Assistant Management Accountant

Recruiter
NHS National Services Scotland
Location
Lanark, UK
Salary
20,700 - 22,594
Posted
22 Sep 2020
Closes
30 Sep 2020
Ref
1718690642
Experience level
Qualified accountant
Assistant Management Accountant

AfC Band 3 (pending evaluation) plus a High Secure Environmental Allowance of £1,336.68 per annum pro rata

30 hours per week, Fixed Term until 16/08/2021

To support the Board's key financial processes, ensuring these are carried out in an efficient and timely manner, in accordance with Boards statutory and regulatory requirements.
  • Calculation and input of accruals and prepayments in accordance with accounting principles within strict deadlines to ensure the monthly accounting timetable is achieved. This also requires the creation and maintenance of clear and accurate records for review by senior finance managers as required.
  • To maintain adequate supporting documentation and working papers to ensure robust audit trails. (E.g. for journal entries and accruals/prepayments).
  • Investigate significant variances and trends contained in the monthly management reports by interrogating all the financial ledger sub-systems, and to summarise conclusions in spreadsheet and other forms for use by budget managers and senior finance staff.
  • Make journal adjustments to correct errors; wrong codings and vat corrections as applicable.
  • To update income analysis ensuring actuals in line with plan. Separate pay from non-pay and recurring from non-recurring income.
  • Figures given to financial accounts to be reported in monthly Scottish Government return.
  • To provide appropriate, accurate and timely financial information, analysis and advice to budget holder and other finance colleagues so as to enable them to fulfil their responsibilities. This will involve working to tight deadlines and presenting complex information in a clear and persuasive manner to a range of people with different interests.

Working within a Finance environment, with a background knowledge of purchase ledger, ordering system & VAT. Understanding reconciliations and ability to analysis data. Good knowledge of excel & word.

The closing date for applications is 5 October 2020. For an informal discussion please contact Samira Naguib, Senior Management Accountant on .

If you have any queries regarding the application form or recruitment process, please contact the HR Team on

***Please note that all interviews will be conducted via Video Conferencing***