting Manager (Non-Stock)

Function: Finance

Location: Hybrid/Nottingham

Type: Interim – Contract until 31st July 2023

Job Ref: 424

Salary: Hourly/Day Rate

Closing Date: 31st March 2023

We have an exciting opportunity within NHS Supply Chain for an Accounting Manager (Non-Stock) to join our Finance team. The Accounting Team will deliver accurate accounting and reporting across various operating units, to internal and external stakeholders to support timely decision making. In addition, the Accounting Team will be responsible for ensuring robust controls around numbers reported in the financial statements.  The Accounting Manager (Non-Stock) will have overall responsibility for specific operating units (Capital, Maintenance and SCCL) and ensure that numbers included in the general ledger are accurate, timely and can be supported, and will be the SME for their areas.

What does an Accounting Manager (Non-Stocked) do at NHS Supply Chain?

• Oversight of transactions for specific operating units, ensuring accurate accounting with relevant supporting documentation
• Ensure accurate reporting of capital equipment and maintenance contracts, as well as central SCCL costs
• Maintain processes and controls to ensure all transactions are recorded accurately, timely and in accordance with agreed accounting standards
• Reviewing and ensuring all balance sheet accounts are supported and reconciled with working paper files
• Responsibility for delivery of monthly reporting to key stakeholders of all relevant P&L codes in accordance with relevant timetables, adding insight where relevant
• Ad hoc financial analysis and project support as required
• Liaising with auditors as required, to provide necessary information and resolve queries
• Continual review of processes and procedures associated with the Accounting Team to drive continuous improvement.
• Involvement in projects as and when necessary, ensuring that Finance processes and controls are considered

What skills, qualifications and qualities do I need to be successful?

• A professional accountancy qualification (ACA/ACCA/CIMA or equivalent)
• 3 to 5 years’ post-qualified experience within Financial Accounting and/or Audit
• Core finance knowledge, with in-depth awareness and understanding of accounting standards and technical guidance
• Proven experience of general ledger accounting and application of accounting standards
• Ability to produce and review working papers and reconciliations
• Good attention to detail with ability to prioritise and manage a varied workload to meet agreed deadlines
• Intermediate Excel Skills essential (Pivot Tables, Lookup Formulae)
• Oracle
• R12 experience
• High-level NHS operational awareness
• Process improvement and systems implementations 
• Effective problem evaluation and solution skills
• Developing and maintaining effective stakeholder relationships 
• Strong communication, negotiating and influencing skills
• Initiative and drive to fix problems at source
• The drive to be self-motivated, well organised and resilient – ideally with experience of working under pressure in a fast-paced environment 

How you’ll work

This role will be hybrid working; a blend of home and office working.

In return for your passion, enthusiasm, and hard work you will be rewarded with an attractive salary and benefits package, consisting of:

• Performance led annual bonus scheme
• 27 days holiday plus bank holidays, with the option to purchase up to an additional 5 days
• Generous contributory pension scheme (up to 12% of your salary)
• Flexible benefits scheme – you will be able to choose from a variety of benefits such Life Insurance, Critical Illness Cover, Income Protection, Health Cash Plan, Dental Insurance and additional pension contributions that suit you
• 3 days paid Volunteering Leave
• Access to the Blue Light Card and NHS Discounts
• Flexible working options
• National Annual season ticket purchase scheme
• Eye Care vouchers
• Employee Assistance Programme

NHS Supply Chain, who are we?

We are a part of the NHS family, and our role is to source, deliver and supply healthcare products, services and food for NHS trusts and healthcare organisations across England and Wales. We make sure the products we supply are always safe, quality assured and delivered efficiently.

We’re always listening to the people who use our products, so that we’re aware of the changing needs across the NHS. In all, we serve every NHS Trust and operate a national network of distribution centres. We also manage relationships with more than a thousand suppliers, delivering more than 8,000,000 orders each year to more than 17,000 locations.

And by doing all of this on behalf of the NHS, this gives NHS staff more time to focus on their main priority of proving excellent patient care.

Our, Purpose, Vision and Strategy are clear. We provide direction, leadership, and commercial focus to improve health outcomes.

Vision: To make it easier for the NHS to put patients first

Purpose: Our role is to support the NHS to save lives and improve health

Values:

• Be Authentic
• Be Inclusive
• Be Driven
• Be Enterprising
• Be The Difference

Other Information

• SCCL is a not an NHS organisation, you will join on SCCL terms and conditions.
• For more information on SCCL and the NHS Supply chain please visit: www.supplychain.nhs.uk

NHS Supply Chain is an equal opportunities employer

SCCL is a company Registered in England and Wales, with company number 10881715, to act as the management function of the NHS Supply Chain.

SCCL values and respects the diversity of its employees and aims to recruit a workforce which reflects our diverse communities. We welcome applications irrespective of people’s age, disability, gender, race or ethnicity, religion or belief, sexual orientation, or other personal circumstances.

Our policies and procedures reflect our commitment to ensure that all applicants are treated fairly and consistently at every stage of the recruitment process.

SCCL reserve the right to close any vacancies from further submissions when we have received sufficient applications from which to make a shortlist. Please apply without delay if you wish to be considered for this role.

If you are shortlisted for interview you will be required to provide proof of ID and the right to work in the UK.

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