Assistant Accountant

Job summary

This role will be assist with Banking, Treasury, Control Accounts and TAX, Ensuring the timely completion of cash books reconciliations, Banking reconciliations, the reconciliation of payroll deductions and the correction application of TAX legislation.

This is a critical team within the Financial Services Department that aims to deliver strong governance, excellent service to colleague and patients and innovation to Finance. Recently winning an award 'Innovative team of the year 2024' from the Northern HFMA.

The post holder will benefit from a good understanding of Control Accounts, preparing a reconciliation, Banking and Cash Management processes, good understanding of financial procedures, experience with finance systems, Petty Cash Processes and a good understanding of NHS Tax Legislation. Experience as a team leader will be ideal in this role as you will support a team across 3 sites. This role is ideal for someone with an ambition to deliver projects to improve processes and to gain further experience in financial services.

• Interview Date Tuesday 14 January 2025
• 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.

NO AGENCIES PLEASE

Main duties of the job

This role will be achieved with completion of the Bank reconciliation, correct application of VAT against income, support the Making Tax Digital submission, assisting with Vat Return submission as well as the stewardship of Payroll deduction control accounts and suspense accounts.

The assistance with Cash Management processes, petty cash management and Banking Chap payments will be essential.

The role will also adopt the review and approval of band 3 control accounts to ensure they are correct, balance to the balance sheet and are completed to audit guidelines.

This role will now also adopt the team leadership role of Band 3's within the banking, treasury and cashiering team to help provide support to the current Band 5 Team Manager.

Finally, this role will require working to procedure notes to ensure the timely and accurate completion of reconciliation.

About us

Our staff oversee over 6,500 patient contacts every day, delivering high standards of healthcare from the following sites:

o Freeman Hospital

o Royal Victoria Infirmary (RVI)

o Health Innovation Neighbourhood (on the former Newcastle General Hospital and Centre for Ageing and Vitality site)

o Newcastle Dental Hospital

o Newcastle Fertility Centre

o Northern Centre for Cancer Care, North Cumbria

o Northern Genetics Service

o Cramlington Manor Walks

These include a range of flagship services which deliver cutting-edge care (supported by state-of-the-art diagnostic services in both radiology and pathology) and are a catalyst for innovation to support pioneering clinical practice in the NHS.

We also have offices at Regent Point in Gosforth and community sites.

Please see attached information on what Staff Benefits we have to offer at our Trust under 'Documents to download' or 'Supporting documents'.

For further information on The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust please visit: Careers | Newcastle Hospitals | NHS | Newcastle Hospitals and Newcastle Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Job description

Job responsibilities

To support the day-to-day operations of the Financial Services department ensuring the delivery of a consistently high-quality service to the Trust To work flexibly as required to meet the needs of the various Financial Services Department teams. To ensure that transactions relating to the Trusts activities are processed in a timely manner. To work flexibly and actively assist in the collection or payment of monies relating to the Trusts Activities To take immediate action in any remedial adjustments required to ensure the accurate financial recording of the Trusts activities. To provide support to departmental managers and other finance staff.

To provide supervisory support to Band 3 and Band 2 Financial Servicescolleagues.

Please note it is a requirement of The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust that all successful candidates who require a DBS for the post they have been offered pay for their DBS certificate.The method of payment is a salary deduction from your first months pay.

As a flexible working friendly organisation, we want to be sure that you can work in a way that is best for us and for our patients, and for you. Speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement. If it works for the service, we will do our best to make it work for you.

Job description
Job responsibilities

To support the day-to-day operations of the Financial Services department ensuring the delivery of a consistently high-quality service to the Trust To work flexibly as required to meet the needs of the various Financial Services Department teams. To ensure that transactions relating to the Trusts activities are processed in a timely manner. To work flexibly and actively assist in the collection or payment of monies relating to the Trusts Activities To take immediate action in any remedial adjustments required to ensure the accurate financial recording of the Trusts activities. To provide support to departmental managers and other finance staff.

To provide supervisory support to Band 3 and Band 2 Financial Servicescolleagues.

Please note it is a requirement of The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust that all successful candidates who require a DBS for the post they have been offered pay for their DBS certificate.The method of payment is a salary deduction from your first months pay.

As a flexible working friendly organisation, we want to be sure that you can work in a way that is best for us and for our patients, and for you. Speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement. If it works for the service, we will do our best to make it work for you.

Person Specification

Qualifications & Education

Essential

• Accounting Technician status or be progressing towards a CCAB accountancy qualification or NVQ Level 4 in a numerate subject or equivalent experience

Desirable

• European Computer Driving Licence qualification.

Knowledge & Experience

Essential

• A good level of education in a numerate subject
• Experience in a Finance Department of a busy organisation
• A detailed understanding of accounting procedures
• Knowledge of NHS and non-NHS legislation and how it effects own area of work.
• A good working knowledge of financial and non-financial computer systems

Desirable

• Previous NHS Finance experience
• Show the ability to supervise junior staff.

Skills & Abilities

Essential

• Able to work autonomously to manage own workload and change priorities as necessary to achieve key tasks, although with advice available if required.
• Good communication, planning and organisational skills are essential.
• Ability to be able to work independently or part of a team, to ensure strict deadlines are adhered to.
• Ability to understand NHS and non-NHS legislation and how it affects own area of work.

Person Specification
Qualifications & Education

Essential

• Accounting Technician status or be progressing towards a CCAB accountancy qualification or NVQ Level 4 in a numerate subject or equivalent experience

Desirable

• European Computer Driving Licence qualification.

Knowledge & Experience

Essential

• A good level of education in a numerate subject
• Experience in a Finance Department of a busy organisation
• A detailed understanding of accounting procedures
• Knowledge of NHS and non-NHS legislation and how it effects own area of work.
• A good working knowledge of financial and non-financial computer systems

Desirable

• Previous NHS Finance experience
• Show the ability to supervise junior staff.

Skills & Abilities

Essential

• Able to work autonomously to manage own workload and change priorities as necessary to achieve key tasks, although with advice available if required.
• Good communication, planning and organisational skills are essential.
• Ability to be able to work independently or part of a team, to ensure strict deadlines are adhered to.
• Ability to understand NHS and non-NHS legislation and how it affects own area of work.

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the .

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. .

Additional information
Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the .

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. .

Employer details

Employer name

The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Address

Regent Point

317 Regent Point

NE3 3HD

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