Job Description

We are currently recruiting for a proactive and flexible Assistant Accountant specialising in financial projects to join the Finance Team.

This varied and hands on role supports the senior accountants with a range of financial tasks on a project basis. As well as taking responsibility for planning and delivering your own workload in line with the team’s priorities, you will also be required to pro-actively investigate enquiries from a wide range of stakeholders, and provide advice and assistance as required. You will also take the lead on training apprentices and other colleagues as necessary.

Across the Finance Team, we are committed to the development of every single member of staff and we will support you to reach your full potential. We provide excellent progression opportunities and a development plan tailored to your needs. We are a hard-working and proud team with a good sense of humour. We empower staff to develop best practice and get involved with a wide range of initiatives which align our objectives to the Trust’s vision of developing expertise and excellence in patient focused mental health services.

Join us at Devon Partnership NHS Trust and you’ll be joining an award-winning organisation that is passionate about mental health and learning disability. One that cares about the people it supports – and one that also cares about its staff.

Our offer to you

We recognise our people want to learn and develop, becoming the best that they can be. We offer all our staff a range of training opportunities including a variety of in-house training programmes designed and delivered by experts, and opportunities to access external training where appropriate.

In addition to ongoing training and development opportunities, we are committed to providing an environment in which you can thrive.

Benefits of working at Devon Partnership NHS Trust include:

• Commitment to flexible working where this is possible
• 27 days of annual leave per year plus bank holidays, increasing to 29 days after 5 years and 33 days after 10 years’ service with the Firm so you can really enjoy what Devon has to offer
• Individual personal development plans and a commitment to ongoing training
• Generous Company pension scheme
• Good maternity, paternity and adoption benefits
• Childcare voucher scheme
• Health service discounts and online benefits
• Incremental pay progression
• Free confidential employee assistance programme 24/7
• Access to our LGBTI+ network
• Health and wellbeing opportunities
• Cycle to Work Scheme and reduced public transport rates
• Structured learning and development opportunities.

Required Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

You will have demonstrable financial experience across a wide range of areas, including management and financial accounting, and be able to confidently apply the principles of double entry book-keeping. You need to be comfortable handling and manipulating large datasets accurately and often simultaneously, and ideally your experience will have been gained in a large multifaceted organisation. This role is particularly interesting due to its varied nature, and the successful applicant will be expected to be able to adapt efficiently to the project nature of the work. The role is busy and you will often be required to work under pressure and to tight deadlines, so we expect you will be self-motivated, and be able to work independently, as well as working as part of a team. You will need to have the ability to multi-task, organise and prioritise a frequently interrupted workload, embracing the challenge of working in a demanding and busy environment, whilst maintaining excellent customer service skills. As a team we support one another to focus on finding solutions to some of the challenges we face and ensure that our work is of a high standard. This role has a wide ranging impact, and is key to the success of the team. If you are an energetic team player, and feel you have the skills and values to join our friendly, outward looking, proactive and award winning team, we look forward to hearing from you.