Senior Management Accountant

The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) is the independent organisation responsible for providing national guidance and advice on promoting high quality health, public health and social care.

As an equal opportunities employer we are committed to creating a inclusive environment and welcome everyone from all backgrounds to apply so we can continue to create a workforce which is representative of the communities we serve.

If you are suitably qualified and have an interest in remote, hybrid, full time or part time working we encourage you to get in touch as we are happy to discuss potential flexible working opportunities.

We have modern offices in Manchester city centre and Stratford, London.  Please take into consideration that you may be required to commute to one of our offices for business purposes if necessary.

Job overview

The postholder will be a qualified accountant (CCAB or CIMA), having responsibility to deliver high-quality management accounting work which involves the analysis of financial information, preparation of financial reports and helping non-finance colleagues through business partnering to interpret and understand financial principals and procedures. You will act as the main point of contact to deliver financial advice and guidance relating to all finance issues and to facilitate the performance of the organisation’s internal operations and the delivery of products and services through providing proactive and responsive support. Ensuring that the Head of Financial Management and Associate Director – Finance have accurate and up to date information to provide timely financial advice and supporting information to Directors within the Institute. Responsible for developing, training and motivating staff within the finance team. 

Contract type: Fixed term (can also offer as a Secondment) Maternity Cover – May 24 – June 25

We are planning to carry out interviews on 28th March Thursday over Microsoft Teams.

Main duties of the job

You will help ensure the organisations reporting requirements met, providing directors with relevant, accurate and timely financial advice and management information. You will be the finance lead / business partner to directorates to help support costing business cases and organisational development. You will be responsible for developing links with Senior Management to ensure we meet our financial objectives and key strategic developments.

Working for our organisation

Here at NICE we are passionate and proud of the work we do and the impact we make.

We can offer you a great place to work with good benefits, flexible working, and a supportive, friendly, and inclusive environment.

Benefits:

• We offer a range of benefits including the NHS pension scheme and staff discounts
• We provide a thorough induction programme
• Personal development is supported through extensive training and development opportunities
• We promote flexible working to help staff achieve a healthy work life balance
• We value equality and diversity and welcome applicants from all sections of the community
• We will interview all disabled applicants who meet the essential criteria in line with the NHS Guaranteed Interview Scheme

If you feel this is the type of environment, you will enjoy working in then please feel free to contact us for more information or apply now.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

To be considered for this role, you should be able to particularly demonstrate the person specification criteria in the job advert in your application. However, applicants should be able to demonstrate all essential criteria through the entirety of the recruitment process to be considered for the job.

Please see job description attached for full list of responsibilities.

Person specification Education Essential criteria

• Postgraduate diploma, CIPD, CCAB financial qualification (eg ACCA, CIPFA, CIMA) or equivalent qualification

Experience Essential criteria

• Experience of operational budget setting
• Experience of month end accounts, costing and variance analysis
• Experience of Power BI reporting

Skills Essential criteria

• Excellent interpersonal, communication and organisational skills and a customer focussed approach with experience of Business Partnering
• Ability to motivate and influence team members and other key internal and external stakeholders
• Evidence of influencing skills

Important - Due to NICE’s use of anonymised recruitment practices we ask all candidates not to include any personal details within their application. Please ensure you provide sufficient detail in the supporting information section to allow our team to make an informed judgement about your suitability for this role at this stage.  CV’s will not be considered.

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

Please contact Careers@nice.org.uk if you wish to discuss any additional needs or reasonable adjustments which may support you with your application and/or at interview.