Financial Accountant

Croydon Health Services NHS Foundation Trust; London; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job description

Croydon is a busy, exciting and diverse place to work. The borough has one of the youngest populations in London and continues to grow.

Croydon Health Services cares for local people at Croydon University Hospital, Purley Memorial Hospital and in clinics and people's homes all across the borough.

We are a very close-knit and friendly organisation where everyone of our 3600 members of staff is valued. We strongly believe that our employees are our greatest asset and so through Listening into Action - our way of engaging staff - we empower everyone at any level to initiate and bring about real improvements in our care.
Join us and be a part of the team that is making Croydon proud. #choosecroydon

Job overview

The post holder will be responsible for the overall management and performance of financial accounts service utilising specialist knowledge of financial and accounting procedures, financial aspects of NHS legislation and NHS finance policies.

Main duties of the job

Financial Accountant - Band 7

The Financial Accountant will assist in the delivering accurate and timely production of the Trust's Annual Report and Accounts. The post holder will also assist in ensuring that supporting schedules and working papers are produced to the highest standard, within the allocated timescales, and ensuring compliance with regulatory and statutory guidance such as International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS), and the Department of Health and Social Care Annual Reporting Manual. The post holder will be the key contact with NHS Shared Business Services (SBS) to ensure finance and accounting services are processed in a timely manner and to manage a clear set of KPIs stipulated in the contract.

Interview date: 9th May 2025

Working for our organisation

Croydon Health Services NHS Trust provide hospital and community services from a number of community and specialist clinics throughout Croydon. The Trust was formed on 1st August 2010 through the integration of Croydon Community Health Services and Mayday Healthcare NHS Trust. Around 4,100 staff provide services for a population of over 360,000 people who are relatively young with a high level of ethnic diversity.

Our main hospital site, Croydon University Hospital is one of the busiest in London. We're also leading the way in providing more healthcare outside hospitals at clinics, specialist centres and in people's homes. Our experienced district nursing teams, Allied Health Professionals and community matrons look after people of all ages across Croydon and our Children's Hospital at Home cares for children with long-term conditions without them having to come to hospital.

Across the NHS everyone is working hard to meet growing demand and we're no exception. But with the right people on board, we are rising to this challenge, putting our people in the driving seat, encouraging innovation and transforming our services to give local people the quality of care they deserve. Croydon Health Services puts a great deal of importance on education and training throughout the careers of all of our staff. As well as offering access to a range of core skills training and professional development.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

***Please see the attached supporting document which contains more information about the role in the job description and person specification***

Person specification

Skills and Abilities

Desirable criteria

• Excellent Analytical skills

Qualification, professional

Essential criteria

• Actively studying towards CCAB Qualification
• Educated to degree level or equivalent

Desirable criteria

• Masters Degree

Experience

Essential criteria

• Significant experience in financial accounts

Due to the high volumes of applications we receive, we reserve the right to close any adverts before the published closing date once we have received a sufficient number of applications.

If you decide to apply for this post, but do not hear back from us within four weeks of the closing date, please assume that you have not been shortlisted on this occasion.

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Applicant requirements

The postholder will have access to vulnerable people in the course of their normal duties and as such this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Documents to download

• JD Financial Accountant (PDF, 545.3KB)
• CHS DBS Policy Statement (PDF, 53.0KB)
• Map of Croydon University Hospital (PDF, 95.6KB)
• CHS Accommodation (PDF, 1.4MB)
• Croydon Trust Values (PDF, 324.9KB)