Detailed job description and main responsibilities
- Support the Finance Manager in maintaining effective treasury management processes, including daily cash monitoring, short-term investments, and management of the Trust’s bank accounts in line with NHS and Trust policy.
- Assist in preparing and maintaining accurate daily, weekly, and monthly cash flow forecasts, identifying funding requirements and investment opportunities.
- Reconcile all bank and control accounts on a regular basis, ensuring variances are promptly investigated, documented, and resolved.
- Prepare and post journals relating to income, expenditure, accruals, prepayments, and balance sheet adjustments, ensuring compliance with IFRS and NHS guidance.
- Assist with the Agreement of Balances process for NHS and non-NHS debtors and creditors, supporting the completion of quarterly and year-end exercises.
- Prepare monthly treasury and balance sheet reports, supporting management review of cash position, liquidity, and working capital.
- Contribute to the production of the Trust’s annual accounts, including notes and schedules relating to cash, investments, borrowings, and leases.
- Support the management and reconciliation of payroll, VAT, and other key control accounts, ensuring accurate financial records are maintained.
- Assist the Finance Manager and Capital Accounting team with the reconciliation of fixed asset and lease schedules, including IFRS 16 reporting where required.
- Liaise with commercial banks, NHS Shared Business Services, and internal departments on treasury-related matters, resolving queries efficiently.
- Provide accurate and timely information to support internal and external audits, addressing audit queries and implementing recommendations.
- Ensure that adequate audit trails are maintained for all reconciliations, journals, and supporting documentation in line with Trust policy.
- Participate in the development and improvement of financial systems and procedures within the Financial Accounts team, promoting efficiency and consistency.
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Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- AAT qualified or studying towards CCAB/ACCA/CIMA, Bachelor’s degree or equivalent. Demonstrable post-qualification development and achievement of CPD.
Desirable criteria
- Acute Trust experience, actively pursuing a CCAB or equivalent professional accountancy body qualification.
Experience
Essential criteria
- NHS Trust Finance experience
Skills
Essential criteria
- Good knowledge on accounting standards (IFRS and IAS) and policies Good level of competence in Excel, Word, Outlook, MS Teams and Advanced keyboard skills
- Ability to train the graduate trainees and other colleagues in the finance team.
- Ability to prepare any ad-hoc report requested by the management Ability to communicate complex information effectively to all levels of staff
- Analyse financial information using a variety of analytical skills using all relevant factors
- Plan and organise own area of responsibility to ensure the achievement of the sections targets/goals
- Able to work well under pressure to meet demanding deadlines. Able to show initiative and be flexible in order to priorities a busy workload with minimum supervision.
Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Expert understanding of NHS Trust financial framework, advanced grasp of accounting techniques and principles (especially as they apply to the NHS), and expert understanding of Trust accounting systems
- Good understanding of NHS Trust financial framework, sound grasp of accounting techniques and principles (especially as they apply to the NHS), Knowledge of Accounting Standards Awareness of current NHS finance issues I and sound understanding of Trust accounting systems
Desirable criteria
- Ability to train the graduate trainees and other colleagues in the finance team.
Use of Artificial Intelligence
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References
Please provide a minimum of 3 years’ employment and/or education history, including professional email addresses (not personal accounts such as Hotmail or Gmail). If you cannot provide these, please inform the interview panel to avoid delays in pre-employment checks.
Closing date
To help us manage recruitment efficiently, some vacancies may close early once we have received a sufficient number of applications.
Shortlisting
If you are successfully shortlisted, you will be contacted by email or SMS from the South West London Recruitment Hub. Please check your registered TRAC email regularly.
Application feedback
If you do not hear from us within four weeks of the closing date, please assume your application has not been successful on this occasion.
Safeguarding and DBS Checks
We are committed to safeguarding children and vulnerable adults. For roles with direct access to these groups, an Enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check will be required. All staff are expected to understand and uphold their safeguarding responsibilities as part of their role.
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