Management Accountant Northern Beaches Hospital

Partner with leading professionals to provide expert financial advice and guidance in a range of areas, supporting the delivery of critical care services.
Northern Sydney Local Health District (NSLHD) is a leading provider of health services across Northern Sydney. The District is currently seeking a Management Accountant to join the Finance team at Northern Beaches Hospital.
• Work as a trusted finance professional
• Broaden your exposure and skill set across a range of areas
• Join a collaborative and supportive team

Employment Type: Permanent Full Time
Position Classification: Health Manager Level 3
Remuneration: $2534.30 - $2879.00 per week
Hours Per Week: 38
Requisition ID: REQ660734


Who we are: We are a health service that touches thousands of lives across the Northern Sydney Local Health District, together as a team of like-minded people. We are passionate, driven and have the skills and knowledge to care for our patients whilst creating the best services possible. Our teams have meaningful, interesting, and rewarding work every day. We challenge and nurture each other, sharing our knowledge and experience so that we can deliver better care for everyone There is a real sense of belonging here because we value and respect our patients, employees, and teams’ voices. You will feel a real privilege being a trusted caregiver in our patients, their families, their carers, and our communities’ lives.

NSLHD is proud of our diverse and inclusive workplaces, a place where health care professionals can thrive and feel they belong. We are committed to ensure that all our people feel respected and participate safely within a work environment without aggression, sexual harassment, discrimination and racism.

Where you'll be working:
Northern Beaches Hospital - Finance Team.

What you'll be doing:
The Management Accountant will work in close collaboration with the hospital Finance and Performance Manager to provide expert financial advice, support, and guidance in a range of areas including financial management, performance monitoring and identifying efficiency improvement strategies and revenue opportunities across a large number of departments. Stakeholders will include staff at all levels within Northern Beaches Hospital and the Local Health District Finance team.
A well supported role, the Management Accountant will join a broader team of 5 and report directly to the Finance and Performance Manager.

Key Responsibilities will include:
• Under the direction of the Finance and Performance Manager, manage all day-to-day management
accounting activities within allocated portfolios. Prepare monthly forecasts and financial performance reports.
• Provide advice, technical support, information and data to support best practice financial management to
Department Managers and Cost Centre Managers.
• Effectively business partner with allocated divisions/portfolio. This includes accurate
& timely reporting, budget to actual variance analysis, resolution of unexplained variances and providing
decision support.
• Assistance in the development of business cases, plans and briefs and analysis of risk items.
• Build annual budget for the assigned portfolios with the cost centre managers.
• Provide accurate financial and variance analysis reporting within short timeframes.
• Provide analysis, journal submission and reporting of specific expenditure and/or revenue items as
required.
• Provide decision support for relevant directors and business unit managers.
• Prepare timely and accurate monthly reporting packs and reports to the Local Health District.
• Contribute to savings & efficiency initiatives.
• Proactively identify and implement process improvement.
• Provide strategic advice to the senior members of the organisation. This includes preparing business
cases and briefs with recommendation and supporting analysis.
• Undertake ad hoc tasks as and when required by the Hospital Executive and the LHD District Finance management team.

This is an exciting and impactful role supporting the delivery of best in care services, there are ample opportunities to broaden skills and experiences within the role.

People of Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander background encouraged to apply.
Candidates will need to meet the following criteria: