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Technical Accounts Assistant | Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust
| Posting date: | 01 July 2024 |
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| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £26,405 - £28,976 per annum INCL HCAS |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 31 July 2024 |
| Location: | Ascot, SL5 7GB |
| Company: | Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 6408361/151-JLM312 |
Summary
Under the direction of the Head of Technical Accounts you willbe responsible for a wide range of tasks including control accounts, reconciliations & intercompany accounts. There will be a range of ad-hoc tasks to assist the wider team of Charitable Funds and Accounts Payable. All of these tasks assist in producing accurate and timely financial reports and information throughout the year, which enable the requirements of the monthly, quarterly and annual financial cycles to be met including the statutory annual accounts.
JOB SUMMARY:
1.To assist in providing an efficient technical accounting function ensuring the integrity of the financial ledger is maintained.
1. Assisting with the production of reporting internally monthly and externallyquarterly and annually, these reports support the financial performance of the Trust.
KNOWLEDGE, TRAINING AND EXPERIENCE REQUIRED
1. AAT Level 3 or accounting NVQ4. Educated to GCSE standard or equivalent.
2. Detailed knowledge of Financial Accounts procedures.
3. Knowledge and experience of the use of office software and financial systems.
SKILLS REQUIRED
1. Excellent communication, influencing and negotiation skills.
2. Ability to plan and manage conflicting priorities for self to meet Trust objectives anddeadlines.
3. Flexibility and resilience, maintaining a positive approach and with the ability to stand up and be counted.
4. Good analytical skills, with the ability to make good quality judgements and decisions.
5. High level of accounting, and IT skills.
6. Ability to work within and lead teams in a multi-disciplinary setting.
There’s never been a more exciting time to build your career at Frimley Health, one of the country’s largest and most respected trusts
Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust (FHFT) has an outstanding reputation and a proud record of achievement. We have an ongoing commitment to improving the health and care services for the 900,000 people we serve across Berkshire, Hampshire, Surrey and south Buckinghamshire.
We continue to invest in our services and facilities, including a £10 million upgrade to the hospital maternity unit as well as £49m major new Emergency Assessment Centre on our Wexham Park site. The opening of a brand new £100m state of the art hospital which replaced the existing hospital facility at Heatherwood and are planning to invest further in diagnostics and inpatient capacity at Frimley Park.
We have also made significant investment in our quality improvement and digital programmes to support our vision and we will ensure that we achieve our aim of providing the highest quality healthcare to our patients. Our new EPR – Epic – went live in June and we are already beginning to reap the benefits of this ambitious investment.
Our three core values, and the behaviours that support them, guide everything we do and set out what we expect of our staff in the way they treat patients, visitors, service users and each other.
If you have a passion for clinical excellence, patient care and your own career development, you’ll feel at home at Frimley Health.
Technical Accounting
1. Working with the Head of Technical Accounts to assist with the production of the
Trust’s annual accounts and associated notes. Ensuring the schedules and annualaccounts are linked to ensure consistency. These should be to a standard that can be presented to audit teams.
1. Responsibility for producing a section of the control accounts & reconciliations and alerting theFinancial and Business Support Accountants to any problems and recommending appropriate remedial action.
1. Analysing and processing Losses and Compensation claims and completing schedules for quarterly presentation in a report format to Audit Committee and summarised for the annualaccounts information.
1. To ensure that all deadlines are met, especially around the financial year end andthat all information is produced to a high standard.
1. To support in all other aspects of Technical Accounts where required, particularly Charitable Funds. This will involve payment runs, reconciliations and day to day running.
2. Good level of communications to all stakeholders both internal and external to the Trust.
Financial Control and Governance
1. Ensuring that the Trusts policies and procedures in relation to technical accountingtransactions are in place and kept up to date for the organisation, including elements of the Trusts SFI’s.
Accounting and Audit
1. Ensuring compliance with all relevant accounting guidance and manuals and provide appropriate advice to as required.
2. To work with Internal Auditors and External Auditors as appropriate to provide assurance on the Trusts systems and processes of internal control and on its external reporting output.
Staff Management and Development
10. Planning own work in order to achieve deadlines, agreed work plans and service standards.
Other Duties
1. Any other duties as may be required.
This advert closes on Monday 15 Jul 2024