Deputy Directorate Accountant

Our Financial Management Department are recruiting. Due to an internal promotion, an excellent opportunity has arisen for a highly motivated, enthusiastic, and flexible professional to join our team as a Deputy Directorate Accountant. The Deputy Directorate Accountant will work as part of the Financial Management team to ensure the accurate and timely provision of financial information, support and guidance to the Trust's Clinical Boards. The Financial Management team are responsible for the monthly closedown, variance analysis, reporting and forecasting, as well as providing business support to managers, including high quality financial information and analysis to meet their financial objectives throughout the year. The role is based at Regent Point in Gosforth, with parking available or easy access to the Regent Centre metro and bus interchange We offer agile and flexible working to support work-life balance and provide a supportive and inclusive team environment with opportunities to thrive and develop. We have a comprehensive benefits package for our staff, including a fully supportive study package, car lease options and a wide variety of staff discounts including discounted staff travel passes.

• Interview Date Friday, 08 November 2024
• 37 Hours 30 Minutes/Week
• You will be redirected to Trac to apply for the vacancy. Please expand the job details section and read all of the information before applying for the vacancy, This is a key role with responsibility for providing financial support, advice, and guidance to one of the Trusts 8 Clinical Boards with total budgets in excess of £200m, ensuring that financial controls are maintained within Corporate Governance guidelines.
The team produce monthly management accounts to enable accurate monitoring and forecasting of the Trust's financial position, enabling Clinical Boards and the Trust to make well informed financial decisions.

Newcastle Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is one of the busiest, largest and most successful teaching NHS foundation trusts in the country, with around 16,000 staff and an annual income of £1.6 billion. We have a long history of providing high quality care, clinical excellence, and innovation in medical research regionally, nationally and internationally. We're also proud to be the second largest provider of specialised services in the country. This means we support people with a range of rare and complex medical, surgical and neurological conditions, cancers and genetic orders. Our staff oversee around 2 million patients 'contacts' each year, delivering high standards of healthcare. Please see attached information on what Staff Benefits we have to offer at our Trust. We are committed to promoting equality and diversity and recognise the benefit in providing an inclusive environment. We value and respect the diversity of our employees and aim to recruit a workforce which reflects the communities we serve, and is equipped to deliver the best service to our patients. We welcome all applications irrespective of people's race, disability, gender, sexual orientation, religion or belief, age, gender identity, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity and in particular those from under- represented groups.